Periodically, cookbook publishers send me books to review, which is great fun. I get a chance to see books I wouldn’t normally have picked up. I’ve gotten some great recipes from some. Others aren’t quite my style but I can see how they would be good for other types of cooks. Budget Meals falls into…
Book Reviews
The Six O’Clock Scramble
I knew this book was a winner as I glanced through the recipes. I’m getting pretty good at “reading” recipes and have loved the ones I’ve tried so far, plus have my little sticky notes on a ton more! Since I’ve been on a yogurt kick lately, I was thrilled to find a few good…
I Want My Dinner Now!
I was sent this cookbook, I Want My Dinner Now, to review and it’s got some really neat features. First, I love that every single recipe is set up so that you get the ingredients measured for either 2 or 6 servings. So if you want 4 servings you can easily double the 2 servings…
Mostly True: A Memoir of Family, Food, and Baseball
I’ve just finished this book and it’s delightful! In fact, I kept wanting to interrupt my reading to write up a blog post about it to share it with you all, but that would have meant I had to stop reading it–and the reading won out over the writing. Mostly True: A Memoir of Family,…
Cheap. Fast. Good!
I’ve been having fun with the new Cheap. Fast. Good! cookbook by the authors of one of my all-time favorite cookbooks, Desperation Dinners, a great book with good recipes that get on your table FAST, with few processed ingredients. They’re definitely not the “dump a can of cream of mushroom soup over some meat and…