Love Reading? Love Food?
Reading is probably the 3rd most popular activity at the Ham Sandwich household, just behind eating and drinking (or drinking and eating, depending how court went that day). For the last several years, this reading has been comprised of two major genres: 1) cooking magazines and 2) non-fiction books. The cooking mags are obviously self-explanatory-- cometimes there's nothing better than thumbing through the latest issue of Gastronomica*/Bon Appetit/Saveur/Cook's Illustrated/King Arthur Flour Catalogue (ok, that last one doesn't really count as "reading"), planning menus, fantasizing about my dream kitchen and its appliances, and of course, trying out new recipes. Doing this with a glass of wine in hand, on the porch, makes the whole experience even better. The second category, non-fiction books, stems from my nerdtastic fear of becoming "dumb." Seriously. After spending 10 years in a classroom getting new information poured daily into my head, I panicked...