Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Once Forgotten, but Should It Stay That Way?

Skinny Bitch in the Kitch by Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin

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I was going through a shelf looking for a book, when I found a different book that I’d forgotten about. I kind of remember reading Skinny Bitch (basically an argument for eating vegan but feminist-ly) but apparently I’d forgotten I had the accompanying cookbook, Skinny Bitch in the Kitch. I must also have read this cookbook at some point, as every recipe has the US equivalent of the UK measurements the book uses added, in my handwriting. However, I am not sure I’ve ever actually […]

The Board Food Trend Is Still With Us

Beautiful Boards by Maegan Brown

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Birthday month is here again, and I’m going to try a new food-board book; Beautiful Boards has a lot of pretty pictures, and it’s pretty good at explaining how to get the actual looks. There’s a lot to like, both for the content of the boards as well as the set-up. There is some general guidance for putting together your own ideas, like for X number of people X amount of Y types of cheeses, general timelines for preparing and setting out and serving different […]

Do not read this hungry

The Inspired Vegan by Bryant Terry

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Sometimes it’s hard to tell if The Inspired Vegan is a cookbook, a set of media recommendations, or a social justice manifesto. Bryant Terry is a recognized advocate for all 3 things though, so it makes sense he’d combine them. One of the more interesting things about this book is how it’s set up, seasonally but also by menu. Each menu has some noted inspirations, usually musical or literary but also sometimes a film gets in there too. Individual recipes also have their own soundtrack […]



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