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Today’s Weekend Cooking post is from a cookbook I received from my friends over at Quirk Books. When I heard the pitch (and title of this book), I was sold. With visions of comfort food and mothballs dancing through my head, I dove into the almost pocket-sized Little Old Lady Recipes by Meg Favreau. The recipes [...]
Last weekend, I was bested by a can of pizza dough, some cheese, sauce, and chopped peppers while attempting a recipe from a whimsical cookbook in which each of the 80 ‘party-perfect’ recipes are impaled or skewered in some fashion. I refused to give up on the Pizza Skewers was back in the kitchen this [...]
This weekend, I’m participating in Beth Fish Read’s Weekend Cooking Challenge. You’ll find the Butter Cookie recipe at the end of this post. My sister held me hostage in her kitchen this weekend for our first annual Christmas Cookie Bake-athon. We had so much fun baking, chatting, and teasing each other mercilessly. I grumbled about [...]
I spent the entire day in the kitchen preparing meals for the month (again!) and wanted to share a particularly easy and yummy recipe with you as part of Beth Fish Reads Weekend Cooking Challenge. A few weeks back, a spiral-bound cookbook caught my eye at a tag sale, and I snapped it (and two [...]
I’ve made (and posted about) these cream puffs before–they are always a crowd pleaser. Though a bit time consuming (baking the shells, cooling the shells, piping in the filling), they are worth the effort. In a fresh twist for my nephew’s birthday yesterday, I made a chocolate ganache (chocolate mixed with heavy cream) to cover [...]
Welcome aboard, I'm Natalie! I'm 37, married to a dream boat, and live in New Jersey. It's all about books here! I read, recommend, review, and revel in them. Have a book you'd like me to review? Visit my Review Policy for details. Want to drop me a line? February 9, 2012
The Girl with the Crooked Nose
by Ted Botha
courtesy of Penguin Publishers
February 25, 2012
The Book Club Cookbook
by Judy Gelman and Vicki Levy Krupp
courtesy of Tarcher Publishers (Penguin USA)
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