with great anticipation
they began to arrive
one by one
so many ideas
inspiration
information
…so little time
and then the big FAT one
waddles in
part cookbook
part comic book
part science text
…all sick with it
oh dear
i'm feeling like Alice in Wonderland
if i should disappear from here
its because ive fallen down a rabbit hole
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Playing with Fire and Water 
I’m hoping that The Fat Duck cookbook will find its way under the Christmas tree this year. Happy reading!!
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I’m very jealous. The fat duck book looks like a tremendous tome. If I had the disposable income it would be a no brainer but such is the life of a cook huh.
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It really is the FAT duck cookbook.
I had to leave my scooter at home, and drive the car to work just to be able to bring mine home. I only had a chance to skim through it briefly in the chef’s office, and was quick to agree with Michael Ruhlman’s typecasting of it as a vanity book… then I finally glanced through the last 25% of the text which is filled with essays by scholars and scientists on the subjects of food and science… incredible. I’m off for 2 days now, and ready to dive in. Maybe we’ll both get sucked into the animated storyline like some esurance commercial.
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Why is it that you’ve gotten your copy of a book before me yet again? Mine is slated to arrive today assuming that the mail carrier doesn’t pop something hauling it over (that and Wakiya’s cookbook).
But I digress… when’s your take on snail porridge and flammable desserts? Thanksgiving and XMas are coming.
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How’s “On the Line” look? I read a press release about it, but haven’t talked to anyone who looked through it.
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Angela- leave your door open…Santa will have a hard time fitting this one down the chimney
Diego- one of the perks of freelancing is I get to write this off as research
Chad- I’m having a hard time picturing you on a scooter
Ivan- I motivate my mailman with cookies
Nathan- So far, I’ve only just browsed through it. My impression is that it is a well organized window into a successful, tightlly-run kitchen with interesting photography. Just as with all of these books, I’m looking forward to finding time to go through it cover-to-cover.
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