Jan 19, 2016 | book reviews, bookshelf, reviews
title: Sweetness and Light: The Mysterious History of the Honeybee author: Hattie Ellis publication date: April 25, 2006 publisher: Broadway Books It is closer to the truth to say that bees perform an act of alchemy. Honey is nothing less than concentrated nectar; and...
Dec 14, 2015 | books, bookshelf
This past year was a little bit light in terms of cookbook purchases for me. The main reason? I’m running out of room! But rest assured, 2016 will be different – Paul has promised to build me a wall of bookshelves just to house my books! Hooray! In the...
Oct 13, 2015 | book reviews, bookshelf, reviews
title: Relish author: Lucy Knisley publication date: April 2, 2013 publisher: First Second I’m lucky to have grown up with cooks and bakers, eaters and critics, and meals to remember. My memories were formed in conjunction with my palate, collected along with...
Aug 25, 2015 | authors, bookshelf
I recently read Monica’s A Life of Spice and fell in love with her writing (you can read my full review here). Besides being a wonderful food essay writer, Monica also is a published (non-food) author and a cookbook author, and has written for many well-known...
Aug 19, 2015 | book reviews, bookshelf, reviews
title: Cookbook Book author: Annahita Kamali and Florian Böhm publication date: November 3, 2014 publisher: Phaidon Press Recipes in a great cookbook…are the recommendations of one real person that compiled his secrets into a single book…Like a great...
Jul 31, 2015 | book reviews, bookshelf, reviews
title: A Life of Spice author: Monica Bhide publication date: May 1, 2015 publisher: Createspace The essays in this book showcase how food affects all the areas of our lives: family, friends, children, love, culture, faith, and more. A Life of Spice captures the...
