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You’re In Good Company, a TLC Book Review
This is a book of essays, lessons, recipes and friendship.
Cookies for Miss Eliza’s English Kitchen
Miss Eliza’s English Kitchen by Annabel Abbs is the current selection for Cook the Books. Amy’s Cooking Adventures is serving as the guest host for this round. Thanks for joining us, Amy! About the book: INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Good Housekeeping Book Club Pick * A Country Living Best Book of Fall * A Washington Post Best Feel-Good Book of the Year…
Two for one cookies
Actually, there are three cookie recipes here today: a basic butter cookie, an almond spice cookie, and a lemon cookie.
Pine Nut Tassies
Another recipe from a 2003 Gourmet magazine. Instead of an appetizer, I decided to make something sweet—Pine Nut Tassies.
Pot luck recipes plus one new offering
For this year’s holiday movie, I went back a few years to A Christmas Memory, originally done for ABC Stage 67 in 1966! Truman Capote narrates.
The Secret Life of Bees. One recipe, two events.
I’m hosting two events that wrap up this month: For Cook the Books, I’m hosting Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd for the August/September round. For Movies & Munchies, I’m hosting the 2008 movie with Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah, and Alicia Keyes, et al. The deadline for both events is September 30 so…
Cookbook Review: Cooking in Real Life by Lidey Heuck
Back to the “Best of 2024” cookbook reviews. Cooking in Real Life is truly the best of the best. I’ve made four recipes from this book (so far) and they are all remarkable: Cheesy Stuffed Squash with Kale & Brown Rice, Spaghetti with Sweet Corn Pesto, Peanut Butter and Ginger Cookies, and Celery Waldorf with…
A League of Their Own and an inspired-by recipe
Here’s an inspired-by cola infused double chocolate cookie for Movies & Munchies.
Relish: My Live in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley for Cook the Books
This round of Cook the Books finds us reading Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley. This was a first (as far as I know) for our culinary book club—Relish is a graphic novel. Simona is hosting and you can read the announcement post here. About the Book: Lucy Knisley loves food. The daughter…
A Cookie a Day for Advent, a holiday cookbook review
A little departure today from my “Best of 2023” cookbook reviews (and to kick off the holiday season)… Every year, I’ve mailed an advent calendar to our nieces in Colorado. I’m honestly not sure when I started but the eldest is a senior in high school this year so I’m guessing it’s been at least…