Paper Palate

Have you ever found out the night before that you needed to send in a dessert for the school bakesale?  What about a last minute get together with friends and you’ve been asked to bring something for dessert?  If you are like me, you don’t want to just go to the store and purchase something, […]

Have you ever wanted to know more about how to use vanilla?  Or perhaps interesting ways to use other extracts that you have seen at gourmet shops or high-end grocery stores?  Then, A Century of Flavors is the cookbook for you.
This cookbook is written to be used with the Nielsen-Massey Vanillas, which are made by a […]

When I received a cookbook that was titled Taste This! I was immediately interested to see what was inside.  As I opened the book, I was struck by all of the beautiful color photos of not just a handful of the recipes, but of EACH AND EVERY recipe!  With my love of visual references, this […]

Sometimes you come across a cookbook that is more than a book full of recipes. The Military Wives’ Cookbook: 200 Years of Traditions, Recipes, and Remembrances is a book like that.  Written by Carolyn Quick Tillery, a daughter of a serviceman who went on to serve before becoming a military wife, it is filled with history […]

This cookbook came to me at just the right time.  Sandra Lee’s newest Food Network show, ‘Sandra’s Money Saving Meals’, premieres on May 10th at 12pm and her Money Saving Meals cookbook could not have hit the bookshelves at a more opportune time.  With everyone tightening their belts and watching every penny spent, the shortcuts […]

I recently received a copy of Enlightened Soups: More Than 135 Light, Healthy, Delicious and Beautiful Soups in 60 Minutes or Less and was thrilled because not only does the book have some wonderful lightened soup recipes, but it’s written by Camilla Saulsbury.  If you have seen Ultimate Recipe Showdown this season or the previous […]

Now that Spring has sprung, we’ll be switching to our warm weather clothes before we know it.  Many of us have begun increasing our exercise routine and lightening up the foods we are eating.  Betty Crocker has recently added a new cookbook to help with these changes, Betty Crocker Whole Grains: Easy Everyday Recipes.
This latest […]

My shelves are packed with cookbooks, but I’m always on the lookout for a new one.  Although I have gotten a bit pickier in terms of which ones I buy myself, that doesn’t stop me from adding to my shelves every now and again.  Recently I was introduced to Sam Stern’s Get Cooking, the third […]

“Lighten Up” by Jill Dupleix is part of a genre: “Healthy Approach To Cooking.” You will not need me to tell you that the “HATCH” books emerge in the spring from the depth of winter’s extra layers. They spring up on shelves and in booksellers’ windows with an ostentatory attitude which can be despiriting. What an […]

In this age of the burgeoning American palate, most people find themselves in one of two categories: those who eat to live and those who live to eat. Live-to-eaters are also called foodies. Folks like me who maintain their favorite meal is always their next. People who marvel at the creative minds at Charm City Cakes, […]