I always make recipes from the cookbooks I review. At the moment we’re making things from: Reader’s Digest’s cookbook Super Foods Cookbook: 184 Super Easy Recipes to Boost Your Health (N/A) Hertzberg and Francois’s Gluten-Free Artisan Bread in Five Minutes…
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Have a breakfast/lunch cookbook for review?
I’m on a kick recently of looking for breakfast and lunch recipes that fit well around work. I.e., quick, easy breakfasts and lunches that travel well. If you have a cookbook that in part or all addresses these needs and…
Old Takes: "Cooking Light Five Star Recipes"
I’ve located a few old reviews that I don’t seem to have posted here, so I thought I’d go ahead and add them while I work on catching up with new ones. Pros: Fantastic recipes, useful charts and tips, clear…
"Hot Sauce!" Jennifer Trainer Thompson
Pros: Tons of spicy information, tall tales, and quirky personality. Don’t forget the delicious recipes! Cons: None so far Rating: 5 out of 5 Review book provided courtesy of the publisher via NetGalley Jennifer Trainer Thompson’s Hot Sauce!: Techniques…
Posted in Cooking, Reviews Tagged with: cookbook reviews, cookbooks, hot sauce, Jennifer Trainer Thompson, recipes
"Quick & Easy Mexican Cooking," Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee
Pros: Delicious! Great layout Cons: Some ingredients may be a little tough to find Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Review book (published 20011) provided by Chronicle Books. Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee’s Quick & Easy Mexican Cooking: More Than 80 Everyday…
Posted in Cooking, Reviews Tagged with: Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee, cookbook reviews, cookbooks, Cooking, food, Mexican cooking, Mexican recipes, recipes
"Chicken and Egg," Janice Cole
Pros: Fun, intriguing, and educational memoir material; delicious recipes Cons: Some recipes could have been a little better Rating: 4 out of 5 Review book (published 20011) provided by Chronicle Books. Janice Cole, a food writer and recipe developer,…
Posted in Cooking, Reviews Tagged with: chicken, cookbook, cookbook reviews, eggs, Janice Cole, memoir, raising chickens, recipes, self-sufficiency, suburban homesteading, urban homesteading
"Chocolate Cakes," Elinor Klivans
Pros: *drool* uh, I mean, fantastic results! Cons: Try not to go into diabetic shock, okay? Rating: 5 out of 5 Review book (published 2010) provided courtesy of Chronicle Books. Cake, frosting, chocolate… ohhh my. I knew I was…
Posted in Cooking, Reviews Tagged with: cakes, chocolate, chocolate cakes, cookbook reviews, cookbooks, Elinor Klivans, recipes
"Stonewall Kitchen Breakfast," King, Stott & Gunst
Pros: Versatile and delicious! Cons: None Rating: 5 out of 5 Review book (published 2009) courtesy of Chronicle Books. I just looove breakfast foods. They’re so versatile and delicious, and they certainly don’t have to be restricted to breakfast-time!…
Posted in Cooking, Reviews Tagged with: breakfast, cookbook reviews, cookbooks, Jim Stott, Jonathan King, Kathy Gunst, recipes, Stonewall Kitchens
A taste of things to come
I have a camera. Yes, yes I do. I have my first ever digital camera. Yeah, I’m behind the times, so sue me. One of the things I want to do with it is include photos in the cookbook reviews…
No Reviews Today
It’s appointment day. This morning I went to see my GI doc. The last HIDA scan showed no gallbladder problems (which doesn’t fit with the symptoms, but that’s the weirdness of the human body for you), so in about a…
Posted in News & Musings Tagged with: cookbook reviews, digital cameras, endoscopy, food photography, gallbladder