Everybody at ifood.tv loves food and, therefore, it is understood that good cooking has a close connection with good cookbooks. If you are reading this blog, you must also be a lover of good cooking and good cookbooks. Have you ever wondered, while sifting through your collection of cookbooks, as to what makes a good cookbook? What is it that gets you interested in a particular book from among the hundreds of books that you happen to go by? Here is a compilation of a few questions that will help you get your answers:

1) Is it the cover?

A striking cover is definitely a good move to attract a reader to a book. One look at the cover  and you must want to pick up the book immediately. Therefore, yes, an interesting cover makes the cut.

2) Is it the content?

Never judge a book by its cover, you may have heard it quite often. So, next comes what is inside, the content of the book. Once again, there is no doubt that a good cookbook should have a good body of content, in terms of the recipes, language in which the recipes are written, flow of the language, etc.

3) Is it the Pictures?

A picture speaks a thousand words and you must agree to this too. So, is it true that you buy a cookbook for the larger-than-life photographs? May be yes, may be not but good-quality, colorful pictures, depicting the luscious recipes definitely help sell a cookbook.

4) Is it the author?

There is no doubt that a gorgeous author like Nigella Lawson would want you to rush to the bookstore and get your hands on her latest publication but is that all? When you hear about what happened to Gordon Ramsay's recent cookbook, you are forced to think that a famous author may not always hold the key to a good cookbook. Therefore, let us rest the case here and not discuss it any further.

You may have got an idea about what makes a good cookbook by now so in case you want to share with us some more factors that make a cookbook 'the cookbook', do write in to us.

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