Sustenance and Desire and HEAT for Cook the Books

The New Year brings another turn at hosting the bimonthly Cook the Books foodie book club, and for my book pick I turned to &quo…

Pigs, Proulx and Pernil: A Cook the Books Review of That Old Ace in the Hole

The Shipping News , author Annie Proulx's most well known books, is one that I count among my top ten favorite novels. It'…

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…

A Sicilian-Inspired Dish for Inspector Montalbano

It is time for another round of Cook the Books , the fun foodie book club that I and three of my best blogger buddies take turns …

No Heartburn with a Nostalgic Eighties Gourmet Veggie Pasta

Earlier this year America lost a wonderful writer and filmmaker, Nora Ephron. I first encountered Ms. Ephron's writings throu…

How to Make Gluten Free Crumpets

It's October in the genteel city of Charleston, South Carolina, and tea shop owner Theodosia Browning is not only busy with h…

The United States of Radish Leaves, I Mean Arugula, for Cook the Books Club

It's Cook the Books time once again and for this round of the online foodie book club, our host Johanna of Food Junkie, Not …

Adventures in Lickable Wallpaper with Roald Dahl and Charlie Bucket

It is time to Cook the Books once again with the best darn tootin' online foodie book club, and this time round we are readi…

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…

Cook the Books Review: An Embarrassment of Mangoes by Ann Vanderhoof

As one terribly winter-weary North Country resident, I was glad to have an armchair sea voyage to warmer climes courtesy of Ann V…