Pies and Peril, a book review of a new culinary mystery series and a giveaway!

Janel Gradowski's new book, Pies and Peril: A Culinary Competition Mystery ( Gemma Halliday, 2014), is the first in a new mys…

A Book Review of Baking Cakes in Kigali and an Awesome African Meal

In the five plus years since the online foodie book club Cook the Books began, we've traveled to many kitchens in many lands…

Animal, Vegetable, Jalapeno!

The current selection for this round of Cook the Books , the online foodie book club, is a wonderful non-fiction narrative, Anima…

The Butcher's Great Granddaughter Meets the Baker's Daughter

Guten tag! The current book selection for the awesome online foodie book club, Cook the Books , is Sarah McCoy's " The B…

Cooking Vanessa's Beans at Frankie's Place

Reading Frankie's Place: A Love Story , by Jim Sterba (NY: Grove Press, 2003) makes you feel like you are visiting friends at…

In Which I Become an Outlaw Cook with John Thorne

Running a used bookstore for the last fifteen years has educated me about which books are treasured, or perhaps guarded is a bett…

A Book Review and Some Down Home Russian Cooking with Anna: Heart of a Peasant, by Carol Marie Davis

As proud as I get when my children do something wonderful , I am as enwreathed in smiles when my creative mom finishes a project.…

Time to Cook the Books a la Grecque

The latest book pick for Cook the Books , the Internet foodie book club that my friends Johanna of Food Junkie, Not Junk Food a…