Hollywood actor Jake Gyllenhaal has revealed he loves cooking and collects old recipe books. The
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-actor, who recently split from singer Taylor Swift, enjoys spending time in the kitchen and is “obsessed with recipe collections”, reports
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“I’ve always loved cooking, probably because my father and other always cooked. I have a massive section in my library at home of beautiful old cook books. I really have a strange obsession with them,” he said.
Though Jake collects recipe books, he prefers to come up with his own culinary creations rather than following guidelines.
“If I’m making a romantic dinner. I like to go to a farmers’ market first, buy things fresh and come up with my own dish based on whatever I’ve bought. I grow my own vegetables at home because I love fresh food,” he said.