CookShelfIs it true? Does he or she who dies with the most cookbooks really win? AbeBooks published A Guide to Collecting Cookbooks recently that triggered something in me - and I had a "come to Julia" talk with myself. While I…
Mad Genius Tips: Over 90 Expert Hacks and 100 Delicious Recipes by Justin Chapple and Editors of Food & Wine is the perfect book for new and advanced cooks alike. For more information on this title, please see my review…
Mad Genius Tips: Over 90 Expert Hacks and 100 Delicious Recipes by Justin Chapple and Editors of Food & Wine is an innovative guide to getting the most out of the tools we have in the kitchen as well as tips to…
January isn't all about clean eating and juicing, although there are a few great titles to help us in our repentance for holiday indulgences. Books on dumplings, hygge and more work their way into January's resolutions.…
Top Chef is one of my favorite cooking shows - the chefs' creations are inspirational and I find that I learn something new from most episodes. And then, of course, like any good cookbook slueth, I start stalking Amazon…
Butter Celebrates!: Delicious Recipes for Special Occasions by Rosie Daykin is a gorgeous book from the owner of the popular bakery, Butter Bakery & Cafe in Vancouver. This title is her second offering. Her debut…
Butter Celebrates!: Delicious Recipes for Special Occasions by Rosie Daykin is the second offering by the talented bakery owner of Butter Bakery & Cafe in Vancouver. Her debut title, Butter Baked Goods: Nostalgic…
There was a time when the thought of using a pressure cooker would make me quiver with fear. My grandmother was a butcher, one of the first females, who worked at the meat packing houses in East St. Louis, Illinois. She…
Modern Pressure Cooking: More Than 100 Incredible Recipes and Time-Saving Techniques to Master Your Pressure Cooker by Bren Herrera is a cookbook designed for today's pressure cookers with recipes that deliver on flavor…
Italian Street Food: Recipes from Italy's Bars and Hidden Laneways by Paola Bacchia is one of my favorite titles of 2016. It is a glorious peek at the people and food found on Italy's beautiful streets. For more…
Paola Bacchia's Italian Street Food: Recipes from Italy's Bars and Hidden Laneways is a delicious journey along the streets of Italy sharing stories of her food and people. Bacchia not only wrote this book, she also…
Recently, there was a discussion in The Cookbook Junkies about the marks a cookbook must hit to be defined as "good" or in other words "what do we look for in a cookbook". This discussion has been rehashed several dozen…
