Kitchen Lit

Cookbook By: Todd Wilbur “It’s uniquely rewarding to cook something you’re not supposed to know how to make, and to re-create your most beloved edible memories,” Todd Wilbur, Hack That Dish: Fantastic Famous Food Forgeries and Secret Tricks You Can Use to Copy Any Dish.  I love to try to make my favorite restaurant dishes at home, even when they don’t come out perfectly. Luckily, I was gifted a copy of Hack That Dish: Fantastic Famous Food Forgeries and Secret Tricks You Can Use to Copy Any Dish from the publisher. My first pass through the cookbook had me marking a ridiculous number of things I want to try – it was really difficult…

Cookbook By: Arash Hashemi “Consider this collection more than just recipes; it’s a celebration of flavors, health, and community,” Arash Hashemi author of Shred Happens: So Easy, So Good: 100+ Protein-Packed Mediterranean Favorites with a Low-Carb Twist; A Cookbook. Cookbooks that can be considered diet or healthy sometime gets a bad reputation, but I have found that most of them have really valuable information and a lot of delicious recipes in them. This cookbook is a perfect example of that. I love all the ideas to help you incorporate more protein into your meals. I’ve never meant a carb I didn’t like so it can be a struggle to get enough protein.  It…

Cookbook By: Vanessa Seder “Warm Your Bones assumes that using a stove and oven and warming up your kitchen is a good thing; thus long, slow-cooking processes like braising, roasting, baking, and stewing come into rotation,” Vanessa Seder. I had no idea when I bought Warm Your Bones: Cozy Recipes for Chilly Days and Winter Nights that it was written by someone who lives in Maine. That’s where my mom’s side of the family is from and where I was born.  No matter what time of year it is I find myself turning to cozy recipes. I’m not sure how much it rains where you live but even during the summer sometimes you…