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Category Archives: Cookbook
Cooking with Flavor Bombs
What a great idea. What a perfectly unique and appealing idea. I love to cook, but it’s kind of become a thing of the past for me. I no longer have to feed anyone but myself, and I no longer … Continue reading
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Tagged Cookbook, Cooking with Flavor Bombs, Giovannina Bellino, NetGalley
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Cheers to the Publican: Repast and Present
This is a gorgeous book, unabashedly enthusiastic and wonderfully friendly. The detail is terrific – had I the resources to tackle any of the recipes included I have absolute confidence that I would be walked through it safely and successfully … Continue reading
The Family Caregiver’s Cookbook – Harriet Hodgson
This is one of those books I havered over on Netgalley, requested, and then regretted. After I clicked on it I had the sinking sensation that this was going to be filled with all the sorts of things a couple … Continue reading
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Tagged Cookbook, Harriet Hodgson, The Family Caregiver's Cookbook
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Butter – Elaine Khosrova
I love a good micro-history. I waffled about requesting this (sorry) (no, I’m not – I’m just trying not to make culinary puns all throughout), but I went ahead hoping for some fascinating details about how butter was invented/discovered, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Butter, cooking, Elaine Khosrova, food, micro-history, NetGalley, non-fiction
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Cast-Iron Cooking – Rachael Narins
True story: after my grandmother passed away, my father’s siblings apparently decided to clear everything out of the house, floor to ceiling, and simply put a huge amount of stuff to the curb. My mother saw Nanny’s cast-iron skillet on … Continue reading
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Tagged Cast-Iron Cooking, Cookbook, cooking, NetGalley, Rachael Narins
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Layered – Tessa Huff
Gorgeous – absolutely gorgeous. Every few weeks my boss gets a cake to celebrate the birthdays in a given month. She’s very loyal to one particular bakery – she loves them. My coworkers apparently love them. I sigh every month, … Continue reading
The Art of Eating Through the Zombie Apocalypse
Long, long ago, when the earth was young – or at least when we were younger – my brother was determined to get on Survivor. He got so far as getting a call from a producer; I still say he … Continue reading
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Tagged Lauren Wilson, The Art of Eating Through the Zombie Apocalypse, ZPoc
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Home Cooking – Laurie Colwin
The only thing worse than reading a book and loving it and then finding out that it’s the only book a writer has produced so far … is reading a book and loving it and then finding out that the … Continue reading
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Tagged essays, food, Home Cooking, Laurie Colwin, Memoir, NetGalley
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The New Sugar and Spice – Samantha Seneviratne
I hope it’s not blasphemy if I say this book might be considered a religious experience. How can a cookbook be a religious experience? When I and every other person I’ve shown it to has gotten a look at the … Continue reading
The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook – Judy Gelman & Peter Zheutlin
I never read a cookbook cover to cover. My rationale with cookbooks is to flip through – pictures? Good. Lots of pictures? Great. A variety of recipes? Very good. Lots of caviar and truffles and other ingredients I couldn’t bring … Continue reading
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Tagged Judy Gelman, Mad Men, Peter Zheutlin, The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook
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