With my daughter starting back at school last month, my husband and I have been able to enjoy lunches together as we work from home. Lunch preparation for us leans towards being quick and easy — soup, sandwiches, or pasta. The latter being a particular Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: An A-Z of Pasta”
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Book Club Tuesday: Back Pocket Pasta
We buy cookbooks for all sorts of reasons — as gifts, to learn techniques, explore different cuisines — but I’m finding, more and more, that what home cooks are really looking for is for a cookbook to make weeknight cooking easier. I’m not sure there is a person who exists that wants to buy a cartload of pricy Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Back Pocket Pasta”
Book Club Tuesday: Ottolenghi Simple
Let’s start with something fun — word association! If I say “Ottolenghi” to you what might you say? The word “elegant” may come to mind or “extra” might pop into your head. Most assuredly “ingredients” would be one that most would think of. Yotam Ottolenghi is a person who has changed the way people view food. Difficult to categorize, his style works on the premise that food is all about flavour and unorthodox combinations (prior to receiving Ottolenghi Simple I had made one of his recipes from Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Ottolenghi Simple”
Book Club Tuesday: Bella Figura
Just before embarking on a recent family trip to the U.S. I received Kamin Mohammadi’s Bella Figura: How to Live, Love, and Eat the Italian Way in the mail from the publisher. It was absolutely perfect timing because I immediately packed Bella Figura in my bag with the intention of making it my vacation read (part how-to, part memoir, part cookbook this book looked like the perfect way Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Bella Figura”
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