Muffins

Cookbook Giveaway for Sunday!

Sunday’s cookbook giveaway in my random drawing is Muffins, from food editor Elizabeth Alston.  There are 60 recipes for every kind of muffin including tea muffins, English muffins, special diet, breakfast, savory, and even some spreads and preserves to serve with muffins.  There are classics such as blueberry, bran, and corn, as well as hazelnut […]

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Cookbook Giveaway for Saturday!

Saturday’s cookbook giveaway in my random drawing is actually a trio of little books.  Totally Picnic has recipes for a Mediterranean picnic, backyard breakfast picnic, a 4th of July, and more.  Totally Coffee includes recipes using coffee in beverages, cookies, cakes, ice creams, puddings, main dishes, and desserts.  Totally Garlic is filled with breads, salads, soups, appetizers, […]

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Around the World in 80 Diets

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Creole Fusion Food from One Amazing Woman

Author  Jessica B. Harris first came to my attention when  I bought The Black Family Reunion Cookbook, which was the subject of one of my blogs from last year.  I love that cookbook, and love this one just as much.  Someone needs to make a movie or documentary about this accomplished woman.  She is just fascinating!  […]

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Cookbook Giveaway for Friday!

Friday’s cookbook giveaway in my random drawing is Pizza, by James McNair.  Friday is the perfect day to give away a pizza cookbook, since it is the choice of many weekend meals.  If you collect cookbooks, you know James McNair writes great ones!  The cookbook has recipes for Chicago-style, New York,  French, and Italian pizzas.  […]

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Beyond Corned Beef and Cabbage

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!  I couldn’t decide which great book to write about, so I will just do both.  These are wonderful!  Ireland is sometimes seen as a blank spot on the food map, with only potato and cabbage recipes, but it’s so much more!  Think of Ireland’s charm and elegance with luxurious castles, manor […]

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Polenta

Cookbook Giveaway for Thursday!

Thursday’s cookbook giveaway in my random drawing is Polenta.  I love polenta and it is always a nice change from rice, potatoes, or pasta.  Polenta was originally a peasant food and now you see it at the best restaurants in the country.  You can try sage-polenta gnocchi; pan-fried trout with polenta; duck breasts with port […]

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What’s "Next" for One of the World’s Greatest Chefs

Wouldn’t you love to be in the mind of Chef Grant Achatz?  I want to know what great dish he is pondering at that moment, but you can bet it is probably something that no one else has thought of yet.  Or it could be he is planning another idea for his latest forthcoming restaurant in […]

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