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I’m on a bit of a cookie kick lately. With school getting ready to start and the cooler temperatures we’ve been enjoying, it just seems like I need to bake. I also like to get some cookies into the freezer so I always have some on hand if I need to bring a little something […]

This may astound some of you, but I don’t own a lot of cookbooks. I have my handful of favorites, but for the most part collect recipes through blogs, online recipe sites, and cooking magazines. I have to really love a cookbook to buy it, and although I am tempted by a lot of them, […]

As I was writing the title, I was transported back in time, reminding me of  the poetry sessions at primary school. Do you remember them? When you stood up by your desk trying not to shuffle your feet, declaiming title and verse, not really understanding what it was all about, all the time knowing that you were […]

Do you really need a book devoted entirely to cookies? That was the question I was asking myself as I requested to review a copy of Martha Stewart’s newest book, Cookies: The Very Best Treats to Bake and to Share. After poring over the book for the past couple of weeks, I’ve learned that the answer is […]

Every baker has one — the cookbook that is grease spotted and batter flecked, dog eared, flour dusted, and perhaps has more than one spread of pages honey-glued together. But it’s the book we keep going back to. The one that has the lemon bar recipe we never “adjust.” The chocolate chip cookies better (gasp!) than Mom’s. […]

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 […]

Do you know what I call smart? Taking something from “works awesome” (No-Knead Bread) to the level of “KICK-ASS.” Which is exactly what authors of the book Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day, Jeff Hertzberg and Zoe Francois, have done.  Oh yeah, and I hold them both directly responsible for the extra 3lbs I’ve […]

It always amazes me that anyone should have a difficult time buying me a present.  Then again, it also amazes me that I’m not showered with presents on a daily basis.  I’m sure there are enough cookbooks out there that I could get a new one every day and never have any repeats.  Sadly, I […]

I love bread in a somewhat unreasonable manner. It is one of the few foods I could never give up. And it’s also one of the few things I rarely make - which is ridiculous given the state of most commercial bread in Britain.
A copy of Anne Sheasby’s The Big Book of Bread recently came […]

Gifts for the kitchen can easily cross the line, going from a thoughtful gesture to an inappropriate hint.  For the holidays, beautiful cookbooks filled with inspiration should be your theme, leaving the overly practical cookbooks for the domestic chef to acquire on his or her own.  Yet, when purchasing online, or fighting the holiday season […]