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…
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…
We found a bunch of really good strawberries on sale this weekend, and some gorgeous farm-fresh heavy cream. I decided to improvise the following: Two pie crusts, prebaked and cooled* Two one-pound packages of ripe strawberries Two tablespoons sugar Two…
I can’t give up dessert entirely, but I’m working on making it higher in fruit and lower in carbs & fats. Here’s my minimalist blueberry crumble, designed to be lean(er) but have the texture and taste of the good stuff.…
I’ve been playing around with gelatin-based desserts lately. They’re easy, they’re cold, and they’re yummy. I don’t like all the artificial stuff and super-sugary nature of the pre-packaged Jell-o mixes, however. So when I found an orange sherbet Jello “salad”…
Pros: WONDERFUL results; fantastic mix-and-match ideas Cons: One or two small mistakes—but the recipes are simple enough that if you know your way around a kitchen, you can figure them out Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Review book (published 2010)…
Pros: Hilarious, incredibly useful, and soooooooooo delicious Cons: NONE Rating: 6 out of 5 Review book (published 2009) courtesy of Chronicle Books. Actual quotes uttered during the testing of this cookbook by me, my husband, and friends: “Is it…
Pros: Delicious!! Versatility of card deck format Cons: Small mistakes; clumsiness of card deck format Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Review book (published 2009) courtesy of Chronicle Books. I find card deck-format cookbooks to be both a positive and…
Pros: Gorgeous photos; tempting recipes; wonderful flavors; sugar levels that could kill you! Cons: Some flavors aren’t as expected; O the excess pounds! Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Review book courtesy of Chronicle Books. This is my fifth review in…
Pros: Gorgeous photos; tempting recipes; wonderful flavors Cons: Structural problems; imbalanced flavors Rating: 3 out of 5 Review book courtesy of Chronicle Books. I’m counting this as my first review in the Soup’s On [dead link removed] challenge! I’m…