Pros: Truly a source of great possibilities Cons: One real change needed… Rating: 4 out of 5 I was totally stoked to get a review copy of Mark Bittman’s Kitchen Matrix: More Than 700 Simple Recipes and Techniques to Mix…
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Review: “A Bone to Pick,” Mark Bittman
Pros: Many excellent points; thought-provoking Cons: … Rating: 4 out of 5 Mark Bittman’s A Bone to Pick: The good and bad news about food, with wisdom and advice on diets, food safety, GMOs, farming, and more is a collection…
Posted in Cooking, Reviews Tagged with: Cooking, environmentalism, essays, food, Health, Mark Bittman
Review: “Genius Recipes,” Kristen Miglore
Pros: Best blueberry pie ever! Cons: Definitely not a book about taking shortcuts. Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Kristen Miglore’s Food52 Genius Recipes: 100 Recipes That Will Change the Way You Cook is about finding the little (and not-so-little) tricks…
Review: “No-Churn Ice Cream,” Leslie Bilderback
Pros: Some truly delicious ice cream! Cons: Problems in flavors and instructions Rating: 3 out of 5 No-Churn Ice Cream: Over 100 Simply Delicious No-Machine Frozen Treats is a promising title by Leslie Bilderback. Sure, I have an ice cream…
Review: “Fika” (cookbook), Brones & Kindvall
Pros: Sooo delicious! Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 I received this book for free from Blogging for Books for this review. Fika: The Art of The Swedish Coffee Break is an absolutely delicious cookbook! It explains that…
Review: “The Great Big Pressure Cooker Book,” Weinstein & Scarbrough
Pros: Helpful tips; some good recipes Cons: Some ‘meh’ recipes Rating: 3 out of 5 I received this book for free from Blogging for Books for this review. Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough’s The Great Big Pressure Cooker Book:…
Posted in Cooking, Reviews Tagged with: Bruce Weinstein, Cooking, food, Mark Scarbrough, pressure cookers, recipes
Review: “The Paleo Chef,” Pete Evans
Pros: Scrumptious food Cons: Not sold on everything Rating: 4.5 out of 5 I received this book for free from Blogging for Books for this review. The Paleo Chef: Quick, Flavorful Paleo Meals for Eating Well by Pete Evans…
Posted in Cooking, Reviews Tagged with: cookbooks, Cooking, healthy cooking, Paleo, Pete Evans, recipes
Review: “A Good Food Day,” Marco Canora
Pros: Delicious, healthy food Cons: Not everything wowed me Rating: 4.5 out of 5 I received this book for free from Blogging for Books for this review. Marco Canora has joined the movement that pushes healthful, ‘clean’, unprocessed…
Review: “Bread Revolution,” Peter Reinhart
Pros: Yum! Cons: There were a number of recipes I couldn’t try Rating: 4 out of 5 (provisional) I received this book for free from Blogging for Books for this review. Bread Revolution: World-Class Baking with Sprouted and…
On Reviewing Cookbooks
Any time I review a cookbook I make recipes from it first. You can have a gorgeous cookbook written by a famous chef that’s full of errors, and you can have some ugly little book written by someone you’ve never…
Posted in Cooking, Reviews Tagged with: bread, cookbook, Cooking, Peter Reinhart, recipes, whole grain, whole milled flour