Book: What to Eat: An Aisle-by-Aisle Guide to Savvy Food Choices and Good Eating by Marion Nestle Genre: Nutrition Publisher: North Point Press Publication date: 2006 Pages: 611 Source: Library Summary: What to Eat by Marion Nestle takes the reader through … Continue reading →
We’re a little distracted around here — watching baseball, drinking sparkling wine, and lots of cheering. So, here’s a quickie post that happens to be appropriate both for Weekend Cooking and for the Bloggers Alliance of Nonfiction Devotees topic of the … Continue reading →
I missed the first book club meeting at Around the Plate, but I’m going to try again. The next book selection is Will Write for Food: the complete guide to writing cookbooks, restaurant reviews, articles, memoir, fiction, and more by Dianne Jacob … Continue reading →
The Annual Book Selection and Potluck meeting for my book club was Thursday. I posted the book lists yesterday: Book Club Selections, the long and short of it. Today, for Weekend Cooking, I’m posting the recipe for the dish I provided … Continue reading →
Book: The Beck Diet Solution by Judith S. Beck Genre: diet book Publisher: Oxmoor House Publication date: 2008 Pages: 282 Source: Purchased Summary: The Beck Diet Solution by Judith S. Beck sounds like a diet book, but there’s no diet … Continue reading →
I read lots of book blogs, of course, but also a handful of blogs by dietitians. So, I’m thrilled that I can help spread the word among book bloggers and their readers about a new book club starting at Around … Continue reading →
Book: The Kitchen Daughter by Jael McHenry Genre: fiction, magical realism Publisher: Gallery Books Publication date: 2011 Pages: 272 Source: Library Summary: The title character in The Kitchen Daughter by Jael McHenry is Ginny, a woman who would probably be placed on … Continue reading →
Book: My Life in France by Julia Child Genre: memoir Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Publication date: 2006 Pages: 302 Source: Library Summary: My Life in France by Julia Child with Alex Prud’homme tells the story of Julia Child’s adventures in French cooking, beginning with a move to … Continue reading →
When I asked our nephew for help selecting wine for a Bastille Day cheese tasting, he went above and beyond to outfit us for an amazing experience. Andrew works for wholesale wine distributor H2Vino in Chicago and his friend, Cesar, … Continue reading →
In my June 18 Weekend Cooking post, Book Review: The Very Best of Recipes for Health by Martha Rose Shulman, I mentioned that I wanted to try the Hot and Sour Soba Salad. Carol at There’s always thyme to cook beat … Continue reading →