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Cookies are a universal delight, no? As much as everyone loves a good chocolate chip cookie, though, it makes sense to have a resource that covers all the possible shapes, sizes and flavors of cookies.
101 Easy Peasy Cookie Recipes, by Lucinda Wallace and Heather Wallace, is just that resource.
Purely recipes, the cookbook offers none of […]

When I saw the cover of Sweet Melissa Baking Book, my mouth watered. The confectioner’s sugar topped dessert looked too good to be true. And when I later read the book (during my breaks at work), I was intrigued. I love author Melissa Murphy’s style. Her brief tidbits with each recipe really make the book […]

I seem to have a special fondness for Australian magazines that I can’t quite explain.  I’ve gushed about Donna Hay before, but in case you haven’t heard of it, I’d like to introduce a new player onto the scene.  Delicious magazine, which publishes a UK edition, and at one point also put out a US […]

Even though I’m admittedly a big fan of Martha Stewart, I have a love/hate relationship with her recipes.  Some work, some don’t, and I know I’m in good company with my success, or lack thereof.  I vividly remember making a Cranberry Upside-Down Cake recipe of hers twice, back-to-back, determined to beat the thing into submission before […]

I subscribe to culinary magazines, buy cookbooks, surf the web for cooking techniques, and read recipes on the back of any box or package of food I purchase.  I look forward to my bi-monthly edition of Cuisine at Home magazine published by August Home.  With a subscription price for the 6 issues at $24.00, it is a little more pricey […]

The popular Hollywood party planner, Colin Cowie, is known for the money-is-no-object fetes that he has put together for Oprah Winfrey, Jennifer Lopez and Brooke Shields, among others.  But it turns out that throwing a party isn’t the only thing he knows a thing or two about. 
His new book, Colin Cowie Chic, is all about gracious […]

When I was younger I used to always have the radio on. When I would wake up in the morning, and I would listen to music when I was getting ready for school and work. I remember bopping around the house/apartment/room to the music. I would also always fall asleep with music on softly in […]

I didn’t come upon this wonderful book in the usual way, which is to say drooling over it in a bookstore or browsing on Amazon. Instead, my sister sent me a forwarded e-mail with the subject line reading something like “Count Your Blessings.” Now I don’t typically open these types of e-mails, but my sister […]

The first thing I noticed as I flipped through The New Regional Italian Cuisine Cookbook by Reinhardt Hess, Cornelia Schinharl and Sabine Salzer was the abundance of beautiful pictures. There is a photo of every single recipe, as well as scenic shots of Italy and close-ups of ingredients. Photos are a major plus in any […]

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