This is the best Instant Pot cookbook for beginners, including being the best Instant Pot cookbook for all levels and the best Instant Pot cookbook with pictures!
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(Teddy and Peppy are best friends.)
I was at the IACP conference all last weekend, and I had so much fun catching up with old friends and authors and agents and editors. But boy, is it nice to be home.
I have a theory that publishing people are half book-people, half people-people. We love talking to each other about books, but we also need to time to recharge and read quietly. So now that I gabbed up a storm last weekend, let’s cue the quiet reading!
Today I have for your reading pleasure the February installment of my Kitchn column, What to Read and Cook Next. And spoiler alert: it has my pick for the best Instant Pot cookbook for beginners.
It also has the recipe for that Instant Pot Whole Chicken I won’t shut up about. It also tells you which Instant Pot cookbook for beginners you actually need, since the options are overwhelming right now. And yes, it also has weird Lord of the Rings jokes and a brief moment of questioning our place in the cosmos. Since I know you were wondering.
There’s all of that and more, right this way! (How could you resist?)
The Best Instant Pot Cookbook for Beginners + What To Cook From It
There are two kinds of people in this world: the gadget minimalists and the gadget maximalists. That simple designation will define how you feel about America’s hottest new appliance: the Instant Pot.
(Have you heard of it? Of course you have.)
In just three years, the Instant Pot has reportedly sold more than 5 million units, and only 107 of them went to this woman. Yet this little electric pressure cooker seems to bring out all of our strongest opinions: we love it, we hate it, we question our place in the cosmos now that it’s here.
Click here to keep reading this article on The Kitchn!
What I’m Reading This Week
Welcome to the Post-Text Future (The New York Times): Coolest journalism package of the year? Coolest journalism package of the year.
The literary editors whose latest manuscript is their own (Andy Martin for The Independent): I don’t know that it’s a new thing that editors are writing their own books, but I do love this look at three new books coming from some of the in-house editors we work with.
The story behind Costco’s $1.50 hot dog deal (Elizabeth Licata for The Kitchn): My entire childhood on a bun. I love this way, way too much.
3 Signs Your Book Cover Design Misses the Mark (Leisha Petrovich for The Write Life): Book covers are so important. I know we know this, but how do we act on it? Here are 3 ways to start, and here are the 3 most common mistakes I see on book covers, dug up from my own archives.
What We’re Eating This Week
I was having so much fun gabbing, sipping wine, and cheering for Stonesong’s three wins at IACP that I didn’t get any food. At a food conference. So at 10 pm, I was eating cold Sbarro slices in Penn Station, like a very sad person.
But this is a new week, and I am on to better things! Here are my prospects:
Monday: Whipped up a nice little split pea soup using just what we had on hand and Milton’s from the freezer. Felt legit again.
Tuesday: We ate Pizza Hut. I am so sorry. (Narrator: she wasn’t.)
Wednesday: Okay, reforming my ways, take two! Sunshine lentil bowls, which are both delicious and Instagrammable. 12/10.
Thursday: Debating between the Linguine with Chili Oil and Capers or the Quick Sausage Sugo from Back Pocket Pasta. Leaning toward the Sausage Sugo since it means I could use my Sweet Precious. (Inside joke for all you column-readers out there!)
Friday: We have ground moose from a generous friend, so moose burgers and something with Brussels sprouts that I would like someone else to figure out for me.
Saturday: Our dinner/cookbook club meets again! I wrote about why cookbook clubbing is the best kind of clubbing for The Kitchn recently, but it all boils down to this: on Saturday, all my favorite people will be feeding me fried chicken, mac and cheese, and beer. That makes me a very happy person.
Cheers!
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Maria, there’s a third category…the gadget maximalista who never cook…and you know who I’m referring to.
Correction: maximalists
Well, I like the gadget maximalists who don’t cook because they keep the kitchenware companies and the chefs in business. Ha!