Month: April 2013

Spiked Desserts: Booze-Infused Recipes

Spiked Desserts: Booze-Infused Recipes

75 different treats that use alcohol.     Spiked Desserts, from Fox Chapel Publishing, is a dessert book where every recipe is spiked with something, and the book engages readers to try 75 different luscious treats that use everything from bourbon and stout beer to 

America’s Best Ribs Cookbook

America’s Best Ribs Cookbook

America’s Best Ribs: Tips and Recipes for Easy, Lip-Smacking, Pull-Off-The-Bone, Pass-The-Sauce, Championship-Quality BBQ Ribs at Home by Ardie A. Davis and Chef Paul Kirk. This cookbook reads more like a thick magazine with its layout and photos. You will find everything meat related to barbeque, as well 

The Art of Making Good Cookies Plain and Fancy: A Collection of Recipes For Cookies of all Types, Shapes, and Sizes, and for Every Occasion

The Art of Making Good Cookies Plain and Fancy: A Collection of Recipes For Cookies of all Types, Shapes, and Sizes, and for Every Occasion

The Art of Making Good Cookies Plain and Fancy. My latest find at the library’s ‘Friends of the Library’ store – an older cookie recipe book from the sixties. The Art of Making Good Cookies Plain and Fancy (Annette Laslett Ross and Jean Adams Disney, 

Camp Cooking in The Wild: Cookbook and Camp Cooking Guidebook

Camp Cooking in The Wild: Cookbook and Camp Cooking Guidebook

  Camp Cooking in the Wild: The Black Feather Guide to Eating Well in the Great Outdoors by Mark Scriver, Wendy Grater and Joanna Baker. No matter where we camp, menu planning is somewhat a challenge at times: finding the right balance between great tasting meals and 

Myrna Rosen and Lesley Loon’s South African Gourmet Food and Wine

Myrna Rosen and Lesley Loon’s South African Gourmet Food and Wine

Traditional South African Food and More The book contains recipes for South African specialties such as Snoek Pate, Kekker Bobotie, Stywe Pap, Malva Pudding, and Watermelon Konfyt (or watermelon jam). Read the full review on Sand and Succotash. Renee Shelton

Vegan Lunch Box by Jennifer McCann

Vegan Lunch Box by Jennifer McCann

Vegan Lunch Box: 130 Amazing, Animal-Free Lunches Kids and Grown-Ups Will Love by Jennifer McCann. Jennifer McCann thinks “outside the box” to create appetizing and fun vegan meals perfect for the school lunch box, and her menus make meal planning easy. All recipes are completely