Month: August 2013

Fix-It and Forget-It: 5-Ingredient One-Dish Dinners by Phyllis Pellman Good

Fix-It and Forget-It: 5-Ingredient One-Dish Dinners by Phyllis Pellman Good

  5-Ingredient One-Dish Dinners is just that – a quick cookbook filled with recipes using 5 ingredients or less. A 5 ingredient or less recipe is explained in the beginning: Any recipe with 5 – or fewer – ingredients. Water does not count. Salt and 

The Perfect Recipe by Pam Anderson

The Perfect Recipe by Pam Anderson

Written by Pam Anderson, former executive editor for Cook’s Illustrated. 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. Judy Love did the illustrations and she clarifies things 

Junior’s Dessert Cookbook: 75 Recipes for Cheesecakes, Pies, Cookies, Cakes, and More by Alan Rosen and Beth Allen

Junior’s Dessert Cookbook: 75 Recipes for Cheesecakes, Pies, Cookies, Cakes, and More by Alan Rosen and Beth Allen

Junior’s restaurants in New York are known for great food and delicious cheesecakes. Junior’s Dessert Cookbook contains 75 recipes including their famous cheesecakes, layered cakes, and pies. The chapter on the basics includes sauces, buttercreams, and decorations for the different desserts. And if you become 

Adding to the Cookbook Stacks: Recap #1

Adding to the Cookbook Stacks: Recap #1

Adding to the cookbook stacks this week: Espresso: Culture & Cuisine (1994) Better Homes and Gardens Dessert Cook Book (1973) Low-Carb Desserts (2004) Canal House Cooking Volume N 4 (2011) Fix-It and Forget-It 5-Ingredient One-Dish Dinners (2013) Reviews to come. Enjoy, Renee Shelton The Cookbook Papers 

Food & Wine Cocktails 2006

Food & Wine Cocktails 2006

Preparing your latest freshwater or saltwater catch? For your next backyard barbeque, serve up some fun cocktails that are ocean and water inspired or have a fun name that gets people in the mood for some seafaring treats. The Food & Wine Cocktails 2006 has 

The Sugar Detox by Brooke Alpert and Patricia Farris

The Sugar Detox by Brooke Alpert and Patricia Farris

The Sugar Detox begins with the quiz “Are You a Sugar Addict?” While I scored low and like to think of myself as a healthy eater, I am surprised at the amounts of hidden sugar in products all around me and my family. This book