By Eliot, on May 6th, 2024%
It’s been a while since I hosted a TLC Book Tour. Today I will be reviewing Our Kept Hearts by Tennille Marie. I received a free review copy of this book from the author for this stopover. I was not paid for this review and all opinions, thoughts and rants are completely my own. . . . → Read More: TLC Review: Our Kept Hearts by Tennille Marie
By Eliot, on May 1st, 2024%
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
By Eliot, on April 24th, 2024%
Camilla, the Movies & Munchies host for April, gave us plenty of choices. We could choose any three of the My Big Fat Greek Wedding movies. I decided to re-watch the first one and dive into the other two which I had not seen.
Number 1 (2002):
I had seen the original one . . . → Read More: A Big Fat Greek Salad and three films for Movies & Munchies
By Eliot, on April 9th, 2024%
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
By Eliot, on April 4th, 2024%
Sorry. I just skipped March’s IMK. I thought about it a few times. Then I just never got around to doing one. I hate to miss so I’ve been planning this April post for some time. I’m not sure that there’s really anything new and innovative, but here goes.
I’m still on my cookbook review . . . → Read More: “In My Kitchen” April 2024
By Eliot, on April 1st, 2024%
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
By Eliot, on March 29th, 2024% The Movies & Munchies film for March is Queen Bees. Movies & Munchies is a virtual movie club with a culinary slant. Each month one of our members picks a film and we all watch it looking for some foodie inspiration. We then post up a review of the movie and an inspired-by recipe.
. . . → Read More: Dark Chocolate, Merlot and Queen Bees
By Eliot, on March 25th, 2024%
This round of Cook the Books finds us reading Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley. This was a first (as far as I know) for our culinary book club—Relish is a graphic novel. Simona is hosting and you can read the announcement post here.
About the Book:
Lucy Knisley loves food. The . . . → Read More: Relish: My Live in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley for Cook the Books
By Eliot, on March 23rd, 2024%
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
By Eliot, on February 26th, 2024%
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
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