Acquired Since This Morning

The Provence Cookbook, Patricia Wells

A Taste of Turkish Cuisine, Nur Ilkin & Sheilah Kaufman

Cooking One On One, John Ash

Innocence, Tim Botta

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I haven't read the cookbooks yet, but I'm already half-way through Botta's chapbook. It's marvelous. What would you get if Aaron Tieger, Aaron Belz, and Anthony Robinson mated and had a baby? You get Tim Botta. Of course, I am attracted to his writing because I see a lot of myself, a lot of lucky error here, but also the work of my two favorite Aaron poets. This is Futurama, not Simpsons. Without a hint of post-modern irony or hoo-ha, without foof, not afraid to feel, Botta's book is generous, playful, rigorous, accessible, but not simple. Buy one! Or two!