Huevos rancheros is a classic Mexican breakfast. This quick and easy meal’s complex taste combines the flavors and textures of eggs, tortillas and salsa. Huevos Rancheros Huevos rancheros is a classic Mexican breakfast. This quick and simple meal gains a complex taste by combining the flavors and textures of eggs, tortillas and salsa. The heart …
2010 Holiday Gift Guide
Many people bake more during the holiday season. People love receiving homemade sweets. The house warms and smells delicious with the aroma of baked goods wafting through the air. Recently I learned about Endless Extract and it seemed like the perfect gift idea for the baker in your life, or for yourself. ABOUT ENDLESS EXTRACT …
Author: Barbara Fairchild Hardcover: 704 pages Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (November 2, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0740793527 ISBN-13: 978-0740793523 US SRP $40.00 – Includes a subscription (or renewal) to Bon Appétit Magazine My cookbook collection just grew substantially. I don’t mean I added dozens of cookbooks, I mean it grew physically. I recently received a …
My mother often included some of my Dad’s favorite nuts in his Christmas stocking. I am not a nut lover so I don’t tend to buy them a lot. For that reason I’ve borrowed my Mom’s tradition of giving nuts at Christmas. Beer Nuts has a great selection of nuts, as well as lots of …
I buy my meat in bulk when it’s on sale. I take it home and break it down into smaller packages and freeze it. It saves time and money by having food I need in the freezer, and not having to shop every week for certain items. I break meat into one pound packages, an …
I love cookbooks, I collect them. For me a cookbook is like a store. I love to browse and window shop. I find new treasures that will hopefully become favorites. After I go through a cookbook I find the recipes I want to try and mark them off. After I’ve made the recipe or forgotten …
A year or so I decided to finally replace our silverware. It was over twenty years old and in bad shape. I bought a set of Oneida flatware. It was very affordable and I have been very happy with it. This year I learned that Oneida offers lots of different cooking products, the categories include …
I knew Oneida made great flatware but until recently I didn’t even realize that they also offer dinnerware. The set of dishes we had had been a wedding gift, making them 25 years old. The set was missing a few pieces. It was worn and scratched, and a couple of pieces had small chips. When I started browsing …
Lots of people like to serve cake when they receive holiday guests. Others like to bring a cake when they’re visiting family or friends. For something a bit out of the orderinary, the Bauducco Panettone is a great choice. We received a Bauducco Panettone, the Sun-Maid Raisin variety. The cake comes with a paper shell …
This cookbook is a must have for anyone that enjoys food from other cultures, or comfort foods, or anyone that wants to expand their cooking horizons. More than just cookbook it includes helpful information on local culture, as well as interviews and stories on the recipes and the culture that created them. The Food, Folklore, …
This cookbook just arrived. I haven’t tried the recipes yet but they look fairly straight forward. All I can say at the moment is that there’s a whole lot of yummy sounding cookies in there. It’s definitely a must have for anyone who enjoys baking, or eating cookies. Chewy Gooey Crispy Crunchy Melt-In-Your-Mouth Cookies Author: …
I haven’t had a chance to try out any of the recipes yet as this just arrived. I love Christmas and enjoy entertaining but just don’t always have time to prepare everything after working all day. I’m really looking forward to checking it out because I know the Fix-It And Forget-It Books offer easy to …
This one just arrived but I took a quick peek and it looks great. I love the concept. I’m hoping to be able to adapt some to gluten-free to make with my youngest, and find some to teach my oldest who’s aging right before my eyes and will apparently be an adult soon LOL. Author: …
Good Maine Food: Ancient and Modern New England Food & Drink Author: Marjorie Mosser Hardcover: 448 pages Publisher: Down East Books; 3rd Edition edition (October 16, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0892729112 ISBN-13: 978-0892729111 Good Maine Food is another exhaustive and essential collection of authentic Maine recipes, from Lobster Newberg to coot stew. The tome was …
Cooking Down East: Favorite Maine Recipes Author: Marjorie Standish Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: Down East Books; 2nd Edition edition (October 16, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0892729139 ISBN-13: 978-0892729135 About Cooking Down East: Favorite Maine Recipes Cooking Down East is undoubtedly the best-selling Maine cookbook ever. Originally published in the 1960s, this compelling collection of recipes …
I love holiday dinnerwear. It’s so colorful and festive. The Oneida Holiday Dinnerware Collections are gorgeous, check them out! Oneida Holiday Dinnerware Collections The Ho Ho Ho set is a sleek collection with designs reminiscent of candy cane lane. The Snowmates set is sure to delight you just like winter’s first snowfall. And inspired by …
Fix It, Make It, Grow It, Bake It Paperback: 216 pages Publisher: Viva Editions (April 13, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 1573443654 ISBN-13: 978-1573443654 About Fix It, Make It, Grow It, Bake It Author Billee Sharp shares her freecylcing, budget-savvy, barter-better wisdom in this step-by-step handbook to revolutionizing your spending habits and reclaiming your quality of …
Gifts Cooks Love: Recipes for Giving Hardcover: 192 pages Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (September 28, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0740793500 ISBN-13: 978-0740793509 About Gifts Cooks Love: Recipes For Giving Gifts Cooks Love: Recipes for Giving (September 28, 2010; Andrews McMeel Publishing; $25), the new cookbook by kitchenware retailer Sur La Table and award-winning author Diane …
The Frugal Foodie Paperback: 216 pages Publisher: Viva Editions (September 8, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1573443638 ISBN-13: 978-1573443630 The Frugal Foodie Cookbook covers everything from roasting coffee at home to concocting inexpensive, crave-worthy casseroles and whipping up snacks on a budget. Starr and Shirk feature irresistible recipes like Shaves Shrimp Rolls, Gourmet PBJ, and Exponential …
Tastefully Small Savory Bites is part how to and part cookbook, designed to teach us how to make beautiful looking hors d’oeuvres. The book is broken into sections – Seafood Bites, Meat Bites, Poultry and Egg Bites, Vegetable Bites, Pastry Based Bites and Naked Canapes. At the beginning of each section there is a list …
Prior to receiving this item I’d only seen and heard of Swiss Colony, never tried them. When offered the opportunity to browse through their catalog and choose an item to sample, it took me a good half hour to decide. Each item looks tastier then the one before it so it was hard for me …
The only china that I own is the set that I got from my Grandma. When I received the Eat Drink Be Merry Dip Bowl With Spreader I was surprised at how sturdy it was, not at all the dainty piece I expected. The coloring is beautiful. I love that the simple holiday pattern is …
Nigella Kitchen is quite a cookbook visually. When it arrived at my house I couldn’t believe how immense it was. Once I started reading through it I realized that this cookbook is a gold mine. There’s all sorts of recipes in here, each one with easy to follow instructions. There are tons of pictures in …
Daisy’s Holiday Cooking: Delicious Latin Recipes for Effortless Entertaining Author: Daisy Martinez Paperback: 176 pages Publisher: Atria; Original edition (November 2, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 143919923X ISBN-13: 978-1439199237 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Daisys-Holiday-Cooking/105332392866487 Celebrating with friends and family is one of the greatest joys, but entertaining can be downright terrifying. With this new recipe collection, Daisy Martinez gives …