Nachos for Dinner review

This is another book I’m including in my best cookbooks of 2024 reviews even though it was published in 2022. I’ve been seeing it in kitchen shops and boutiques for two years and I almost bought it a couple of times. I finally got a copy from the library.

About the book:

Crispy Base + . . . → Read More: Nachos for Dinner review

Roast Figs, Sugar Snow: Food to Warm the Soul by Diana Henry, a review and a recipe

Today’s review includes a Blackberry-Rosemary Brownie inspired by a recipe included in Roasted Figs, Sugar Snow. . . . → Read More: Roast Figs, Sugar Snow: Food to Warm the Soul by Diana Henry, a review and a recipe

Cookbook review: The Kitchen Cookbook—Cooking for Your Community by Kimbal Musk

A review and a riff on a couple of his recipes: Salsa Verde and Comeback Sauce. Not the most chef-like recipes but super easy and good! . . . → Read More: Cookbook review: The Kitchen Cookbook—Cooking for Your Community by Kimbal Musk

Cookbook Review: Anything’s Pastable by Dan Pashman

I haven’t posted a cookbook review this month and we are nearing the halfway point of 2024. (My goal is to review some of the “best of 2024” cookbooks. You can check out other posts here.) Anthing’s Pastable was a good read with lots of inventive recipes.

About the book:

The innovative James Beard Award–winning . . . → Read More: Cookbook Review: Anything’s Pastable by Dan Pashman

Cookbook review: The Noom Kitchen

As I continue with the cookbook reviews (Best of 2024), I keep getting gobsmacked by how unhip I have become. I’m out of the loop on so many things. My only saving grace is that I work with two thirty-somethings and one twenty-something so they will sometimes point out things I should know to stay . . . → Read More: Cookbook review: The Noom Kitchen

Listening to Kitchen Ghosts

I heard an author interview on NPR with Crystal Wilkinson and her latest work, Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts, and I just had to get on the waiting list at the library. It was a long wait but it was worth it.

About the book:

NATIONAL BESTSELLER – A lyrical culinary journey that explores the . . . → Read More: Listening to Kitchen Ghosts

Here come the 2024 cookbooks…starting with Come Hungry

I’m starting with Come Hungry by Melissa Ben Ishay from Baked by Melissa fame. . . . → Read More: Here come the 2024 cookbooks…starting with Come Hungry

Cookbook Review: More is More by Molly Baz

Note: I am still reviewing 2023 cookbooks until a “best of” for this year comes out.

Since I started this cookbook review journey, I’ve come across a lot of foodie influencers. I hate to use that word “influencer” but it fits. These are people that have hundreds of followers, podcasts, YouTube channels, subscription only digital . . . → Read More: Cookbook Review: More is More by Molly Baz

Cookbook review: Half Baked Harvest Every Day

It’s been a while since I reviewed a cookbook. Hope you haven’t been waiting with bated breath.

There’s a higher end boutique that I visit (mostly to browse or look on the sale rack). They carry some cool cookbooks and I always peruse through them and then snap some photos of the covers so I . . . → Read More: Cookbook review: Half Baked Harvest Every Day

Big Heart Little Stove by Erin French

As I started reading the intro to Big Heart Little Stove by Erin French, I kept thinking, “I know her. I know her story.” Yes, sometimes I live under a rock, but I started thinking back. Did she write a memoir? Did I read it? I finally decided that I had seen a news story . . . → Read More: Big Heart Little Stove by Erin French