New books!

I took a short trip to Raven Books in Northampton yesterday, and picked up a few new (used) things. The best thing about this place is the used cookbook section. You can get 40 dollar books for 15, and it has a mildly strong veggie section. After scouring the piles and shelves, I picked up these:

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Sacred food:Cooking for Spiritual Nourishment by Elisabeth Luard. This award-winning book is full of beautiful photos of people eating and worshipping food together. It has recipes from around the world that celebrate everything from courting and fertility, to birth and death. While not specifically veggie, i'm excited for it.

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Japanese Vegetarian Cooking:From Simple Soups to Sushi by Patricia Richfield. This veggie (and incidentally almost completely vegan) is written by a woman who spent years in Japan. I'm looking forward to cooking with it as I love Japanese food, and I'm a huge fan of cooking culturally accurate food.

I know I haven't been as good about updating the blog, and for that I apologize. New job, new life, etc. Hopefully some new books will give me the inspirational push I need. I'll keep you all updated about how the books are, maybe even write some mini-reviews at some point. Hope you all are keeping warm and fighting through this end-of-winter madness. And for those of you in warmer climes-my jealousy has no bounds.