Bibliography: Tack, Karen and Alan Richardson. (2010). What’s New, Cupcake? New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN: 978-0547241814
Review: I was blown away by Tack and Richardson’s first book, Hello, Cupcake. The designs and photos were stunning and often had a sense of humor as well. But many of the designs I really admired (like the dogs [...]
Bibliography: Editors of Fine Cooking. (2009). Absolutely Chocolate: Irresistible Excuses to Indulge. Newtown, CT: Taunton Press. ISBN: 978-1600851339
Review: This was one of my favorite books from last year. I don’t just love cookbooks because I love cooking, I love cookbooks with gorgeous photographs and interesting head notes and tips and techniques. I really enjoy this [...]
I first started reading Cooking Light in the mid-1990s, when I was still living in a college dorm. I didn’t have a kitchen, but sometimes the cover would catch my eye from the newsstand and I’d buy the latest copy. In addition to delicious sounding recipes with lots of photos, they also had healthy living [...]
Bibliography: Chattman, Lauren. (2009). Cake Keeper Cakes. New York: Taunton Press. ISBN: 9781600851209
Review: I have many memories of cakes. Birthday cakes, special cakes only made at Christmas, cakes I made to enter at the state fair. Many of these were baked in a bundt or tube pan, and often served plain or only with a [...]
The Idea: Ron Douglas was working as a finance manager for J.P. Morgan Chase when his wife challenged him to make Kentucky Fried Chicken at home. He turned to the Internet, but found only incomplete or not very accurate recipes. He did discover a whole group of people, who like him, were trying to clone [...]