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Resolved: Be a better cook — A Book List

Joy's Book Blog Posted on December 28, 2013 by Joy Weese MollMarch 21, 2018

To celebrate the 12 Days of Christmas from now through Epiphany and to advocate for the idea of reading books to support New Year projects, resolutions, and goals, I’m writing a series of posts with themed book lists for various … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenges, Events, Link Parties | Tagged Cooked, Cooking School Cookbook, Harold McGee, Michael Pollan, On Food and Cooking, Weekend Cooking | 8 Replies

Resolved: Be More Fit — A Book List

Joy's Book Blog Posted on December 26, 2013 by Joy Weese MollDecember 28, 2013

To celebrate the 12 Days of Christmas from now through Epiphany and to advocate for the idea of reading books to support New Year projects, resolutions, and goals, I’m writing a series of posts with themed book lists for various … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenges, Events | Tagged Anne Fletcher, Daniel Amen, David Perlmutter, Frank Forencich, Giada De Laurentiis, Giada's Feel Good Food, Grain Brain, In Defense of Food, Judith S. Beck, Kristin Loberg, Mark Hyman, Michael Pollan, Play as if You, Rick Warren, The Beck Diet Solution, The Complete Beck Diet for Life, The Daniel Plan, Thin for Life | 14 Replies

Book Review: Cooked by Michael Pollan (Part 4)

Joy's Book Blog Posted on October 12, 2013 by Joy Weese MollMarch 21, 2018

Book: Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollan Genre: Nonfiction Publisher: The Penguin Press Publication date: 2013 Pages: 468 Source: Library Summary: Cooked by Michael Pollan looks at the transformation of ingredients into food by the four elemental forces — fire for barbecue, water for … Continue reading →

Posted in Link Parties, Reviews | Tagged Cooked, Helene Dujardin, Julia Child Rules, Karen Karbo, Michael Pollan, Plate to Pixel, Weekend Cooking | 11 Replies

Book Review: Cooked by Michael Pollan (Part 3)

Joy's Book Blog Posted on September 14, 2013 by Joy Weese MollMarch 21, 2018

Book: Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollan Genre: Nonfiction Publisher: The Penguin Press Publication date: 2013 Pages: 468 Source: Library Summary: Cooked by Michael Pollan looks at the transformation of ingredients into food by the four elemental forces — fire for barbecue, water for … Continue reading →

Posted in Link Parties, Reviews | Tagged Cooked, Michael Pollan, Weekend Cooking | 13 Replies

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

Joy's Book Blog Posted on September 9, 2013 by Joy Weese MollMarch 21, 2018

It’s been a couple of weeks since I wrote a Monday post. During that time, I completed my Live Like Julia project to celebrate the book Julia Child Rules by Karen Karbo. Last week, I wrote a list of those posts in … Continue reading →

Posted in Link Parties, Writing | Tagged Amy Falls Down, Bitten, Blake Snyder, Clean, Cooked, David Sheff, Francine Prose, Gluttony, How Children Succeed, It's Monday!, Jincy Willett, Julia Child Rules, Karen Karbo, Kelley Armstrong, Mary Jo Putney, Michael Pollan, Paul Tough, Save the Cat, Sometimes a Rogue, The Writing Class, Thirteen | 4 Replies

Book Review: Cooked by Michael Pollan (Part 2)

Joy's Book Blog Posted on September 7, 2013 by Joy Weese MollMarch 21, 2018

Book: Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollan Genre: Nonfiction Publisher: The Penguin Press Publication date: 2013 Pages: 468 Source: Library Summary: Cooked by Michael Pollan looks at the transformation of ingredients into food by the four elemental forces — fire for barbecue, water for … Continue reading →

Posted in Link Parties, Reviews | Tagged Cooked, Michael Pollan, Weekend Cooking | 12 Replies

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

Joy's Book Blog Posted on August 26, 2013 by Joy Weese MollMarch 21, 2018

I started a project to Live Like Julia on a dare from Karen Karbo, author of Julia Child Rules: Wanted: Bloggers to #LiveLikeJulia For One Week and Write About It. I chose Rule #6: To Be Happy, Work Hard to test-drive for a week. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Link Parties | Tagged Cooked, David King, Death in the City of Light, It's Monday!, Julia Child Rules, Karen Karbo, Kathe Lison, Michael Pollan, The Whole Fromage

The Sunday Salon — my first

Joy's Book Blog Posted on August 11, 2013 by Joy Weese MollMarch 21, 2018

I’ve decided I’d like to use The Sunday Salon as a way to post little bookish things that aren’t book reviews. I enjoy these posts so much on other people’s blogs. Unfortunately, this urge didn’t come with an idea of … Continue reading →

Posted in Link Parties, Writing | Tagged Amy Falls Down, Blake Snyder, Cooked, How to Write a Book Proposal, Jincy Willett, Julie Garwood, Michael Larsen, Michael Pollan, Save the Cat, Sunday Salon, Sweet Talk | 8 Replies

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

Joy's Book Blog Posted on August 5, 2013 by Joy Weese MollMarch 21, 2018

Read I posted my review of a writing book that I find useful both for character development and plotting: Book Review: 45 Master Characters by Victoria Lynn Schmidt. Last week, I read Shades of Earth by Beth Revis in just two … Continue reading →

Posted in Link Parties | Tagged Beth Revis, Calculated in Death, Cooked, It's Monday!, J.D. Robb, Michael Pollan, Shades of Earth | 6 Replies

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

Joy's Book Blog Posted on December 2, 2012 by Joy Weese MollMarch 21, 2018

I’m putting this post up a bit early because I have a post drafted for tomorrow that will link to a blog hop. The assignment is to write about how I met my significant other — I managed to turn … Continue reading →

Posted in Link Parties | Tagged Ali McNamara, Cornelia Funke, Culinary Intelligence, Flour Power, Food Matters, From Notting Hill with Love...Actually, In Defense of Food, It's Monday!, Marion Nestle, Mark Bittman, Marleeta F. Basey, Michael Pollan, Peter Kaminsky, The Ghost Knight, What to Eat | 7 Replies

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