Patterns can be beautiful. Patterns can also become self-fulfilling. In cookbooks, if you make several recipes in a row that you love/hate/feel indifferent about, it’s likely that your opinion will be fully formed and difficult to shift.
I have written before how our conclusion, “It was fine, it fed us,” is damning with faint praise. It’s not a triumph, nor is it a disaster. It was exactly as we said– fine. We’re not going to rush out and make it again, but we didn’t throw it in the trash, either.
This soup firmly goes into the “Fine, It Fed Us” category. It tasted okay, but we weren’t rushing to have seconds. It reminded us both of a good cauliflower curry, and then we talked about how we’d probably like that more.
This was the second “Fine, It Fed Us” dish from the cookbook. As the saying goes, “One is a point, two is a line, three is a pattern.” So we’ll wait with bated breath for the next recipe. If it’s great, terrific. Another win for MOB. But if it’s another “Fine, It Fed Us” dish? I think we’ll know how we feel about this cookbook.
A cookbook a month 