Visualizing Recipes

I'll readily admit it: I'm a food junkie.  I can spend hours on end languorously gazing at foodie blogs and websites, such as Foodgawker , The Kitchn, and Martha Stewart - Food.  After a long day of school, work, and taking care of a 4-month-old baby boy, I love sitting down in front of my computer scrolling through the gorgeous pictures of food; it relaxes and rejuvenates me. 

My love affair with food started when I got my first cookbook: The New Moosewood Cookbook.  Since then, I've branched out to the Food Network and finally into the blogosphere.  I stopped collecting cookbooks when I found more varied recipes online with nicer pictures.  The pictures are what makes me want to cook that particular meal.  That's why I love food porn sites like Foodgawker; you could just browse through thousands of beautiful food pictures and click on any you like to get the recipe. 

When I saw that there was a new cookbook being published that didn't include any written directions, I immediately went online to look it up.  This book is ideal for those of us who are visual learners.  Having pictures that are set up in a nice flow-diagram-sort-of-way is really helpful when you're low on time and hangry.

 From Katie Shelly's Picture Cook

Check out Katie Shelly's Picture Cook online on her website.  Too cute and would make a great gift for that one special foodie in your life.