Category: cookbook review
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Drunken blondies with pumpkin spice morsels and butterscotch chips
“The Back In The Day Bakery Cookbook” is one of my most beloved titles. I have dozens and dozens of cookbooks, and this one is the kind I reach for when I am looking for the ultimate recipe. So when my good friend and kindred spirit, Jenn, brought me a bag of pumpkin spice morsels…
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Cookbook Review: Barefoot Contessa: How Easy is That?
I know this review is long overdue. I’ve had this book for a while now. But I’ve had bronchitis twice, the flu, and then a sinus infection, and I wanted to give this the proper attention. (Are you sick of hearing about me being sick? I’m sick of talking about it. Let’s move on, then.)…
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Cookbook Review: The Gourmet Cookie Book
I’ll cut to the chase. This is hands down, the best baking cookbook for 2010. And I’ve been through at least a couple of dozen of the latest and greatest just in the past year. Despite all the cookie collections that have recently hit bookshelves, “The Gourmet Cookie Book” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) is not…
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Cookbook Review: Nigella Lawson’s Kitchen
Just when I thought Nigella couldn’t possibly produce another cookbook, she came out with this nearly-500 page heavyweight “Kitchen: Recipes from the Heart of the Home.” (Knopf Canada) Like many of her previous cookbooks, this one is meant to give us a glimpse into her household, by way of her feel-good food solutions for the harried weekday cook.…
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Cookbook Review: Bobby Flay’s Throwdown
Bobby Flay didn’t always rub me the right way – especially during his appearances on “The Next Food Network Star.” He was arrogant, abrasive even. But when I caught a few episodes of “Throwdown,” in which he goes head-to-head with chefs who have staked their claim as the best at making iconic dishes or desserts,…
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Cookbook Review: Around My French Table
I’m going to cut to the chase here. Dorie Greenspan’s “Around My French Table” is my favourite new cookbook. In fact, with just a couple of months to go until the end of the year, I am going to be so bold as to say this is potentially the best cookbook of 2010. I first came across…
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Cookbook Review: Everyday Food: Fresh Flavor Fast
Dear readers, forgive me for my short sabbatical from this blog. It wasn’t planned, between the trips to the pediatrician, pharmacy, and my general malaise over this hard job called being a mom, I let things slide. Going to sleep at 9:30 p.m. seemed more appealing than sitting down at my laptop. But I…
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Cookbook review: Giada at Home
Years ago, when I first laid eyes on Giada Di Laurentiis, I was prepared to hate her guts. The cleavage-baring, toothy beauty who peppered her commentary with rolling Italian words was obviously the Food Network’s blatant response to the industry of food porn. But then I tried one of her recipes, and another, and…
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Cookbook Review: The SoNo Baking Company Cookbook
John Barricelli was a familiar face to me as one of the chefs on the show “Everyday Food.” But I didn’t realize until I got my hands on “The SoNo Baking Company Cookbook” (Clarkson Potter) that not only was he an affable personality but he had the baking pedigree to boot. I’ve really built…
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Cookbook Review: Michael Symon’s Live to Cook
When I first got my hands on this new cookbook from Iron Chef America’s Michael Symon, I was skeptical. According to the publisher’s promo copy, Symon showcases the “heritage” food based on the recipes beloved by his Greek-Italian-Eastern European family and also tells the story of his meteroric rise to fame from working-class Midwestern…