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...
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...
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...
Jan 8, 2016 | in the kitchen, products, reviews
Back in late November, my sister and I decided to make our Christmas family dinner as simple of an ordeal as possible. Since my mom is still recovering from her stroke, large events and undertakings tire her out, so our plan was to purchase as many of the dishes as...
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 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...
