Each time I walk into a book store it seems as if the cooking book section has spread into yet another aisle. How many ways can we shrimp be cooked on the barbie? I think as I scan the rows of books with a hunk sizzling shrimp on the cover.
I always wonder what it is that draws people to cook books so much. The practicality, the images, the tempting food on the front cover? Heck, they even make me want to buy them all sometimes! But I usually just end up 'Googling' recipes anyway, as the internet is at my fingertips.
Our obsession in Australia with cooking not only shows itself on the book shelves. Shows like Masterchef and My Kitchen Rules have become so popular in the past few years that it is no wonder cook books are also on the rise. I think that it all comes down to marketing and image. Like how joining the gym makes you feel fitter, cook books make the reader (if they ever do read them) feel creative, healthy, and up date with the cooking trends.
It makes me sad that cook books take up such a large proportion of the non-fiction genre. But hey, at least people are reading SOMETHING!
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