My Holiday Kitchen Gift Guide After years of cooking and baking, my kitchen is pretty much well stocked. The cupboards and drawers are filled with baking pans, cooking pots and utensils of all shapes and sizes. The overflow is stored to a designated kitchenware area in the basement where my daughters go to ‘shop’ in case they find a kitchen item they might need. Then, there is…
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Baked Pumpkin Soup Recipe from Farmers in Chef Hats Cookbook Got pumpkins? Well, you just have to make the Baked Pumpkin Soup from the Farmers in French Hats cookbook. It’s a hearty soup filled with cheese that will bring you comfort and keep you warm on those frosty days that are just around the corner. If you’re a cheese lover,…
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Preservation Society Home Preserves cookbook review I have been searching for the ideal fig jam recipe to preserve this queen of fruits for quite some time. My pursuit ended when I received the Preservation Society Home Preserves: 100 Modern Recipes cookbook by Camilla Wynne to review, and Fig Jam with Secrets as one of the recipes. Contents Although it…
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Mid-Autumn Festival Have you ever participated in celebrating the annual Mid-Autumn Festival? It’s the second most important holiday in the Chinese calendar second to the Chinese New Year. Families reunite to celebrate and give thanks for the harvest. I was one of the group of bloggers invited by Kian Lam Kho, the author of Phoenix Claws and Jade Trees…
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Farmers in Chef Hats Cookbook Review with Raspberry and Blueberry Gratin Recipe The Farmers in Chef Hats cookbook by Linda Arsenault includes 124 pages of over 50 bilingual recipes made with fresh, local produce. It won the 2008 Best Local Cookbook in the World award at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in London. As you follow the agri-tourism map as a…
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I was attracted to The Royal Touch: Simply Stunning Home Cooking from a Royal Chef by Carolyn Robb because of its beautiful Eton Mess dessert on the front cover. At first, I thought it was a dessert cookbook full of afternoon tea delights, but while reading through the recipes, I discovered there is also an abundance of sweet and…
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The Monet’s Palate Cookbook by Aileen Bordman and Derek Fell lists recipes produced by Claude Monet’s magnificent vegetable gardens located at his home in Giverny, France. Monet was a man who had a passion for fine cuisine made with fresh ingredients. His farm-to-table outlook was way ahead of its time. He was one of the founders of the Impressionist (along with Renoir, Degas,…
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In the Per La Famiglia (Memories and Recipes of Southern Italian Home Cooking) cookbook, Emily Richards captures the essence of Italian home cooking. Per la famiglia means “for the family” and in this cookbook Emily shares family recipes and traditions that have been passed down from generation to generation. Chapters In the Introduction, Emily writes about her life as a daughter of …
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La Befana’s Stars cookies Dolce Italiano (Desserts from the Babbo Kitchen) by Gina De Palma is one of my favourite cookbooks. Over the years, I have made many recipes from this book with great success. One of these recipes is La Befana’s Stars cookies. I was saddened to read the news that Gina De Palma passed away a few weeks…
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