Jul 25, 2016 | book reviews, bookshelf, reviews
title: Stars So Sweet author: Tara Dairman publication date: July 19, 2016 publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers When Tara emailed to say her publisher was sending me a copy of Stars So Sweet to review, I must say, I had a major case of the...
May 4, 2016 | beyond the kitchen, books, bookshelf, giveaways
I was pretty excited to join a blog hop and giveaway for Nourish, a new cookbook coming by Nettie Cronish & Cara Rosenbloom. I don’t own a lot of cookbooks whose main focus is ‘healthy eating’, so this was a good way for me to try something new....
Mar 31, 2016 | book reviews, bookshelf, reviews
title: A Curious History of Food and Drink author: Ian Crofton publication date: October 23, 2013 publisher: Quercus This book is for all those food lovers who are ever eager to hear about new, strange, and wonderful dishes. — Ian Crofton (A Curious History of...
Mar 10, 2016 | beyond the kitchen, books, bookshelf, giveaways
You’ve read what I think about the lovely cookbook Teatime in Paris, and then you found out some interesting tidbits about the author, Jill Colonna, so how about winning a copy of Teatime in Paris for yourself? That’s right! Thanks to Jill and her...
Mar 7, 2016 | authors, bookshelf
I connected with Jill last year when I discovered her two cookbooks – Mad About Macarons and Teatime in Paris on Twitter (as a macaron lover, you KNOW I had to have a copy of her books!). After corresponding via email for several months, I’m happy to say...
Feb 16, 2016 | book reviews, bookshelf, reviews
title: Teatime in Paris! A Walk Through Easy French Patisserie Recipes author: Jill Colonna publication date: July 1, 2015 publisher: Waverley Books As a busy working mum, my kind of French baking has to be easy, tasty, pretty and inexpensive to reproduce at home. In...
