I’ve been listening to the audio book “Veganist: Lose Weight, Get Healthy, Change the World” (by Kathy Freston) and it’s actually starting to influence me! No, I can’t see myself living a full time vegan lifestyle, but I’ve been leaning into reducing our meat consumption more and more. Just this week, we ate several meatless [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Books’
A Cook’s Journey to Japan – Cookbook Review
I found the most wonderful book at the library, and it’s started up a new obsession with Japanese cooking! The book, “A Cook’s Journey to Japan: Fish Tales and Rice Paddies 100 Homestyle Recipes from Japanese Kitchens” is awesome! I’ve borrowed a couple Japanese cookbooks previously, and none of them struck me so profoundly as [...]
The Essential NY Times Cookbook
I love finding cookbooks that open up a whole new world of food, recipes, chefs and authors to me, and that is what the book The Essential New York Times Cookbook: Classic Recipes for a New Century did for me! Except for an occasional Mark Bittman’s “The Minimalist” column, I never bothered to read much [...]
Slow Cooker Cook Book Reviews
There are so many slow cooker cook books! I just borrowed a bunch from the library! I wanted to jot down some notes for a few of them. Better Homes & Gardens Ultimate Slow Cooker book Better Homes & Gardens Ultimate Slow Cooker book – see my more detailed review on this book. Bottom line, [...]
Better Homes & Gardens the Ultimate Slow Cooker Book
I found a copy of the Better Homes & Gardens The Ultimate Slow Cooker Book at the local library. The book includes 400 recipes, and 200+ great photos. Each recipe contains prep time, cook time, & serving information, along with nutritional data, which I really appreciate. The book is paperback, but does not easily lie [...]
A Year of Slow Cooking
I borrowed the book “Make It Fast, Cook It Slow: The Big Book of Everyday Slow Cooking” at the local library, and have started reading it. I’m exciting to learn more about using my slow cooker, and some of the recipes are so interesting. How cool would it be to make Creme Brulee in the [...]
Peter Reinhart’s Transitional Whole Wheat Bread – Using a Bread Machine
I’ve been experimenting with bread dough, and have found that a long slow fermentation makes the most flavorful, delicious bread! I experimented with my own recipe, but wanted to keep exploring. I’m all about whole grains, so reading Peter Reinhart’s Whole Grain Breads: New Techniques, Extraordinary Flavor seemed like the next logical step! I’m really [...]
This Weeks Crush is Jamie Oliver
So this week I’m crushing on Jamie Oliver! I just borrowed a bunch of his cookbooks from the library! I love his basic, free style of cooking, and he’s got a warm personality! I don’t really remember hearing much about Jamie Oliver until I watched him on his TV series “Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution“, but [...]
First Soaker and Biga!
Well it was my first try at a soaker and biga. Whoo hoo! I followed a recipe from Peter Reinhart’s Whole Grain Breads: New Techniques, Extraordinary Flavor I followed the Multigrain Stuan recipe on page 102. Actually I shouldn’t even be calling them recipes, (thanks Pen!) they are actually called “formulas” I started out very [...]
Food Rules (Michael Pollan) Book Review
Michael Pollan is one of my heroes! His book “In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto” was a huge inspiration to me when I started on my healthy lifestyle change. Eat Food, Not Too Much, Mostly Plants is his simple mantra. Those words of wisdom define the three parts of Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual. [...]
