Book Rec Meme

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How does a book rec meme work?

5 EASY STEPS TO REC SUCCESS:

1. Find the genre/type of book you're looking for in the comments! The following genre/types are listed in alphabetical order:
   
   Chick Lit
   Children's and Young Adult Lit
   Classics
   Contemporary Literature
   Fantasy
   Historical Fiction
   Horror
   Manga, Comics, and Graphic Novels
   Mystery/Detective/Crime
   Non-Fiction
   Romance
   Science Fiction
   Thrillers
   and "Other" (For any genre or type not already listed.)
   
   
2. Click 'reply to this' on the comment with the genre you're looking for. If you're recommending a book, type "RECCING" in the Subject line of your comment. If you're requesting a recommendation, type "REQUESTING".
   
3. Either copy, paste, and fill out the handy forms provided, or describe in your own words the book you're recommending or looking to read.
   
4. Browse the other recommendations that have already been left. Read the rec requests other participants have left, and make suggestions for books you think they might like.
   
5. Share the love! ♥ Copy and paste the following code into your journal to send your friends to the meme:
   
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It's that easy! ;)

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Happy Reading! ♥

Comments

RECCING

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SUBGENRE: Cookbook
Title: Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking
Author: Michael Ruhlman
Length: Quick read (but who (other than me) reads a cookbook cover-to-cover?)
Summary: It's a cookbook. But it's about the basic ratios of cooking, so having it is like knowing the platonic forms of the kitchen. All of your cooking is moved one step closer to the truth (and making up your own recipes becomes so much easier).
Books it's similar to: Other cookbooks? Elementary math textbooks? Simple explanations of things that no one else bothered to tell you about?
Why I'd rec it: I spent a lot of time looking for a nice, basic cookbook that explained why things work the way they do, rather than just giving a list of recipes that you reproduce rote. This is the book that finally taught me how to make baguettes properly, that presented me with an actual fluffy pancake recipe that can stand up to having wildcard ingredients added to it, that explained pasta dough consistency in a way that made sense. It's possibly less useful for people who aren't fixated on knowing how to make everything from scratch, or for those who don't bake with reckless abandon, but it's still a good read if you poke about in the kitchen and have a scientific/mathematical curiosity about food. (I suspect it's also a gateway book to the dark world molecular gastronomy, so fair warning.)

Re: RECCING

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I JUST GOT IT FROM THE LIBRARY AND IT LOOKS AWESOME!

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Re: RECCING

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So I'm one of those people who think cooking is basically the same as chemistry, so I'm all over anything that breaks a recipe down scientifically. This Aldo explains my extreme fangirling of Alton Brown, lol.

Thanks for the rec.