Posts Tagged ‘Books’

How To Cook Everything iPhone App – Review #4

#4 Review – 52 Foods in 52 I just picked up the “How to Cook Everything” iPhone app. It’s the full version of the Mark Bittman book! It’s on sale for only $2 (down from $5) until tomorrow (Sunday – Father’s Day) http://markbittman.com/give-dad-the-htce-iapp-this-sunday UPDATED: June 22, 2010: I love this app. I’ve been using it [...]

Mixing Bread Dough in Food Processor – Best Bread Ever Book

(For Kitchen Bootcamp. The challenge this month is yeast bread) I found a copy of the book “The Best Bread Ever: Great Homemade Bread Using your Food Processor” at the library. I was intrigued because he introduced a technique for mixing bread dough in a food processor. The book is currently out of print (it [...]

Nancy Silverton’s Breads – Book Review

A commenter on the Fresh Loaf web site mentioned the book Nancy Silverton’s Breads from the La Brea Bakery: Recipes for the Connoisseur so I borrowed it from the library. While reading the author’s summary for Whole Wheat Flour, I knew this book wasn’t for me: …Whole wheat flour does contain more nutrients than white [...]

Eat This and Live – Book Review

“Imagine yourself standing at a crossroads. In the middle is a road sign with two arrows pointing in opposite directions. If you follow one arrow, you can eat this and die. But if you follow the other, you can eat this and live….” Finally got my copy of the book “Eat This And Live” by [...]

King Arthur Whole Grain Baking Book Review

I borrowed a copy of the King Arthur Flour Whole Grain Baking: Delicious Recipes Using Nutritious Whole Grains book and I loved it so much, I have renewed it three times. I found the Yeast Bread section extremely helpful in learning more about baking whole grain bread, and I successfully baked using their “Walnut Whole [...]

Healthy Bread in 5 Minutes a Day – First Batch Using Master Recipe

Check the bottom of this post for nutritional data (calories, fat, sodium, fiber, etc) for the Master Recipe! I mixed up my first batch of whole wheat “Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day: 100 New Recipes Featuring Whole Grains, Fruits, Vegetables, and Gluten-Free Ingredients” using the Master Recipe. Yes, it includes a bit of [...]

Cookbook: Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day

I am so happy. My request for a copy of the Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day: 100 New Recipes Featuring Whole Grains, Fruits, Vegetables, and Gluten-Free Ingredients came through from my local library today. I have the book in my hot little hands! It comes at no better time too, as I think [...]

Chow.com – Cookbook of the Month

Yes, I must be slow to catch on to a lot of things! I just found out tonight that Chow.com has a cookbook of the month discussion! This month (May/June), it’s Gourmet Today: More than 1000 All-New Recipes for the Contemporary Kitchen. I found a copy at the library and requested it. There appears to [...]

Cookbook Review: The Bread Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum

I am sad because it’s time to return my copy of The Bread Bible (by Rose Levy Beranbaum) to the library tomorrow. Even though the book concentrates on white flour instead of whole wheat flour, I learned so much from reading the Bread Bible. The first 91 pages are full of so much good information [...]

Change Your Brain, Change Your Body

From Daniel Amen’s book, Change Your Brain, Change Your Body: Your brain is the command and control center of your body. If you want a better body, the first place to always start is by having a better brain. Just started reading the book. I need to read it quickly as I only have three [...]