cookbooks

Entry Category 'cookbooks'

Sugar cookies 2 ways

November 29th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Books, Family, Food

Baking during the holidays is where it’s at. The taste, the smell, the togetherness. Speaking of togetherness, if you are around children during the holidays, Cooking Together by Williams Sonoma, written by Erin & Tatum Quon, contains the perfect recipes for little hands to handle. My three year old, Sophia, sits on our counter and [...]

Move over BLT, there is a new sandwich in town: TBBT

June 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Food, how-to

I’m always on the lookout for new lunch ideas. Usually I’m disappointed by the suggestions out there. Too labor intensive, too exotic, too frou frou for me. See ‘Wichcraft by Tom Colicchio. I’m kind of a purist and like my food traditional. I usually have a hard time with fusion because it feels like cheating. [...]

Mini Chocolate Chip Biscotti Obsession

April 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Food, Ruminations

You know that feeling you get when you see something really cute? Like you just want to SQUEEZE it! Or EAT it up! I think Chelsea Handler sums the feeling up perfectly with the descriptive word, NUGGET. Puppies, baby thighs and apparently little people are just so cute, that you could scream. This week, I [...]

To Bake with Love

February 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Austin, Family, Food

There’s something about baking that soothes my stress. Perhaps it’s the certainty: mix said ingredients and leave in the oven at a specific temperature and voila, there you have it. I’ve heard people say you are either a cook or a baker, never both. Alls I know, is that people rarely turn down baked goods. [...]