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”
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”
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)”
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”
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”
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”
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”
My most distinct food memory of pesto begins in my early twenties when I travelled off to attend school in Eastern Ontario. By then, I knew basic recipes and cooking techniques I learned from my mom and, thanks to the Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Pesto”
Rarely does a cookbook convey such a sense of place and people as well as Aran by Flora Shedden does. Since receiving a copy to review in early spring, I have lingered with the recipes, stories, and Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Aran”
Never, in my wildest dreams, did I ever think that I was capable enough to create gorgeous, flowery, and fantastical pastry just like Julie Jones does. Like many, I’ve been following along with each pastry and pasta post that Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: The Pastry School”
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