Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Probably Flexible Enough for the Home Baker

The Flexible Baker by Jo Pratt

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When I was a vegetarian, I said I would never go vegan because I love butter and cheese too much. Classic irony – a few years ago my body decided that it doesn’t like dairy (beans, nuts, and coconut are also in the no go party). So I’ll still never be a vegan because I’m no longer a vegetarian, but I also can’t eat butter and cheese. Insert cry/laugh emoji here. Baking is very important to my mental health and it’s been tough figuring out […]

All Style No Substance

Beautiful Platters & Delicious Boards by Cedar Mill Press

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Beautiful Platters & Delicious Boards looks really pretty, as in it has many attractive and colorful picture. I had a good time with my New Year’s experiment with this trend (using a different cookbook), and I was hoping for some more ideas as March is not just birthday month, but also this year, it’s a decade-change. This requires more extensive food-fun. That said, it turns out, this was not the book for that. It’s all a big lie. This book has quite a few recipes […]

“Bon appétit!” “Enjoy your meal!”

Born Hungry: Julia Child Becomes the French Chef by Alex Prud’Homme

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Julia Child was just bada$$. Working in the Office of Strategic Services, learning to cook as an “older” woman, inventing a formula that was a shark repellent (wonder if that is where Batman got his Bat-Shark Repellent?) and just being herself, Child was and would become (in her words) Born Hungry: Julia Child Becomes the French Chef and would teach others that it was worth the time to learn how to do thing the “right way” when it came to cooking the perfect dish or […]

Say Yes to the Corn Stock

To The Last Bite by Alexis deBoschnek

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Judged solely by the recipes, To the Last Bite is almost a 5 star cookbook. It has some great recipes, and beautiful, appetizing photographs. But, it doesn’t quite do what it says it wants to do – teach tips and tricks for reducing food waste. It starts to go there, but then doesn’t really commit. After spending a couple of weeks with it, I wondered if a decision was made to put more of it emphasis on being pretty than useful. But let’s talk about […]

Dirty thumbs and online not-so-nice-people

Chloe #6: Green Thumb by Greg Tessier

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Chloe #6: Green Thumb by Greg Tessier  is a compilation of two stories about growing up and being the best you that you can be. In story one, Chloe and her friends tackle the school project of creating a garden at their school. Chloe at first does not want to get “down and dirty” until one of her friends shows her own much fun it can be. And from there Chloe figures out ways to make her school and home greener. While it branches off […]

“When has cake ever been for hunger? It’s for flavor, and, in this case, comfort.”

Snacking Cakes by Yossy Arefi

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Okay, my first review of 2022 was a complete bummer, so it’s time for an almost literal palate cleanser, namely the cookbook that’s been the most useful to me in the past six months. Whether you are a fairly novice baker or an seasoned kitchen pro who just likes adding new tricks to your arsenal, Snacking Cakes has something to offer you. The premise is simple: these are all one-bowl cake recipes, and from the start of mixing to when you take them out of the novel, […]



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