Last year, my mom won a scratch and win contest at Indigo Books. Her prize was a free book a month for a year.
Since then, she's given me her free book coupon about 2/3 of the time and I have used every one of them to buy cookbooks. Most recently, I picked up The Silver Spoon which is a veritable bible of Italian foods. This book has 2000 recipes and recommends using minimal ingredients for each of them.
Last night I made Bruschetta (with my own twist by adding roasted red pepper, pepperoncini pepper, and basil oil), my own mixed herb salad with goat cheese and cranberries, mushroom gratin, and simple tomato sauce (the only ingredients are tomatoes, fresh basil, and olive oil). I wish I could cook like that everyday.
Bobby took part in the fun and made us some Tiramisu to go with everything. We used the organic Espresso Regalo from Starbucks in it and man oh man, good coffee makes good tiramisu. It doesn't hurt that Marscapone cheese tastes like whipped cream mixed with butter - but crap it's expensive.
I love Italian food. I think it's my favorite. I'm happy it's so simple to make.
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