Cookbook Reviews

BOOK REVIEWS

I love cookbooks, because they are telepathic; a direct link to the minds who thought it wise to pen their experiences.

Reading recipes is exploring the past, and bringing those sights and smells into existence (and adjusting to suit the needs of my family!) is one of my core passions.

I hope you’ll find my book reviews informative and enlightening, from my kitchen to yours!

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Gather Together

There are cookbooks you flip through for a recipe, and then there are cookbooks you linger over with a cup of tea, plotting your next

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Some Good: Sweet Treats

If you’re like me and adore baking desserts but are constantly tinkering with recipes to make them a little kinder to your body, then Some

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Everyone Hot Pot

If you’re drawn to the kind of cooking that doesn’t just fill plates but also fills hearts, Everyone Hot Pot: Creating the Ultimate Meal for

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108 Asian Cookies

When was the last time you opened a cookbook and felt instantly hungry, nostalgic, curious, and inspired all at once? That’s the experience of leafing

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Made in Italy

If there’s one cookbook that feels more like a travel guide than a recipe collection, it’s David Rocco’s Made in Italy. Known for his warm

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All the Sweet Things

Just in time for Valentine dessert inspirations, Renée Kohlman provides us with All the Sweet Things: Baked Goods and Stories from the Kitchen of SweetSugarBean.

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Good Food, Healthy Planet

When I was young, I lived on a farm with my European parents who brought many of their old-country ways with them. Composting, burning paper

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The Nourished Mother

Every so often, a cookbook comes along that feels less like a collection of recipes and more like a warm hand on your back —

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Cooking Vegetarian

If Becoming Vegetarian (see Canadians + Food tab) is the thoughtful roadmap into plant-based living, Cooking Vegetarian by Vesanto Melina and Joseph Forest is the

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