You're listening to the Girl Next Door Podcast. I'm Erica and I'm Kelsey. We're two former

next door neighbors and good friends who love a good chat and a good laugh. We're inviting you to

come on in, have a drink, and stay a while. Hey friend. Hey friend. So today's episode is a fun one as it

combines two of our favorite topics, food and books.

We are chatting all about cookbooks today.

We're sharing some of our favorites, how we use them, and give some overall good cookbook recommendations for you, no matter what you're cooking or eating style.

So first off, in this Pinterest online recipe age, what do you like about still

having a physical cookbook and how do you mostly use them? Oh, okay. I feel like cooking for me is

just this tangible expression of creativity and love. And it just feels right for there to be a physical representation

of that and to hold an actual book in my hand. So that just feels right in a fundamental

way. Also, when I get a new cookbook, I read it like a novel. I start at the beginning. I read the

table of contents. I look at every recipe. I might not read every single step, but I really will

look at the ingredients. I'll read that introduction that they wrote about it. And I will just

so enjoyable. One of my favorite things to receive for Christmas is a cookbook because I

love sitting by the Christmas tree amidst all the Christmas, you know, whatnot all around

and just and reading a new cookbook and getting excited about the recipes. So there's that.

I love the beautiful photos.

Compared to, you know, like you said, Pinterest and online recipes cannot stand annoying ads.

It seems like every food blog has the annoying pop-up videos and pop-up ads, and I just

cannot stand it. And so just the the peacefulness of a book

with none of that is is so nice. And the last thing, I just love to having cookbooks with those

love worn and spattered pages where it's like, yes, I have made this so many times where it falls open to that

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