Category: Book Reviews
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Parmesan Pork and a Giveaway
I was sent the cookbook “All You, Eat Well, Save Big” to review. It is a nice cookbook, with pictures of each meal, nice easy suggestions for side dishes and recipes for the main courses. They calculate a price per serving for each meal so you can get a rough idea of costs (although your…
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Book Review: Family Feasts for $75 a Week
I’ve been remiss in my book reviews lately. I’ve enjoyed the Owl Haven blog for quite some time and was thrilled when I heard Mary Ostyn had a cookbook coming out. I didn’t even try to get a review copy but went out and bought a copy as soon as I saw it at our…
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Cooking Light Magazine Review
The folks at Cooking Light sent me a copy of their September issue, which has a whole new design and layout. Really a great improvement! I used to subscribe but frankly got tired of all the non-food stuff in there. It had turned into more a “healthy lifestyle” magazine rather than a cooking magazine. They…
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Asian Chicken Salad: Freshman In the Kitchen Book Review
I saw a review of this book, Freshman in the Kitchen: From Clueless Cook to Creative Chef, and since I have a daughter about to leave for college I actually wrote and asked for a review copy, a first for me. Max and Eli Sussman were kind enough to hook me up with their publisher…
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Book Review: America’s Most Wanted Recipes by Ron Douglas
Full title: America’s Most Wanted Recipes: Delicious Recipes from Your Family’s Favorite Restaurants I was sent a review copy of this book. So full disclosure, we do NOT eat out near as much as the average family, which is 3 times or more per week according to the press release they sent me with the…