by Brian | Apr 15, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Yesterday I blogged a little book in the Storey Basics line: How to Make Ice Cream by Nicole Weston. Nicole has another book in this series that is equally excellent: Making Frozen Vegan Treats. Okay, I know, you see the word “vegan” and you begin to think...
by Brian | Apr 14, 2015 | Recipes
How do you judge a cookbook? Look? Pictures? Comfort factor of recipes? Excitement of new recipes? Suzen and I use all those techniques but we also apply the “first recipe in the book test.” We open a book to the very first recipe and we make...
by Brian | Apr 14, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Good things. Small packages. Storey Publishing has a line of books, Storey Basics, created as short, simple and attractive introductions to lifestyle topics, from knitting to beading to cooking. These books are portable, a compact 5” X 7”, and come at a...
by Brian | Apr 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
Yvette van Boven is an author, restaurateur, and recipe developer of excellence. Her first book, Home Made, appeared in 2011, followed by Home Made Winter in 2012 and Home Made Summer in 2013. 2014 was a year of pause for this busy author but later this year we will...
by Brian | Apr 13, 2015 | Recipes
Just published last week is Nonna’s House by Jody Scaravella. At Jody’s restaurant on Staten Island, Enoteca Maria, the chefs are ten Italian-American grandmothers who rotate nightly in the Enoteca, preparing whatever intriegues them that day. This book is...
