Cookbooks, cooking reads, and books about food
A great baking read: You’ll find familiar breads using store-bough basic instant yeast, long fermented (straight) doughs, doughs using pre-ferments, breads using levain cultures (no commercial yeast), and hybrid leavening (combo levain breads with additional yeast). Read the full review on Pastry Sampler’s baking …
The Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook: Blending Old-Fashioned Fun and Modern Desserts What do you get when you combine old-fashioned baked goods in a fun retro location? You get Back in the Day Bakery in Savannah, GA. The owners, Cheryl and Griffith Day shared …
The Tipsy Vegan: “Turn Every Bite Into Happy Hour” While the recipes would be perfect party fare for any happy hour or get-together, they also inspire good eating any time of the year. The recipes include all menu items, but each have something unifying them: …
Cleaning and Cooking Fish by Sylvia Bashline Cleaning and Cooking Fish by Sylvia Bashline is part of The Hunting and Fishing Library, and contains everything you need to know about how to prepare fish, including cleaning, filleting, and preserving. While this book was printed in …
The Keto Cookbook If you are on a ketogenic diet, or have a family member on a ketogenic diet, this book has all the fundamentals and recipes for variety for family menus. A ketogenic diet is extremely high in fat and should only …
A mixture history and recipe book for punches, The Punch Bowl by Dan Searing provides authoritative notes on classic favorites with color photos throughout. Dan Searing knows his punches. He’s the co-owner of Room 11 in D.C. featuring cocktails, fun food, and desserts, and his …
Vegan Eats World When I heard Vegan Eats World was coming out, I got excited. Namely because of the author, Terry Hope Romero. She always finds a way to turn vegan food into something delicious, gorgeous, and with my personal favorite Vegan Pie in …
Vintage Cakes by Julie Richardson. Julie Richardson brings old recipes to new life in her book Vintage Cakes. Her re-discovered treasure trove of old recipes left by the previous occupants of her Baker and Spice Bakery in Portland, OR, was put to use, as …
Candy Experiments: Combination Science and Candy Book Candy Experiments makes a good after school or weekend science book, but also as a fun way to incorporate candy into science fair projects. If you’ve ever struggled with helping a youngster come up with an idea or …