Are you using your Kindle as a kitchen tool in order to save those sagging shelves and replace the books with a TV or an American Fridge?
I ask this question as someone who has an obsession with cookbooks. I love reading them, with their glossy pages and amazing photos. But I am finding more and more that I am using my Kindle
to find recipes from the internet.
I regularly cook out of my cookbooks and love to be able to compare the finished dish to the one in the picture which is not possible with the Kindle's display. With a cookbook I do not have to worry if I splash something on it or have my hands covered in flour. Buy I am still wondering if the Kindle is the way forward.
However I am concerned that if I continue buying cookbooks I might need a bigger house or worse have to start selling some of the older ones. The Kindle is a reading device and more or less that’s it! It is great if all you're doing is looking at text. Cookbooks are full of rich content, and I am worried when I feel like the cooking experience might be lacking with the Kindle .
But the big question is this. If I am looking for a recipe for a particular dish, do I need to know what the finished dish looks like? For me it is important as I would not want to serve a dish which is horrible in colour and texture.
Due to the success of the likes of the Hairy Bikers and Gordon Ramsey, publishers can finally offer decent cookbooks at an attractive cost for lesser known cooks on the Kindle and in print. So getting a digital version of a cookbook that takes up less space in my kitchen which is cheaper than a printed version is an attractive proposition.
As you might be able to tell form this article I am still in two minds if I should go all the way and convert my cook books to the Kindle or just buy a bigger house. Have you been converted to cook books on the Kindle? If so let us know your thoughts.