Category: Cookbook Review
Drink Your Garden by Belinda Kelly and Venise Cunningham
A review of a fun and inventive book plus three “bloody” cocktails for Halloween.
Two books by Nadiya Hussain: Cook Once, Eat Twice and Finding My Voice
Cook Once, Eat Twice: Time-Saving Recipes to Help you Get Ahead in the Kitchen by Nadiya Hussain is the next book I’m reviewing on Epicurious’ list of the best cookbooks of Spring 2025. Hussain didn’t make the top sixteen but her book is on the “More Spring Books That We’re Excited About” list. I’m also…
The Hidden Vegetables Cookbook: 90 Tasty Recipes for Veggie-Averse Adults by Heidi Herman
Hidden Vegetables is a brand new cookbook that will allow you to hide all sorts of goodness in your meals. I made some Omelet Muffins and did just that.
Get Lit: Cocktails That Bring Your Favorite Books to Life by Elizabeth Sagan (w/recipes by Sother Teague). Not exactly what I expected…
A book of inventive cocktails. Check out my high-octane version of one of the mocktails.
Braided Heritage: Recipes and Stories on the Origin of American Cuisine by Jessica B. Harris
I thought for the longest time (as this book set languishing in my TBR stack as the library due date drew closer and closer) that this was a book about bread and baking. I am clueless obviously. Once I cracked it opened, I was amazed. What an undertaking. Harris braids together a few of the…
Another gem by B. Dylan Hollis
To my knowledge, Baking Across America: A Vintage Recipe Road Trip is not on any “best of” list but I had to grab a copy from the library. I laughed out loud when I read Baking Yesteryear last year. Truly. I was cry-laughing throughout. I saw Hollis’ newest book when my sister and I were…
Snacking cookbook is more than just “girl dinners”
Snacking Dinners: 50+ Recipes for Low-Lift, High-Reward Dinners That Delight is a new cookbook by Georgia Freedman that is chock full of great and easy ideas for all sorts of eating (breakfast, lunch and dinner).
Setting a Place for Us by Hawa Hassan
Setting a Place for Us: Recipes and Stories of Displacement, Resilience, and Community from Eight Countries Impacted by War is another book listed on Epicurious’ Best Cookbooks of 2025 list. (I am focusing on quite a few of these cookbooks this summer.) About the book: An enthralling, intimate collection of essays and over 75 recipes…
Sesame by Rachel Simons, another top cookbook from 2025
I didn’t buy this book for me but I did think it was worthy for a birthday present for my sister. This is another “best of 2025” review.
A Review: Hardcore Vegetarianism by Laura Lee Flanagan
I’m back in to the TLC Book Tours. It’s been a while. I was pleased to get a copy of Hardcore Vegetarianism to review. It’s good to be back! I received a free review copy of this book from the publisher for this stopover. I was not paid for this review and all opinions, thoughts…