Author Archives for KitchenNut
Cooking for Two … Which Books to Buy?
As it’s just hubby and me, I am seemingly always trying to scale-back recipes or be on a hunt for a recipe that doesn’t make quite as much. I always hear the idea to make the full recipe, and save the leftovers, but that’s really not for me. I enjoy being in the kitchen and […]
Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day
When the low-carb diet came into fad, I shouted for joy because there would be so much more bread for me (since I am such a breadivore). I was raised with the best homemade bread that could be found, so I’d always considered store-bought bread to be, well, useless. However, as I cut the apron […]
The Great Big Butter Cookbook: Because Everything’s Better with Butter
…and I couldn’t agree more! I’m a total advocate for “the real thing.” I love what Christopher Kimball recently said on the taping of a live show for America’s Test Kitchen. Of course, this was said as he was adding 3 sticks of butter to a cake, “If you want a low-fat dessert, eat an […]
Book Review: The Christmas Pearl, by Dorothea Benton Frank
I love, love, love to read, so when you put a book in my hands that also has to do with food, well, I generally call it a winner! One of my quirks is my love to study and read old cookbooks, and stories that include conversations of people and their recipes pre-modern day (before all […]



