Why We Cook by Lindsay Gardner & Tasting History by Max Miller

If you follow my blog you know I like to read cookbooks. I watched a few Youtube videos by Max Miller which are interesting. I thought I would check out his cookbook, Tasting History at the library. 

On the same shelf was the book by Lindsay Gardner, "Why We Cook Women On Food, Identity & Connection".  What caught my eye was the homey for lack of a better term watercolor illustrations. Since it was raining and not wanting to lug a ton of books out to the car, I went to the quiet room to see if any of the books were worth the effort. 

Tasting History was just OK, rather boring. His videos are much better.  Why We Cook on the other hand was written in a style I really like. It flows easily and a book you could open to any page and find something interesting to read. It's has questions they asked the chefs and it makes you wonder how you would answer those questions. I think while I have a wifi connection for the next few weeks, I'll post my answer to one of those questions everyday. 

What kitchen tools do you love most? A good knife and my cast iron pan are my essentials.  I use my Nutribullet blender everyday and my pour over coffee set up but it's more a "like" than a must have. What's yours?