I’m a little late with my book review this week (in fact, it’s now a whole other week), and that’s partly because I wasn’t quite sure how to approach this one. Not quite a cookbook, not quite a diet book (and thank God for that), and not quite a political manifesto, Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating is Mark Bittman’s attempt to roll all of these into one neat little package. Read more…
Archive for June 2009
The New Family Bread Book
By Ursula Ferrigno, published by Mitchell Beazley, 2007
Like me, my sister has a bit of a thing for cookbooks. Unlike me, she used to work for a company that published them, allowing her to indulge her habit at little to no cost. Between her own purchases and the old office freebie bin, she’s developed quite a collection, and I love browsing through it when I’m at her place. The book up for review today, The New Family Bread Book, is one that I frequently remove from its place on her kitchen shelf for my perusing pleasure. When she lent it to me for a review, I couldn’t wait to do some actual baking from it. Read more…
Falling Cloudberries: A World of Family Recipes
By Tessa Kiros, published by Murdoch Books, 2004
I was given this book last December, as a leaving gift from co-workers at my old job. They had chosen it partially for the gorgeous cover (it was a fashion company, after all), but I immediately knew I would love the contents, as well. Read more…
