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Recently, a subscriber got in touch looking for some recommendations on bread baking cookbooks. As tends to happen, I responded with way too much information, and a pretty substantial reading list. Of course, it was more than anyone would want to buy, especially as a beginner, but since cookbook preference is a matter of personal taste, I suggested he just check out a stack from the library. I mentioned even I forget to hit the online catalogue first when I’m deciding whether to buy a book, especially one published several years back. He said he was the same way.
So let this be my reminder to you, too: If you have yet to avail yourself of all the ways your local library can help you be a better, more inquisitive cook — or simply save you some money — there’s no better time than now (especially with National Library Week kicking off April 4). With many of us cooking at home more than ever, we could all use a little jolt of inspiration and novelty. Or just some escapist reading.
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