[Dids]

I've mostly stopped using cookbooks, because the internet is just a more functional resource.

At one point I bought 3 Rachel Ray cookbooks, because the concept of a 30 minute meal was appealing.

Her books are horrible. She makes up for a lack of cooking time by just throwing a fuckton of seasoning at her dishes, which means that a lot of what you're cooking is 1- expensive 2- pretty over seasoned. Also a lot of the recipies in the ones I had were (for lack of a better term) pretty white trash. A lot of pretty in-elegant stuff.