Category: book review
The Easiest Chocolate Chip Cookie EVAH!
Check out this easy recipe for a chocolate chip cookie for this round of Cook the Books.
Onion Pie (not quiche)
This onion pie is me contribution to this month’s Cook the Books round. We all read “That Old Ace in the Hole” by Annie Proulx.
Braised Mushrooms with Tagliatelle
Come along with me as we spend a thousand days in Venice….
Cooking with Jacques…
…or how Pépin figures into our cultural literacy and popular culture. (Plus a bonus apple tart recipe.)
Persian Ice Cream and Chocolate Bundt Cake
Read on for delicious ice cream and cake recipes inspired by this month’s Cook the Books selection: Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas.
Mark Twain, Beignets, New Orleans and Cook the Book
This round of Cook the Books featured “Twain’s Feast,” How fortunate for me during my week of New Orleans posts.
Baking Cakes in Kigali
For this round of Cook the Books, we traveled to Kigali to bake cakes with Angel in Gaile Parkin’s novel. I tried my best to bake colorful cupcakes that would make Angel proud. Keep reading to judge for yourself.
“Bread for the Dead” on Día de Muertos
I made Pan de Muerto for my Cooks the Books post this month. We all read Barbara Kingsolver’s “Animal, Vegetable, Mineral.”
Texas (or Oklahoma) Ovenbaked Beans
This round for Cook the Books Club features The Baker’s Daughter by Sarah McCoy. This recipe was inspired by the novel.
Frittata of Zucchini
We read MFK Fisher’s How to Cook a Wolf for this round of Cook the Books. Keep reading for an easy way to use up the surplus of zucchini I hope you are getting from your garden.