Category: Clubs and Blog Hops
Roasted Broccoli Brown Rice Bowls and Hippie Food
Brown rice, tofu, whole wheat bread, organic vegetables, Whole Foods….these are all wonders brought to you by the counter-culture. Join me for a review of Hippie Food: How Back-to-Landers, Longhairs, and Revolutionaries Changed the Way We Eat.
Black Beans with Garlic and Chipotle on a TLC Book Tour for Resurrecting Rain
Resurrecting Rain by Patricia Averbach is partially set in Santa Fe. This novel gave me a great excuse to pull out my Santa Fe School of Cooking Cookbook and find an authentic recipe that could have been served up in the novel.
Maple-Banana Muffins and The Ingredients of You and Me for TLC
Nina Bocci’s latest novel includes some heirloom recipes for Cucidati (Italian Fig Cookies), Apfelkuchen (German Apple Cake), Hummingbird Cake, Italian Wedding Cookies (anise cookies), and Ciambelone (Italian tea cakes). Please join me for my TLC review.
Midnight in Paris: Food ‘n Flix Announcement
Welcome to May’s Food ‘n Flix round and one of my favorite movies: Midnight in Paris. I am not a huge Woody Allen fan, but I do love this film. You might find more famous dead people in this film than food, but I know you will be able to find some foodie inspiration.
Food ‘n Flix, The Biggest Little Farm, and a Chickpea Salad
The Biggest Little Farm features a 200 acre money pit that Molly and John turn into a flourishing, biodynamic Eden. Join me for a review of this 2018 documentary as well as one of Molly’s recipes.
Flatbread Pizza with Grilled Chicken and Peanuts
Here’s a recipe I made in early March and another Cookbook of the Week feature. Hope you enjoy!
April 2020 “In My Kitchen”
Still distancing…and baking donuts and drinking tea and eating all meals in. Check out what’s new in the kitchen this month.
Pumpkin-Apple Donuts and Sleepy Hollow
After a one month hiatus from Food ‘n Flix, I’m back for the Tim Burton extravaganza! Here’s some donuts, perfect for noshing on while you watch Burton’s quirky tales.
Elephant Ears and Pomegranate Soup
Pomegranate Soup is the current selection for Cook the Books. There’s an eclectic mix of Persian, Italian, and Irish food in this book. I decided on the Persian recipe for Elephant Ears.
Healthy Minestrone: Welcome to the Blue Zone
The Blue Zones Kitchen: 100 Recipes to Live to 100 is the current stop on the TLC Book Tour. I’m also including it in my Cookbook Highlight of the Week. Want to live a long and healthy life? Read on.