This is something I’ve thought about doing for a while: keeping all your favorite recipes easily indexed in an address book: If you’ve been cooking for awhile, you probably have an arsenal of go-to recipes, dishes you can whip up from memory, but sometimes — especially when it comes to baking — you need to [...]
- Nifty
- 07.05.11
- Clairefontaine, Links, Moleskine, Organization, Other People's Notebooks, record-keeping, chefs, cooking, Organization, recipes, restaurants, technology, wsj
I liked this article: How Professional Chefs Organize Recipes With Digital Devices – WSJ.com. Although the article focuses on digital devices, good old paper notebooks make an appearance: Whether it’s a pile of food-splotched printouts or a cluttered digital desktop, many cooking enthusiasts are swimming in recipes, with no good system for storing them. Is [...]
- Nifty
- 05.28.10
- Addict of the Week, Journal, Links, Moleskine, Other People's Notebooks, record-keeping, writing, cooking, elissa altman, food, kitchen notebook, poor man's feast, recipes, wine labels
This week’s notebook addict is food writer Elissa Altman, who calls herself a “journal junkie” and shares these images at her blog Poor Man’s Feast: Here’s some of her thoughts about her addiction: I don’t know when it happened, exactly, or why, but for as long as I can remember, I’ve been fanatical about notebooks. [...]