Lora Zarubin's I Am Almost Always Hungry is a gorgeous book from cover to cover. I've had my copy for going on four years now and while I haven't actually made many of the recipes from the book, I love flipping through it for the section titles almost as much as the pictures (by Tess Traeger) and recipes. One of my personal favorites is the section called "I need more than comfort food tonight." The other wonderful thing about this book is that it is organized by season, which makes it an especially good resource if you are trying to eat locally and seasonally (just remember that these are the sorts of recipes that need to be read carefully before you dive in). Oh, and a word about the photographs in this book. They are beautiful. Not just in your normal, food porn sort of way either. They are artistic and unique and I wish I had some of them framed on my walls. I particularly like the one on page 93 that is a shot of a dated handwritten recipe on a browning piece of paper.
