Category Archives: cookbooks

A Collection of Gardening Books

I am a fantasy gardener. I read gardening books, peruse seed catalogs and wander through the rows of seedlings at my local garden center, all without having so much as a square inch of outdoor space to call my own. … Continue reading

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Giveaway: Cooking With Flowers + Dandelion Jam Recipe

A few years back, I was a member of a CSA share that regularly included edible flowers in with the lettuces, tomatoes, and zucchini. While I was charmed by the presence of these flowers, I was always flummoxed when it … Continue reading

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Cookbooks: Fine Preserving, Salt Sugar Smoke, and Whole Larder Love

Each spring, I like to pick up a few new books in anticipation of the coming canning season. Though my preserving library is already pretty darn extensive, I find that I’m still always casting about for fresh inspiration. Seeing how … Continue reading

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Cookbooks: Put ‘em Up Fruit + Giveaway

Oh friends, I am very excited to share this book with you! It’s Sherri Brooks Vinton’s newest work and I have a feeling you are going to love it. Called Put ‘em Up! Fruit, it is filled with recipes on how … Continue reading

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Tomato Mango Jam + Breakfast for Dinner Giveaway

I have had a copy of Breakfast for Dinner by Lindsay Landis and Taylor Hackbarth on my stack of cookbooks for eight weeks now (I know exactly how long its been because I posted a photo of the book to Instagram … Continue reading

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My Imaginary Seder Menu

One of the joys of living in a city with a huge extended family is that our holidays are chaotic and deliciously boisterous. These days, my cousins regularly host just the kind of Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and Passover gatherings I longed … Continue reading

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Cookbook: Edible DIY + Giveaway

One of the joys of being someone who cans and preserves regularly is that I’m nearly always prepared when the need arises for a gift. During December’s gift giving season, I keep a box of summer jams and butters near … Continue reading

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Holiday Giving: Cookbooks for Everyone!

Cookbooks are one of my favorite things on the planet. I have them in every room of our apartment. I cook from them, read them in bed, give them as gifts, and even use them occasionally as furniture (there’s a … Continue reading

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Beautiful Cookbooks: Marmalade

Last fall, when I was still trying to pick myself up from the blow of being laid off from my job, I got a email from my editor at Running Press. She was working on a marmalade project and wanted … Continue reading

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Cookbooks: Desserts in Jars, Ripe, Jam On & The Preservation Kitchen

It has been FAR too long since I’ve done one of these cookbook round-up posts. Amazing books have been stacking up all around my apartment (quite literally, there are piles nearly everywhere you look) and there are so many I … Continue reading

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