Gyllenhaal obsessed with cook books

London, Jan 9 Actor Jake Gyllenhaal has revealed that he likes to collect recipe books and enjoys spending time in the kitchen.

Ive always loved cooking, probably because my father and others 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, contactmusic.com quoted him as saying.

However, the actor prefers to come up with his own creations rather than just following recipes.

If Im making a romantic dinner, I would like to go to a farmers market first, buy things fresh and come up with my own dish based on whatever Ive bought, he said.IANS