Category: book review
TLC Book Tour: All the News I Need and Nectarine Salad with Oil and Vinegar
This TLC Book Tour finds me perusing through a copy of All the News I Need by Joan Frank (and making this delicious salad).
Book Review: This Too Shall Pass
This Too Shall Pass is a tale of a forty-year-old woman mourning the loss of a loved one while trying to reevaluate her own existence.
Dinner With Edward and a Cocktail (of course)
Join me for this round of Cook the Books and this month’s selection Dinner with Edward by Isabel Vincent. Of course, I have included a cocktail recipe. What’s a dinner party without a cocktail?
TLC Book Tour: Unbound and Lentil Soup with Chorizo
Join me as I ski into Unbound: A Story of Snow and Self-Discovery with a warming and hearty lentil soup.
Wild Rice Salad with Dried Fruit and Arugula
Here is a recipe from a truly beautiful book, Eat Beautiful, by Wendy Rowe.
Sesame Noodles with Broccoli
Today’s recipe is based on one from Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals that Brought Me Home by Jessica Fechtor, the current Cook the Books selection.
Cooking for Picasso: A Book Review
Follow three generations of French women and their connection with Picasso in this novel of intrigue, destiny, and of course food and art.
Karma and Chai
Here’s another book review of Karma and the Art of Butter Chicken by Monica Bhide. For the perfect gift, I’ve paired this book with a homemade chai spice.
Spirits of Christmas
Along with a book review of Amaro: The Spirited World of Bittersweet, Herbal Liqueurs, I am including a recipe for homemade limoncello. Either would make a great Christmas gift. Both would send the recipient over the moon!
Pasta Arrabbiata for Tomorrow There Will Be Apricots (Cook the Books)
Tomorrow There Will Be Apricots is a beautifully written book full of food. Here is my inspired-by dish for Cook the Books.