The Piglet is showing no signs of letting up. In Round 2, Decision 3, longtime writer for The New Yorker Tad Friend — who may or may not be married to the co-founder of our company — mediates the brawl between The A.O.C. Cookbook and Roberta’s Cookbook.
“A cookbook is like a houseguest. Okay, it’s not exactly like a houseguest — you don’t have to put out special towels before you take one on — but the standards are the same. You only want to invite a cookbook to stay for a while if the experience will be a pleasure. You don’t want it to tax you, keeping you up late at night with its neediness about small temperature adjustments or driving you mad with boredom at every meal. It should make life feel larger, not smaller.” — Tad Friend
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