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!

Sea Salt
There are cookbooks that teach technique, and there are cookbooks that transport you somewhere entirely different. Sea Salt: Recipes from the West Coast Galley belongs

The Old El Paso Cookbook
If your weeknights are a blur of deadlines, errands, and the eternal question “What’s for dinner?”, The Old El Paso Cookbook: 20 Minute-Prep Mexican-Style Meals

The Wes Anderson Cookbook
Food and film rarely blend as delightfully as they do in The Wes Anderson Cookbook: Recipes Inspired by the Director and His Films by Michelle

The Zero-Mile Diet Cookbook
Carolyn Herriot’s The Zero-Mile Diet Cookbook is less a conventional cookbook and more a quiet manifesto—one that invites readers to rethink not just what they

Better at Home
Colu Henry‘s Better at Home: Recipes for Big Nights In reads less like a traditional cookbook and more like an invitation—to linger, to gather, and

Mastering Authentic Crepes & Galettes
There’s something irresistibly comforting about a freshly made crêpe—the delicate batter sizzling on a hot pan, the aroma of butter filling the kitchen, and the

The Edgy Veg
Food lovers who believe vegan cooking means bland salads and endless smoothie bowls may want to think again after flipping through The Edgy Veg: 138

200 Easy Homemade Cheese Recipes
For passionate home cooks and adventurous foodies, few kitchen projects feel as satisfying as making cheese from scratch. In 200 Easy Homemade Cheese Recipes: From

Paris Express
Our theme this week is a culinary adventure in the city of Paris. Check out our Culinary Travel story of our family trip there, then

Storm the Kettle
Imagine thumbing through a cookbook that feels like a stroll along a windswept Newfoundland shoreline — salt spray in the air, a kettle singing on

25 Essential Caribbean Curry Dishes
Chris De La Rosa’s 25 Essential Caribbean Curry Dishes reads less like a cookbook and more like a love letter to Indo-Caribbean kitchens. From the

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