My sister Kate surprised me with the Chicken and Egg book the other day. It first caught my notice because of the cover (I'm a sucker for a pretty face) but I'm happy to say that the insides are just as gorgeous, if not more so, than the cover.
It's not entirely a cookbook, although there are many wonderful sounding recipes. It's also a memoir of sorts and has interesting information about raising backyard chickens.
The photographs inside (by photographer Alex Farnum) are just beautiful. Food photography is so tricky. Something that looks so appetizing in person doesn't always photograph well.
So this book is a definite recommendation by me. My only teeny, tiny, infinitesimal complaint is that the recipes are organized by season, rather than menu type. I prefer to have the starters first, then a section on soups and salads, then side dishes, and so on. But that is my personal preference and how I tend to use cookbooks. I get the notion to try something new for dinner so I flip to the main dish section of a cookbook and start browsing.
By the way – the author, Janice Cole, has her own blog so you can keep up with her experiences raising backyard chickens.
Hey Andrea…Speaking of chickens…did you die some of your own eggs for Easter?