Month: March 2013

Pickled Pantry by Andrea Chesman

Pickled Pantry by Andrea Chesman

Pickled Pantry: 185 recipes for putting up everything from apples to zucchini. Chesman’s approach to pickling and instruction on canning made it easy to produce great tasting pickles with the kids – one jar at a time, too. You’ll find everything from Sauerkraut, Salt-Cured Dilly 

Perfect Recipe by Pam Anderson

Perfect Recipe by Pam Anderson

The Perfect Recipe It’s not flashy like other cookbooks (no photographs) and has nothing but the basics – recipes for everything from chicken soup to pancakes to prime rib. This was a Cookbook of the Week on Sand and Succotash. Renee Shelton

The Complete Middle East Cookbook

The Complete Middle East Cookbook

The Complete Middle East Cookbook The Complete Middle East Cookbook has just about everything you want to know about Middle Eastern cooking with photographs and illustrations throughout. This was a cookbook of the week on Sand and Succotash. Renee Shelton

Confetti Cakes for Kids by Elisa Strauss

Confetti Cakes for Kids by Elisa Strauss

Confetti Cakes for Kids This isn’t so much as a kid’s baking book, rather than a great idea book and pattern book for creating lovely and inventive cakes for kids. The book I purchased is hefty and hard covered, and since I already have The 

Crazy for Cake Pops: Cake Pop Decorating Book

Crazy for Cake Pops: Cake Pop Decorating Book

  Crazy for Cake Pops – Unique Designs The one thing this book has over the [competition] is a better variety of recipes: chocolate, vanilla, red velvet, peanut butter, toffee and lemon cake are the tasty ones included, and the frosting recipes are unique as well 

Fine Cooking Cookies

Fine Cooking Cookies

Fine Cooking Cookies – 200 Best-Ever Recipes for Cookies, Brownies, Bars, and More Overall, a great cookie recipe collection that presents both European and American favorites and new ideas in a way that makes it easy for home cooks to recreate in their kitchens.   

30 Minute Vegan by Mark Reinfeld and Jennifer Murray

30 Minute Vegan by Mark Reinfeld and Jennifer Murray

The 30 Minute Vegan – Over 175 Quick, Delicious, and Healthy Recipes for Everyday Cooking Vegans will appreciate both cooking a beloved dish and the cooking revisions themselves to make them vegan by Reinfeld. Non-vegans will enjoy and indulge in dishes free from animal products. 

Story Cookbook

Story Cookbook

Small cookbook with stories and recipes. Story Cookbook is a self-published title featuring Jo Ann Bender’s family favorites and recipes from her B&B, the Lazy Bee located in Colville, WA. The full review is on Succotash Book Reviews. Renee Shelton

The ABCs of Cooking from the Mid-1900s: Canapes, Chafing Dishes, Cocktails, and ‘Jiffy’ Cooking

The ABCs of Cooking from the Mid-1900s: Canapes, Chafing Dishes, Cocktails, and ‘Jiffy’ Cooking

Highlights from four different reprinted cookbooks from the mid-1900s. Fun to look back and see what we ate way back then, and how society was in general. The ABC of Canapes The ABC of Canapes was first published in 1953 when canapes containing pimentos and 

Mid-1900s Reprints: The ABCs of Desserts and Cookies

Mid-1900s Reprints: The ABCs of Desserts and Cookies

The ABC of Desserts Originally published in 1958, there are 64 different recipes covering classics such as Vienna Sacher Torte to recipes that seem modern even today like the Strawberries a la Tsarina. The ABC of Cookies As with The ABC of Desserts, recipes are