Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Finally a way to get rid of the so-called Spice Coke

Saved By Cake: Over 80 Ways to Bake Yourself Happy by Marian Keyes

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I don’t think I’ve ever read a cookbook written by a novelist; I’ve read novels that have recipes in them, but that’s a different thing. I’ve only read 1 novel by Marian Keyes; I was visiting my mom who lived in Ireland at the time, I was bored, and I pulled a book off one of here shelves. It was Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes, and I remember it being basically a group of friends navigating modern life with a strong dose of romance. […]

Fingers Crossed This Time I Get the Look Right

The Vegan Cake Bible by Sara Kidd

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Bingo 3: Guide For a how-to category, it seems pretty obvious for me that I have to do a cookbook. Not only that, but this is a cookbook I bought while travelling, knowing full well it would be a struggle to fit into my luggage. Just based on the read-through, The Vegan Cake Bible might be worth it. I’m a decent baker but I’ve never been any good at decorating or getting things to look anything close to the picture. I have a tiny bit […]

The GBBO judges are the losers here

The Great British Baking Show Favorite Flavors by Paul Hollywood, Prue Leith, 2022 bakers

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So the Great British Bake Off aka Great British Baking Show books have been kind of hit or miss; more miss lately, but thankfully, in spite of some unfortunate decisions during the actual series, the book is back to what it should be: cool bakes that are actually achievable and useful to an average home baker. The Great British Baking Show: Favorite Flavors has a lot of things I think I both can and actually want to try. Before I get into the good stuff, […]

Be your own country dessert providing grandma

250 Treasured Country Desserts by Andrea Chesman, Fran Raboff

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Bingo 25: Cozy What’s cozier than grandma’s best homemade dessert? Not much, I’d say.  250 Treasured Country Desserts provides. This is one of those recipe collections that’s got the expected standards like molasses cookies, apple cake, jelly roll, lemon meringue pie (also lemon angel pie which looks like basically the same thing?), fruit buckle, and pudding. It’s also got some more interesting, newer to me items that I want to try like orange poppyseed cake (closely related to the lemon standard probably but a slightly […]

“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, […]

I do love to bake but with this book I’m not so sure

The Great British Baking Show Love to Bake by Paul Hollywood, Prue Leith, the Bakers

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I may have to re-impose my occasional moratorium on cookbooks, specifically baking, for a while. The Great British Baking Show released the annual cookbook to accompany the most recent season on Dec. 22; I pre-ordered. Due some unforeseen delays, I only just got the book a few days ago. The problem I have is that I only just started working my way through Pieometry; I’m a good ways through my Paul Hollywood book (How to Bake), but there’s still a lot to get through with […]



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