With the end of one year and the beginning of another I find I’m like many people who are looking at the new year with the desire to improve my eating habits and ‘clean up my act.’ Although I’m not a person to make resolutions, who among us doesn’t find the culinary indulgence which December brings not to be a good reason Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Whole by Natural Harry”
When I was younger the food at all the big events and family gatherings centered around trays — trays of veggies with ranch dip, cut fruit with a sweet yogurt dip, and one for meat and cheese. Closing my eyes, I can picture them all — rolled sandwich meats, cubed cheese (cut from the econo-sized block kind), veggie trays that always Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: On Boards”
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”
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”
There are just some people in life that make you want to be a better person — and not through any kind of cajoling, guilt, or other tactics. They lead by example and advocate. I think that Julia Turshen is one of these rare people who looks at the world and doesn’t complain but tries instead to make the world better. I could start my review of her newest book Now & Again by talking about the recipes or the Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Now & Again”
Some of life’s simple pleasures occur when we are in the company of family and friends. It’s in the gatherings and occasions that we find the connection that bulids and supports communities. When I was a kid it seemed like there was always a houseful of people at my grandparents and that swell of people was always in the kitchen. You see, at the farmhouse where they lived, the door everyone used was just off the kitchen and when they built the “new” farmhouse back in the 1950s the kitchen was built to be the biggest room. While the actual prep-and-cook area of the kitchen was relatively small the custom turquoise (later recovered to a different colour) Naugahyde “L”-shaped banquette Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: The Kitchen Party Cookbook”
Wasn’t it Jane Austen who famously wrote: “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a person in possession of a good kitchen, must be in want of a cookbook”? No? I could have sworn it was but at any rate I think it is a universal truth that people love cookbooks whether you cook or not. And for people who love Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Neighborhood”
I am not a baker. Thought I’d be honest and get it out there. Even though I do bake from time to time I definitely have a comfort-zone where baking is concerned. So when I received a copy of Hayley McKee’s Sticky Fingers Green Thumb cookbook I had all the feels — mainly a mixture Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Sticky Fingers Green Thumb”
Every so often I get a cookbook that really surprises me or one that I learn a great deal from. When Lagom: The Swedish Art of Eating Harmoniously by Steffi Knowles-Dellner (author behind the notable blog Always So Hungry) arrived in my mailbox I couldn’t tell you much about what I knew about Swedish cuisine (and if I am being honest here what I do know mainly comes from what I’ve picked up at the Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Lagom”
To be able to cook is one of the truest simple pleasures in my life — one that I am extremely grateful for. If you know me in “real life” or on social media it’s obvious I cook with a great amount of zest and zeal. Any opportunity to try a new recipe or cookbook is one that I will always readily accept because the next family favourite might be right around the corner or even the chance to try a new ingredient (I used lemongrass for the first time here!) or technique is alluring. Maybe this Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Simply Vibrant”
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