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Did you know one of the top categories for book sales is cookbooks? I bet you never thought about it unless you were in the publishing business or bookstore retail sector, but nevertheless it is a fact. And one of the greatest things about cookbooks is they have great pictures which make us hungry and allow us to create. Some folks cook strictly by the instructions, like building a model aircraft, others like me create and modify the recipe as we go. Sometimes due to lack of all the ingredients handy, other times because, well, because freedom comes with rewards - in this case to the taste buds.
Whatever the reason, we like to have our cook books handy in the kitchen as we prepare the meal. Now with Kindle and the new iPad - and all the clone devices to follow, we will need our cook books in electronic form and they will have to be in the kitchen with us. Of course, staring down at a cook book is not the world's best way to keep from getting a sore neck. Perhaps, this is why the William Sonoma Catalog has cookbook holders.
Well, I propose someone hurry up and design a Kindle or iPad holder for my kitchen.
Why, because I want one, that's why, and if you cook, you will too, if not now, eventually. You see, having all the recipes in the world on your electronic hard drive ebook reader or iPad would be brilliant and therefore it probably will happen one day. But first things first, we need a decent stand, or even a docking station for it. The stand could be simple, elaborate, or hanging from a cabinet designed for eye-level. Perhaps, some of each - variations and choices for the cooking consumer, or master chef?
Think about it, one wave of a hand on your iPad and suddenly you have all the potential variations, perhaps you can go online and here what others had to say about modifying ingredients - success stories and disaster dishes.
Better yet, modern high-tech kitchens will probably have an iPad hooked up to a holographic projector to put that recipe right in front of you as you work. Wow, even George Jetson's robotic maid and cook would have loved that one.
Someone needs to rethink the kitchen to take advantage of this new eBook trend as we all go out and purchase eBook readers and iPads with cookbooks on them. Indeed, I'd love to brainstorm with someone who has been thinking here as well; because it seems like such a natural progression and evolution of this latest technology. Please consider all this.
