Are you looking for interesting ideas for cooking dinner? Why not try the Orillia Public Library, where there are quite a few cookbooks on the top floor, left of the elevator.
Eighty per cent of the books in the photo are cookbooks. You can sign them out or take them to the Fireplace Room and sit in a big chair, quietly planning your next kitchen experiment.
There is a lovely cookbook called Langdon Hall. I had an amazing lunch at Langdon Hall for one of our Valentine’s Days. If you go there in the summer, you can tour the greenhouses and learn more about herbs.
There are a few food-focused magazines, including Bon Appetit, on the mezzanine. You can also peruse these while sitting in very comfortable chairs.
If you used to cook but don’t anymore and you have a great cookbook, published in the past five years, not used anymore, consider donating it to the library collections so others can enjoy that book. Or buy an amazing book like Malouf, and donate it.
The cookbooks are sorted by the numbers, not by themes, but you can easily look up the themes if you come with the titles you are looking for. There are only four of Ottolenghi’s books, and they are spread out, not like in a bookstore, but they are good for everyone, especially the vegetarian and vegan diets. Let’s help the library be amazing for foodies.
I asked for a presentation for our cooking club on the topic of French cooking. If France, Quebec, Acadia, Cuba and Louisiana are considered, it would be awesome.
Interest in food and cooking is on the rise. Why not get into our library during the rain and the snow storms and plan what you want to serve for your first outdoor event of 2023? Get ready.
Get into the library and look for an amazing recipe for your Valentine’s celebration. Time is rushing by.
Trish McCracken is a retired former registered home economist.
