After a year back in town, I finally sorted out my LAPL library card privileges. Much to my surprise, the Highland Park branch has a very extensive cookbook selection. I LOVE Italian food and culture, even minored in Italian at USC. As such, I immediately snagged the Giada’s Kitchen: New Italian Favorites off the shelf. I was never a big fan of her Food Network cooking show, but I do own a very nice skillet from her Target line. 🙂 The book is organized into the following sections: appetizers […]
Half Splash, Twice
First, some shameless self-congratulations: Cannonball! I was originally thinking I could only do a half, which I signed up for, but here I am with a full 52! Yay me 🙂 OK, moving on. Steampunk Tea Party is probably the best Christmas present I’ve gotten in a long while. Long Live Book Exchange! It’s part cookbook, part photo book, and part short story collection. Each of the six chapters has a theme with recipes, excerpts from character voices, pictures of characters in elaborate costumes, pictures […]
Superfun Times, Vegan Style
I like cookbooks, and I particularly like those by Isa Chandra Moskowitz. So naturally, I picked up her latest, The Superfun Times Vegan Holiday Cookbook. I am not vegan, but I lean in that direction, and I like cookbooks that A) don’t preach, and B) don’t use a lot of obscure ingredients or equipment. So far, I have read through the whole book, and worked my way through the Thanksgiving and Christmas recipes. The recipes themselves are up to Isa Chandra’s usual standard of yummy, […]
Books! All the Books!
Thank you, thank you, thank you Mrs. Julien! I didn’t realize the other day that Katie totally gave us each other, but it’s worked out stupendously. I received a Slightly Dangerous by Mary Balogh the other day in ebook form (how I read most of my romances), and then came home yesterday to this lovely sight! I’ve wanted to read Uprooted for a couple of years now, and as a baker I love new cookbooks. Especially ones specifically designed for home baking at its best. […]
I’m Gonna Need Some New People to Invite to Dinner.
I have a new found love of comic books, and I have loved cooking and eating for a long time. I was so excited when I saw Cook Korean! posted on the Cannonball Read Instagram – a cookbook in comic book form. I have been looking at several Korean cookbooks for a long time, so it seemed like good timing and I bought it. Since arriving, it hasn’t been far from my side. I’ve lovingly stroked it’s pages and imagined a bunch of dinner parties. […]
Canning with Alternative Sweeteners
A few years a go a friend introduced me to Marisa McClellan, her canning books, and by extension her blog; and I’ve been hooked ever since. Naturally Sweet Food in Jars is her latest cookbook. As a sidebar, is it really a cookbook if it has canning recipes? Canning isn’t exactly cooking, but at the same time, what else do you call it? At any rate, this cookbook features canning recipes that use more ‘natural’ sugars in place of refined white sugar. A few notes on […]