Comfort Food Cookbook
24
January

Review: Comfort Food Cookbook by Editors of Grit Magazine

Since the temperatures are often dipping below freezing at the moment, it’s not surprising our thoughts turn to comfort food, something satisfying, familiar and warming. This book is produced by Grit, an American magazine, using traditional American down home style recipes (although the inclusion of Toad In The Hole was a surprise), but most of…

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handmade gifts from the kitchen
18
January

Review: Handmade Gifts From The Kitchen by Alison Walker

I was very excited to get an opportunity to review this book. For a few years now, I have handmade Christmas gifts for friends and family, so this was a book after my own heart. Alison Walker is the Food & Drink editor for Country Living Magazine. In her introduction, she extols the virtues of…

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everyday cooking from italy
25
November

Review: Everyday Cooking From Italy by Benedetta Parodi

I didn’t really know anything about the author Benedetta Parodi until I picked up this book. What little information I found was that she is a journalist turned cooking show TV host, but back home she is one Italy’s best loved culinary celebrities. She has written several recipe books, although this book seems to be…

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15
October

Review: Sweet and Vicious: Baking With Attitude

Libbie Summers sounds like my kinda gal. Her advice at the beginning of the book is be fearless, be inspired, be creative, and most importantly, have fun. The subtitle of this recipe book is Baking With Attitude and I have to say I like anyone that does anything with attitude. It is an approach I…

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the trifle bow and other tales
8
April

Review: The Trifle Bowl and Other Tales by Lindsey Bareham

Lindsey Bareham is a seasoned food writer, having gained experience writing for Time Out, London Evening Standard, and The Times. The Trifle Bowl and Other Tales is her 13th recipe book, so I expected great things. This book is unlike any other I have seen before. It’s not ordered seasonally, or by ingredient like most,…

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A Salad For All Seasons
1
April

Review: A Salad For All Seasons by Harry Eastwood

Harry Eastwood was raised in France, and currently lives in Paris, but UK viewers may remember her from Channel 4’s 2007 show, Cook Yourself Thin. I have a lot of recipe books, but of them all, none are dedicated to salads. It’s not that I avoid salads as such, it’s just that I don’t make…

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