@Nashwill
Graphic artist by profession, serious home cook by choice. Fat, cheerful middle-aged white boy, married to an equally serious foodie (my best customer and most dedicated fan!). She's used to it: her dad's the cook in her family. I love JB and Julia, Tony Bourdain, Rick Bayless, as well as John Thorne and Dan Goldberg, who do two of the best ever food newsletters ("Simple Cooking" and "Curmudgeon's Home Companion"). I do not like "quick'n'easy" cookbooks, or the "eat to live" advocates: eating to live is like making love just so you can have kids.