I feel like such a nerd. When my mother wanted to know what I wanted for my birthday, I only gave her one idea. This:

Normally, I like cookbooks with pictures, but I’m in LOVE with this book.  I want to cook everything in it!  As soon as I got it, I started reading it.  It’s one of those that I think I’ll probably sit down and read cover to cover (adding little sticky tabs to recipes I want to make first).