I really love this book, and I'm hoping people know of similar ones. Here is what I liked specifically about it.
- The stories included were genuinely funny and a treat to read.
- The recipe breakdowns gave a monetary cost that was calculated for both making from scratch and the commercial product as well as a level of "hassle" that was required to make the item from scratch. I specifically appreciated the realistic hassle-meter.
- The tone of the book was really down to earth and did not go on inspirational tangents about being "virtuous feminine" or "meeting a religious duty," nor did it have a paranoid "prepper" streak to it.
Point #3 is the most important one. Points #2 and #1 would merely be nice to have again in another book.
For other book recommendations, I don't need to to be focused on "cooking from scratch" the way this book was, but I am interested in books that focus on DIY alternatives to buying stuff, old-fashioned skills generally, slow living, historical experiments, and things like that.
I did try Tasting History: Explore the Past through 4,000 Years of Recipes (A Cookbook) Hardcover by Max Miller, but that wasn't exactly what I was looking for, even though I really like his YouTube channel.
by raven_snow