Review:I flipped through the pages and these recipes are easy to follow and look very simple to make! I've already ordered some lavender and can't wait to try the lavender and lemon bread! This book looks professional and the pictures make your mouth water! Read more

Review:I love this cookbook! I bought it for my wife but was hogging it so much I bought a second one for myself! I don't like most cookbooks because they tell you how to prepare a dish but they don't tell you why the ingredients work so well together. So if the dish does not quite taste the way I like, I have no idea how to fix it. This cookbook goes into detail about how the four elements, salt, fat, acid and heat, are used to create great dishes! I even learned how to make my own balsamic vinaigrett... Read more

Review:I've been having fun going thru this book. The recipes I've tried thus far have been pretty easy. The only criticism I'd give it would be to be a little more descriptive on some of the cooking terms for the cooking illiterate, like myself. But it's accomplishing it's goal, which is to get me to try cooking more so that I'm no longer so cooking illiterate. (example: poached pears, the terms parboiling and poaching. I had an idea what these terms meant, but went to the all mighty google to confirm... Read more

Review:Excellent historical recipes adapted for the modern kitchen. Loved the cinnamon scone and the goat cheese and bacon tarts. Beautifully photographed and it was wonderful to have excerpts from the books with each recipe. The author gives excellent directions and cooking tips. Would highly recommend this cookbook to anyone wanting to explore the tastes of Scotland. For Outlander fans, it's a just another wonderful way to connect with the story of Jamie and Claire. Read more

Review:I happen to like Bourdain's snarky, crude style. His restaurant tips have lead to some incredible meals.

The chapter on Alan Richman was worth the price of the purchase ( to me anyway, but I'm a fan) Read more

Review:This book fascinated me, and I couldn't stop reading it. The premise of telling world history through six beverages is clever and it is well executed here. I highly recommend this to anyone interested in history or any of the six beverages discussed herein (beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and cola).

I liked this even more than Standage's "The Victorian Internet" (which I also enjoyed immensely). Read more

Review:I love the collection of memiors in this book! The recipes area wonderful bonus, and Shauna Niequist makes you feel like you're reading the journal of an old friend. Highly recommend for any foodie looking for a heartfelt read, with a few new recipe ideas thrown in! Read more

Review:Dinner with Edward by Isabel Vincent exceeded my expectations in some ways. In others, it pole-vaulted over them. I give it my highest praise for a book that celebrates food, friendship and family: my New Yorker Father, the chef, would have loved this story.

About that: Dinner with Edward is not a novel but a memoir, so the female main character is also the author. I didn't realize this fact until after I finished the story and did a little research. Until that point a part of me wondered... Read more

Review:Loved the entertaining text, interesting recipes (yet to be tried) along with cute photos! I "related" even tho' I gave up a medical career once our family arrived (5 kiddos in 7 years)...great read!! Read more

Review:If I was sitting across the table and complaining to Rachel Remen about something going on in my life, I am certain she would give me a pearl of wisdom wrapped in a story. Not only am I wiser for the reading of Kitchen Table Wisdom, I am more human.

This book contains approximately eighty extremely short stories from Remen’s counseling practice, primarily with cancer patients. Many passages left me with tears in my eyes. And though the stories were about her patients and coworkers aha mo... Read more