Piglet Tournament Judgment: Asian Tofu vs. Jerusalem

post from Viet World Kitchen on 14 February 2013 03:43:00 PM. © Viet World Kitchen

Because I've chosen to champion yet-to-be-super-popular subjects, my writing career has been that of the underdog. That's why I was resigned to not winning round 1 of the Piglet cookbook tournament. From the get go, Food52.com readers had predicted that Jerusalem would win the entire competition. Yottam and Sami's book is wildly popular, beautiful, and engaging. Asian Tofu is compelling in its own right, but it's also a misunderstood subject, not sexy on the first look to many Americans but rather challenging. As my friend Michael Ruhlman noted, it's an uphill battle with tofu, good luck. I told my dad that over the weekend. His response was, "Well, you never know." My father is a religious man who also loves his daughter for her persistence....

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