A review by offbalance80
Now & Again: Go-To Recipes, Inspired Menus + Endless Ideas for Reinventing Leftovers by Julia Turshen

5.0

I definitely have A Cookbook Problem. I own dozens, and I usually have to be physically removed from that section of the bookstore. It is through this passion I have discovered that not all cookbooks are created equal. While some offer bizarre ideas of what is considered palatable, others seem to have an interesting idea of how time works (and are written by sadists who would make flour from scratch if they could, because they insist it's SO EASY). Some truly bizarre ones are a combination. I enjoy cooking very much, it's one of my non literary-based pursuits, so naturally I'm very picky about what cookbooks I read. This one has it all - terrific recipes, bundled into different meal plans combined with genuinely amusing anecdotes from the author's life. This and her other work - Small Victories - blew me away so completely that I'm lifting my purchase ban and buying these two as soon as I can.