I looked through Kitchen Remix: 75 Recipes for Making the Most of Your Ingredients: A Cookbook (via Amazon; affiliate link) recently, and found it incredibly useful. I’ve been stocking up lots of food in my fridge and pantry, getting ready for a long autumn and winter of social distancing and quarantining again.. and I’m not always sure what to do ...
I don’t particularly care for fruit cake, and I suspect you don’t either. Yes, I’ll eat it if a relative brings it in person to a family gathering. I’ll smile and just drink lots of liquid (preferably whiskey or wine, but tea, Martinelli’s sparkling apple juice or water will do). We’ve all had some really bad fruitcakes, especially around the ...
Kaiti and I are both Disney fans (though we’re not visiting any of the Disney theme parks during this difficult time). So we were fighting over who got to write this cookbook preview post on Disney Eats: More Than 150 Recipes for Everyday Cooking and Inspired Fun (via Amazon; affiliate link) and I apparently won – yay! This cookbook seems ...
I’m so excited to get my hands on this new Halloween holiday cookbook: Tricky Treats: Halloween Delights for Appetizers, Snacks, Dinner and Dessert (via Amazon; affiliate link). The author, Vincent Amiel, is a food stylist and works helping produce food magazines. This makes me anticipate the food photography in this cookbook will be spectacular! Chapters include: Halloween Basics (the usual tools ...
After gaining the coronavirus 19 (pounds) from our quarantine comfort food meals, my boyfriend and I have decided to make a commitment to eating healthier. We’re eating a lot more salads, and already getting tired of our boring salad repertoire. I’m looking forward to checking out Mandy’s Gourmet Salads: Recipes for Lettuce and Life (via Amazon) which comes out in ...
Today I’m browsing through my advance copy of Maenam: A Fresh Approach to Thai Cooking, (via Amazon) by Angus An. I haven’t often attempted Thai cooking here at home, and I’m hoping there are enough vegetable and noodle centric recipes here that I can adapt them to my vegetarian kitchen. This new international cookbook comes out August 4, 2020. (Disclosure: ...
With summer finally here, I find myself craving tequila-based cocktails, and we eat tacos at least two nights a week here in my home near Seattle. I really wish “Tequila & Tacos” (via Amazon) was coming out before October 2020 so you could all enjoy making tequila and food pairings all summer long! (Disclosure: Some of the links in this ...
This darling Japanese dessert cookbook comes out in November, just in time for the holiday gifting season. I’m delighted to get a sneak peek at Mochi Magic: 50 Traditional and Modern Recipes for the Japanese Treat (via Amazon). (Disclosure: I received an advance copy of this book free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Some of the links ...
I bought an Instant Pot just before Christmas, and I still barely know how to use it. I’ve made a few chicken and rice dinners for my boyfriend in it, and several pots of black beans, but that’s about it. I’m looking forward to checking out this new cookbook by Nili Barrett, Healthy Instant Pot Mini Cookbook: 100 Recipes for ...
Now that we’re all cooking at home much more often, I’m finding cookbooks like Foil Pack Dinners (via Amazon) extremely handy. Author Julia Rutland presents “100 Delicious, Quick-Prep Recipes for the Grill and Oven” in this newly published cookbook. Let’s take a look inside and see what helpful recipes await! Disclosure: I received an advance copy of this book free ...