I am being sucked in...

I placed an order on Amazon and you know how at the bottom of the screen Amazon will post, "Other shoppers who bought this book bought these items too.." (or something like that), well it got me! I now have quite the extensive library on food. Now those of you who know me well are saying, "Allison you are kind of obsessed with cookbooks, so you weren't short on food books before." But now I have a library that is looking at food in a far less romantic way and a much more scientific way.

I think I will give credit to my new found obsession to Sarah Kathryn Sherrill and Anne Brewer. The two of you gave me two different baby food cookbooks, this led to me making my own baby food, which you can read about here. Well that led me to have an interest in when I should by organic food and when I should by local or when it didn't matter. Well for those of you who are curious, organic is not always better, sometimes it is just more expensive. And if it was grown organically in Chile, chances are you better off with something grown locally. And did you know that your blueberries do not need to be organic, but your strawberries should be. Anyway that is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to reading up on this stuff, so I went on the hunt for a book that could be my "go to" whenever I had a question. After several different attempts to find a book I finally found this one:

Now, could I stop there...No! Below are the other books that made it into my shopping cart:

This last one is FANTASTIC!! The author is a food critic from Seattle and he is hilarious. I have enjoyed every minute of his book and I think I am going to try one of his stew recipes very soon. His book is based on his own adventures trying to introduce all different types of flavors to his daughter at a young age. He basically makes the point that you do not have to feed your child bland mush, they can eat what you eat. He is very realistic and reading his book along with the others may keep me from getting to extreme with my food safety concerns...as if as a Mom I do not have enough to worry about!

I swear I won't buy any more books, but Holland has told me to rent the documentary, "Food Inc.", and from her review I get the distinct impression that it will only encourage this behavior. I would ask you all if you think I am going overboard, but I already know the answer!