As I shared in my vlog, The Artisan Soda Workshop is going to be my last cookbook review. I said yes to it because I thought recipe testing from a cookbook of drinks would not be as daunting as making pies or casseroles. And I was curious. Homemade Fresca? The idea of making a healthy but tasty […]
Review of Pat Sinclair’s Chocolate Chip Cookies Deluxe & Baking Basics & Beyond Cookbook
Pat Sinclair really understands baking. I have been so impressed with her book Baking Basics and Beyond: Learn These Simple Techniques and Bake Like a Pro published by Agate Publishing. When she wrote about a “Toll House” cookie combining butter and shortening to create a softer texture, I had to try them! The Recipe I used the Wonder Plunger Measuring […]
Cookbook Review: Nadia G.’s Bitchin Kitchen Cookin’ For Trouble
Nadia G’s first cookbook Bitchin’ Kitchen Cookbook: Rock Your Kitchen–And Let the Boys Clean Up the Mess is genius. Pure and absolute genius and received a rare five out of five wooden spoons rating from me. When I heard that she had another one out called Nadia G’s Bitchin’ Kitchen: Cookin’ for Trouble cookbook, published by Random House of Canada, […]
Making & Canning We Sure Can’s Classic Apple Jelly
Warning: This recipe takes two days to make! This was the first time I have made jelly and only the second time I have gone through the process of canning a preserve. I wanted to do the canning process completely at least once for reviewing the cookbook We Sure Can! by Sarah B. Hood, published by Arsenal Pulp Press. I […]
Cookbook Review: The $5 Takeout Cookbook
It has been a wild ride recipe testing from The $5 Takeout Cookbook: Good, Cheap Food for When You Want to Eat In Please note, this cookbook (despite what it says on amazon’s site) is NOT by Rhonda Lauret Parkinson. My sincerely apologies Rhonda! I LOVE your Everything Chinese Cookbook. It is one of the best cookbooks […]
Cookbook Review: Mairlyn Smith’s Healthy Starts Here
Stir Fried Broccoli and Chicken I have been recipe testing from Mairlyn Smith‘s cookbook Healthy Starts Here: 140 Recipes That Will Make You Feel Great published by Whitecap Books. I will be honest. I have yet to make a bad recipe! Seriously, that is so rare. Above you will see what we had for dinner last night. You […]
Favourite Recipes from Old New Brunswick Kitchens’ Blueberry Buckle & Cookbook Review
Yes, one last recipe test from the cookbook Favourite Recipes from Old New Brunswick Kitchens written by Mildred and Stuart Trueman, published by Nimbus Publishing. I had a pint of tasteless blueberries that I did not want to go to waste and this book offered such an easy way to turn them into a baked treat […]
Cookbook Review: Bal’s Quick and Healthy Indian
I was so excited to review the cookbook Bal’s Quick and Healthy Indian by Bal Arneson, published by Whitecap Books. East Indian food is a world I had yet to really discover in my kitchen and I love trying new flavours and techniques. I bought all sorts of new spices, very excited to taste a brand new […]
Cookbook Review: Martha Stewart’s New Pies & Tarts
Cookbook Review: Dietitians of Canada Cook!
Dietitians of Canada Cook!: 275 Recipes Celebrate Food from Field to Table is a tough cookbook to review. I admire dietitians and their dedication to eating healthy but having a cookbook that is a compilation of numerous recipes from many different people is hard to test. In the introduction they write that there will be a generation […]