Food is the great universal topic. Go anywhere and talk with just about anyone and know that after pleasantries are exchanged, the conversation will almost always get around to food..eating it, buying it, preparing it. We love to talk about the parties we've attended, bar-b-ques we've hosted, dinners we've made, the desserts we've savored and the recipes we've mastered. I think we are lucky in that our conversations always come back to food in some capacity or another. It's always best when food is shared, both across the table and with our words. Come..let's share the bounty! Cooks talk!

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Upcoming program: In the Kitchen with KRL!

What's lovely about writing in a blog is that you don't have to be an expert about anything, you can just pretend to be! With a nice camera, a flair for writing, a good imagination and a nice software package you can publish your tales online and share your feelings and thoughts with the world. Cookstalk! is a great example of that. We don't pretend to be great chefs or food experts, we just like to talk about food!

What's one better than just writing in a blog is knowing that you can, on occasion, have a platform out there to share not only your thoughts, but local resources available to the public as well! The Kitsap Regional Library will be hosting two cooking resource programs in November to help highlight our month's theme, which is..taa dah!..cookbooks! And while displays and bibliographies scattered about the branches will show off some of the latest and greatest book titles in our collection, my colleague and I will go one step further and not only share with you the best and brightest of our cookbook collection, but online resources, great food blogs, electronic cookbook purveours, memoirs and food focused literature, amongst a wealth of other treats and resources.

Our chat will primarily focus on "what makes a cookbook great", but know right off the bat that this program is a perfect time for show and tell, not only to show off what's great in our collection, but to give you recipe and gift ideas for the upcoming holiday season. It's one thing to go to a bookstore or an online site with a vague idea to buy something, but it's another to have a title in mind, something that you have handled and put into play. It's great to be able to buy the latest Naked Chef or Nigella tome for your friends and family, but it's another to be able to give it and recommend it because you knocked out and really loved the recipes contained therein. So check out our books, give them a test drive and see what you think! Try before you buy!

So, if you are in the mood to celebrate cookbooks and have a desire to discover some new cookbook favorites for the holidays as well, come by the Port Orchard Branch on Sunday November 2nd at 2 PM or the Sylvan Way Branch on Sunday November 23rd at 2 PM. As always, there will be freshly prepared refreshments and doorprizes, too! See you there!

Cooks Talk!
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