Molly's Reviews > The Art of Eating In: How I Learned to Stop Spending and Love the Stove

This was one book that while based on a blog was still well-written. And while the author's lifestyle is incredibly foreign to me (several trips abroad just for fun, hipster friends, dance parties, and underground supper parties??)-- I still liked it.

For two years she avoids eating out at restaurants- of any kind. Not too easy anywhere, but especially not in New York City. Not to say she was cooking every ingredient from scratch- which would have been pretty unbelievable. But that's why I found this really motivating- it's so easy to buy your food, eat out when you don't feel like making anything, or buy pre-made. But how often that food isn't good! And then it's harder to justify. You don't have to make your own bread and cultivate your own yogurt cultures (although she does her own bread), but you should try to make food more, if for no other reason than to get in touch with what you're putting in your body.

I found it very motivating- last night after finishing the book, I made an enchilada casserole and butterscotch ice cream. And I felt pretty awesome about it. (Sidenote: the butterscotch ice cream was not in the casserole, that would be gross.