Books That Changed Me
Jamie's Italy, Jamie Oliver
Most chef-driven cookbooks are either vanity projects or technical manuals. A flex or a reference. You either get the polished glamour shots, the 18-component recipes no one actually cooks, or the obsessive breakdowns of emulsions and knife angles. Useful? Sometimes. Inspiring? Rarely.
Jamie’s Italy was different. It wasn’t trying to teach you to be impressive. It was trying to show you how people actually eat.
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