Should cookbooks come with expiration dates?

Recent gift-giving situations have had me rethinking classic cookbooks and their place in the kitchen. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the topic.

mastering-french-cooking2Last summer, 48 years after its first publication, Julia Child’s Mastering The Art of French Cooking finally made it to the top of the New York Times best-seller list. This was thanks of course to a certain movie, and it was totally cool to have Julia once again getting well deserved attention for her contributions to home cooks everywhere. But I can’t help but wonder how many people who recently got this groundbreaking cookbook will ever cook anything from it. Continue reading “Should cookbooks come with expiration dates?”