Whether people are trying to make choices based on the environmental impact of their cooking or their changing dietary needs, choosing to eat more plants is more common now than it was when Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Scandinavian Green”
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Book Club Tuesday: Kid in the Kitchen
There is no one way to approach cooking or baking with kids. Being in the kitchen with my daughter reminds me of when I used to be a primary school teacher — there were certain hands-on activities that would make me feel anxious Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Kid in the Kitchen”
Book Club Tuesday: Ottolenghi Flavor
Looking at the cookbooks released this autumn, there is a definite trend towards flavour — there’s Ottolenghi Flavor by Ixta Belfrage and Yotom Ottolenghi, Nik Sharma’s Flavor Equation, Bob Blumer’s Flavorbomb, James Briscione and Brooke Parkhurst’s Flavor for All, and Dan Kluger’s Chasing Flavor just to name a few. I think this flavour odyssey is about making the most with what we have to cook with and being able to identify ways to enhance the flavour of a dish whether it’s through the use of particular techniques, ingredients or both. Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Ottolenghi Flavor”
Book Club Tuesday: Home Cookery Year
2020 has been a year. When my daughter started back at school in September, I felt like I hit the ground running. Suddenly, each day had a name again and a purpose. Weekdays and weekends, slipping from late summer then Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Home Cookery Year”
Book Club Tuesday: Eating Out Loud
Here in Nova Scotia, we’ve cycled back into regular weekdays that flow into the weekends. School marking the days and with the return to school, I’m falling back into the pattern of meal planning, prepping, and cooking. On any given night Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Eating Out Loud”
Book Club Tuesday: Community (Revised Edition w/ New Recipes + Stories)
This book is dedicated to all the home cooks around Australia who turned my passion for salads into a global community. (Dedication in the new edition)
How I found out about Hetty McKinnon and her recipes was by word-of-mouth. Everyone knows that I am a cookbook enthusiast, which is great because people love to give recommendations on cookbooks I might enjoy. Word-of-mouth is good because Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Community (Revised Edition w/ New Recipes + Stories)”
Book Club Tuesday: Summer Kitchens
With Olia Hercules‘ third cookbook, Summer Kitchens, she delves into the rich history and culinary tradition of the use of litnya kuhnia or “summer kitchens” in Ukraine. These small buildings were usually situated near Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Summer Kitchens”
Book Club Tuesday: 100 Cookies
I don’t think it was until I boxed up that first batch of treats to give to my neighbours that I baked from Sarah Kieffer’s latest book, 100 Cookies, that I realized what has been bothering me. Being a pandemic year notwithstanding, I missed being able to connect to people through food. When my Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: 100 Cookies”
Book Club Friday Fun Edition: Mandy’s Gourmet Salads
Walking by the kitchen one day my husband offhandedly indicates to a cookbook sitting on the counter and says, “That place has good chocolate chip cookies.” Being a chocolate fiend and a cookie connoisseur, of course this is the detail Continue reading “Book Club Friday Fun Edition: Mandy’s Gourmet Salads”
Book Club Tuesday: Falastin
I’ll be honest — I’m a homebody. I love the comfort of staying put but I also enjoy seeing different places, a contradiction, perhaps, but not if I can enjoy these places via a good cookbook. The undeniable theme of 2020 is Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Falastin”
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