First

I just bought four new cookbooks to the tune of almost $70, which I can ill afford. In order to justify this shopping addiction, I have decided to set a challenge for myself to cook at least one recipe from every cookbook I own (which I believe is now over 40, including these new ones) before I can get any more. Certainly I will become famous like Julie and Julia and will be able to purchase a house with a kitchen nook just for cookbooks. I am setting myself the goal of October 28th to get this done, because I pre-ordered yet another cookbook to be released on that date (Mimi Thorisson's cookbook, yayay). I am not sure what I will cook from first but it will be this weekend. I already have plans to cook a recipe from Smitten Kitchen's blog, dijon and cognac beef stew, so hopefully something to accompany it.