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While perusing Table of Contents, a cookbook filled with recipes and anecdotes from authors, I became fixated on one of Sara Gruen’s (Water for Elephants, 2007) contributions: Merran Neville’s Pavlova. From the ingredients, I deduced Pavlova was a dessert but beyond that, I was mystified. After a bit of research, I learned that Pavlova is [...]
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 [...]
Gesine Bullock-Prado’s memoir, Confections of a Master Baker, tells of her decision to leave Hollywood and all its trappings–she was working for her sister, actress Sandra Bullock–to move to Montpelier, VT and open a bakery. The book was a fun read, and Bullock-Prado generously included several recipes. I was compelled to whip up a batch of Cream Scones a [...]
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? May 31, 2012
From the Outside Looking Indian
by Rupinder Gill
Courtesy of Berkley/NAL Penguin Group
June 12, 2012
Between You and Me
by Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus
courtesy of Engelman & Co.
July 3, 2012
The Next Best Thing
by Jennifer Weiner
courtesy of Engelman & Co.
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