Today I want to show you my 1967 Betty Crocker’s Hostess Cookbook. It’s easy to find at your local used bookstore or on eBay. The mid-century illustrations are charming, but the mid-century food photography is atrocious and several of the recipes are definitely, entertainingly disgusting looking to modern eyes. Chapters include: Dinner Parties (Gay supper parties; easy little dinners; classic ...
The Little Women Cookbook: Tempting Recipes from the March Sisters and Their Friends and Family, by Wini Moranville (October 2019; Harvard Common Press). I found this to be a delightful cookbook with darling illustrations and nice color food photography. It was easy to follow and a quick read, but perhaps a little on the slim side – I wanted ...
An Epicurean sniffs that Tartine isn’t what it used to be. The Sun Journal imagines Vincent Price as something of a Proto-Bourdain. Vogue recommends 11 Fall Cookbooks for Every Type of Foodie, including Alpine Cooking which is on my library holds list, and Butcher and Beast which won’t appear on this vegetarian blogger’s list. The Chicago Tribune peeks at recipes ...
The Colorful Family Table: Seasonal Plant-Based Recipes for the Whole Family comes out on December 3, 2019. Disclosure: I received an advance copy of this book free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, we will receive ...
Forbes chooses their Best Keto Cookbooks of 2019. The Statesman Journal encourages us to get cooking for National Cookbook Month with these new cookbooks by Oregon authors. Chowhound recommends seven cookbooks to help you unleash your air fryer’s potential. The Smithsonian shares how food helped bring success to a chef, a cookbook author and a restaurateur. Stylecaster recommends five celebrity ...
Do you watch “Downton Abbey” with a group of friends like I do? I’ve been a weekly watcher who always re-watched the previous night’s episode again the next day. I’ve thrown theme parties based around Downton Abbey, and I’ve even driven over a mountain pass to a city two hours away to watch episodes of the show with some of ...
The Best Celebrity Cookbooks is a roundup at Forbes, featuring Gwyneth Paltrow, Reese Witherspoon (she even has “spoon” in her last name!) and one from Patti LaBelle. Best New International Cookbooks for Fall 2019 is by Chowhound. I already have Alpine Cooking waiting on my library’s holds list. 5 Gorgeous Hotel Cookbooks, via Forbes, features Nobu, NoMad, Claridges, and a ...
October is National Cookbook Month! I thought this was the perfect month to start my new cookbook channel on Youtube and create this blog to support it. Besides shopping constantly for new cookbooks and checking out masses of them from the library, I maintain my collection of vintage cookbooks, dusting frequently. I host parties every week and rely on my ...