Cucidati – Sicilian Christmas Fig Cookies This time of year is all about mixing batters, cutting, rolling, and shaping dough to bake delicious homemade cookies and desserts for the holidays. T’is the season for sharing so I am posting one of my favourite Christmas cookie recipes, Cucidati – Sicilian Christmas Fig Cookies to share with you. My Christmas baking list has expanded…
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In the spirit of the holiday season, My Cookbook Addiction will be posting a different cookbook giveaway throughout the months of December 2011 and January 2012. Cookbooks and more cookbooks….. I live in cookbook bliss – my cookbook collection has extended from the bookshelves in the family room to bookshelves in my home office. There are stacks of cookbooks on…
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The menu is all set for Thanskgiving dinner; butternut squash soup, turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, roasted potatoes, steamed brussel sprouts, mixed greens salad, but what about dessert? There is such a selection of Thanksgiving desserts to choose from! I thought of making the traditional pumpkin or pecan pie or maybe tarts, but finally I decided to make this fabulous Pumpkin Bread Pudding topped with a…
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I am delighted to host the guest post below written by Rose Reisman, cookbook author. Thai Butternut Squash and Coconut Soup is one of the delicious recipes featured in her latest cookbook, “Rose Reisman’s Family Favorites”. Winter squash is a fall favourite. It is nutrient rich containing an excellent source of beta-carotene which serves as an excellent antioxidant and may reduce…
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Rose Reisman’s Family Favorites by Rose Reisman is not just a cookbook about recipes. It is a cookbook filled with information that teaches the importance of nutrition, the best food for your family, and planning balanced, healthy, delicious meals for your family. It also features recommendations on making wise food choices at the supermarket, ordering healthy meals in restaurants and food safety at home….
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Good Food to Go (Healthy Lunches Your Kids Will Love and Actually Eat!) by Brenda Bradshaw and Cheryl Mutch, M.D. takes the term ‘brown-bagging’ to another level. This book provides over 120 recipes to make delicious and nutritious lunches that will appeal to children (and adults too!). In the first chapter, Getting Started, Brenda and Cheryl offer advice on…
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In the Small Kitchen by Cara Eisenpress and Phoebe Lapine, is a collection of over 100 delicious recipes inspired by their blog Big Girls, Small Kitchens. This cookbook is a guide for the novice or more experienced quarter-life cooks to cook satisfying meals while staying on budget regardless of how small their kitchen space. Follow Cara and Phoebe as they cook and bake…
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Vanilla Anise and Chocolate Pizzelle With Christmas only eleven days away, bakers all over the world are cutting, rolling, and shaping dough into delicious baked goods to share with their family and friends. Not me. My wall oven which was purchased at Sears Canada hasn’t been functioning since October. It’s only three years old. No baking since October!!! I have had three visits from an outsourced…
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BloggerAid -Changing the Face of Famine, is a remarkable group of food bloggers whose mission is to help alleviate world hunger. Members from over 60 countries contributed 140 personal recipes to produce “The BloggerAid Cookbook” which was published in November of this year for a fundraiser campaign. The profits from the sale of the book will be donated to the Friends of…
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