Let’s take the pressure off — the kitchen isn’t a place where we have to perform (7)
There is entirely too much truth in what Meike Peters says in the open lines of her latest cookbook 365: A Year of Everyday Cooking & Baking. Day in, day out it feels as though, as home cooks, we’re always “on” — 365 days a year. There’s that popular Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: 365 – A Year Of Everyday Cooking & Baking”
I haven’t always been interested in cooking or cookbooks. When I was a kid and young adult I was completely obsessed with movies. Didn’t give my folks much bother because Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: From the Oven to the Table”
Usually I am happy and pleasantly surprised with the cookbooks publishers send me but in the case of Aran Goyoaga‘s latest book, Cannelle et Vanille, I made it my mission to ensure I’d get a review copy. “Pester” and “persistent” are probably good words to describe the tactics I employed in the months before the Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Cannelle et Vanille Cookbook”
How many times have I thought: I’m a good cook but I can’t bake to save my life? Like, so, so many times. Part of the reason for this being I practice cooking way more often and it’s easy to get discouraged when baking. Curdle-y Italian buttercream, Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: All About Cake”
When I was a kid my mom’s signature cookie was peanut butter. I can see her now standing at the kitchen counter, right beside our old avocado-coloured range, rolling the cookie dough into balls then carefully impressing the back of the fork into the tender dough forming a crosshatch pattern. Baking lends Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: The Little Island Bake Shop”
You know what I had to do? I had to take a pause cooking from Jan Scott‘s newest cookbook Oven To Table. Why? Before you go thinking that it’s for a bad reason, it is actually because her book is so Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Oven To Table”
Suqar means “sugar” in Arabic. And, while sugar certainly gets a bad rap from all the negative health consequences from consuming too much of it, I find the cover of this cookbook very telling. The gorgeous nectarines tell a much Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Suqar”
Is there any better smell than freshly baked bread? Truly? It is a smell that both warms and comforts — a smell that makes a house feel like a home. With the smell comes the task of making and baking the bread. The next question most people ask themselves: is there a task more daunting than baking bread? A skill that would seem to most people to have belonged to another generation, it has become Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Holiday and Celebration Bread In 5 Minutes a Day”
“Let’s stay in” — three delightful words, when used in combination creates such emotion. What this phrase evokes is the feelings of comfort, kinship, and warmth. While going out is fun being able to stay home is an experience not to be missed. Even as I sit here Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Let’s Stay In”
I really learned a valuable lesson from Dorie Greenspan‘s newest cookbook, Everyday Dorie. As soon as the book arrived for me to review, I began the way I always do — bookmarking all the delicious and interesting recipes I want Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Everyday Dorie”
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