A Year Of Recipes-Introduction

New Years Resolutions are not my thing. They are for people that need to improve themselves. Heck, I'm not saying that I don't have some improvements to make, but a NYR just seemed like such a forced way to change oneself. Also, they often don't seem to have a startling success rate. The most popular NYR seems to encompass dieting. Again, losing weight is something I surely could stand to do, but when I decided to make my very first NYR, I went in the opposite direction, as it were.

I love to cook and love all things relating to food. Correction: I love MOST things culinary. I am not an avid consumer of jellied eel, for instance. S0, within reason, I might be considered a foodie. I love trying new restaurants, especially ethnically diverse ones. I read the food section of the local newspaper, and often peruse the SF Chronicle and NY Times food sections when time permits. I subscribe to Bon Appetit and Gourmet, but rarely make the recipes in them. I realized recently that this might be a short coming of mine. What's the point of subscribing to the magazine if I wasn't going to USE it?

My New Year's Resolution: To make at least one recipe from each of my cookbooks in 2008. Also, to make at least on recipe a month from Gourmet or Bon Appetit.

I'm not exactly sure how many cookbooks I own, but it's no small change, I assure you. I hope at some point to get down to the knitty gritty of the matter and count them, but that will have to come later. The cookbooks I own range from 1000 Indian Recipes by a woman that I took a cooking class from, to a whole cookbook about corn that I received from a friend when they were moving.It is an eclectic assortment, to be sure. My husband, always the supportive chap, is interested and mildly amused to see what recipes I end up choosing. Some of these books were his before our marriage, and while they are shared property, still are his in an emotional way. He is eager to see how I utilize these books, as he is as much, or more so, a foodie as I.