“Cookbooks, it should be stressed, do not belong in the kitchen at all. We keep them there for the sake of appearances; occasionally, we smear their pages together with vibrant green glazes or crimson compotes, in order to delude ourselves, and any passing browsers, that we are practicing cooks; but in all honesty, a cookbook is something you read in the living room, or in the bathroom, or in bed.” ShouldTogetherOrderRoomsHonestyBedPagesGreenSakeAppearancePassingPassingsCooksKitchenBathroomStressedLiving RoomCookbookCrimsonBrowsers Book:Nobody's Perfect: Writings from The New Yorker Source: Nobody's Perfect: Writings from The New Yorker
“That's the trouble with cookbooks. Like sex education and nuclear physics, they are founded on an illusion. They bespeak order, but they end in tears.” EndsOrderSexTroubleTearsIllusionNuclearPhysicsCookbookSex EducationNuclear Physics Book:Nobody's Perfect: Writings from The New Yorker Source: Nobody's Perfect: Writings from The New Yorker
