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Food, at it’s best, ought to make you feel at home

Authentically Mexican: A Family History in Six Dishes by JP Brammer

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Hello, I am procrastinating on something unpleasant. That’s why you are getting my 5th review in three days, and there is a 6th I could still churn out. I decided I needed a breather before diving into Harrow the Ninth, so I looked at was very different and available on Audible.  I chose JP Brammer’s Authentically Mexican: A Family History in Six Dishes. This is a food book, but not a food book. It is a family history and a cultural identity with food as […]

The last Food War is more about the people than the food, and it turned out well

Food Wars! vo. 36 by Yuto Tsukuda, Shun Saeki, Yuki Marisaki

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I tend to turn to graphic novels and manga for comfort reads; I’ve needed that a bit more lately. I wanted something I could trust not to be too much with the feels and end happily. I took a chance with the final volume of Food Wars! (#36) and thankfully there were no major surprises of those sorts. The basic premise has always been kind of entertaining to me: a bunch of students at a culinary high school and their hijinks. Naturally there’s the rebel […]

Evidence of My Insanity

100 Cookies: The Baking Book for Every Kitchen by Sarah Kieffer

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Hello, my name is Emmalita (not my real name), I am lactose intolerant (true) and I love dairy (true), especially butter (sadly, very true). I can eat very small amounts of dairy without pain, but I am not a person naturally inclined to moderation when it comes to things I love. I have spent years ignoring the effect dairy has on my body, but my body has said, “NO MORE.” I do my best to live without butter, cream, and cheese, and I’ve found a […]

Let’s eat the best

Every Night is Pizza Night by Kenji Lopez-Alt

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In Every Night is Pizza Night we have our friend, Pipo, who only eats pizza. Her parents (particularly her father) would like a grapefruit or (particularly her mother) a chicken dish. But Pipo only wants the best and that is pizza.  Of course, she soon realizes that (in the name of science) she will have to try other foods to make sure. And of course, she tries them, likes them, and learns that there can be several “the bests.”  There are also instructions on how […]

I do love to bake but with this book I’m not so sure

The Great British Baking Show Love to Bake by Paul Hollywood, Prue Leith, the Bakers

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I may have to re-impose my occasional moratorium on cookbooks, specifically baking, for a while. The Great British Baking Show released the annual cookbook to accompany the most recent season on Dec. 22; I pre-ordered. Due some unforeseen delays, I only just got the book a few days ago. The problem I have is that I only just started working my way through Pieometry; I’m a good ways through my Paul Hollywood book (How to Bake), but there’s still a lot to get through with […]



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