I absolutely enjoy reading this cookbook. It covers an interesting mix of  food and family life. She starts out as a single, vegetarian food snob in Los Angeles. Decides to move to Chicago. But before leaving she meets the man of her dreams. Then ends up married and living on a
cattle ranch. Her husband is [...]

Now that I am juggling a career and motherhood I find myself dreading the question - what’s for dinner?  I have no time and no energy to cook elaborate meals and found a cookbook that has helped me immensely in the kitchen. It contains over a hundred recipes, including slow cooker meals which i love [...]

I have been looking for different foods to bring for lunch. I found a few recipes that I am going to try cooking from a book called, Vegan Lunch Box Around the World by Jennifer McCann (Da Capo Lifelong Books - August 2009). The first dish I cooked was a from Tanzania, Black-Eyed Peas and [...]

I got very lucky a couple of weeks ago - I was at a party for my boyfriend’s mom and my boyfriend’s cousin showed up with a pile of books written by his friend Michelle, which he was handing out.  Having just finished a book that morning, I was ready for a new book to [...]

In honor of World Vegetarian Day, I decided to write about one of my favorite cookbooks, How to Cook Everything Vegetarian.  Author Mark Bittman is a food writer for the New York Times who has written several well-known cookbooks and books on food  in general.  I just read about him in Runner’s World magazine recently and he even runs marathons - is [...]

I am a big fan of slow cooker recipes. Using a slow cooker is so easy. You
prepare your meat and vegetables, put them into the pot and (depending on the temperature you use) six to eight hours  later your food is done. The meat comes out so tender and flavorful. It is wonderful to set [...]

Since my vacation in Italy last month, I’m obsessed with all things Italian.  So this gardening/cookbook book is my new bible.  I’m going to spend the rest of the summer trying to grow lots of tomatoes and making every recipe in the book.  My favorites so far are Bread Lasagna and Mini Herb Frittatas - [...]