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I want to own this book

Cravings by Chrissy Teigen and Adeena Sussman

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I am not even sure I follow Chrissy Teigen on Twitter, but everything I have read indicates she is bright, witty and compassionate. Plus, I have heard a lot of positive buzz about all the food she makes, and I was in the mood for some new comfort food recipes. Cravings it was to be for this particular bingo square. So, thank you interlibrary loan for bringing me this delightful book! My spouse is allergic to poultry, so we don’t generally eat it at home. Consequently, I don’t have a variety of basic chicken recipes in my repertoire but we […]

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10/7/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:24 |

Bringing a community back together

Together: Our Community Cookbook by The Hubb Community Kitchen

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On the 14th of June 2017 Grenfell Tower burned and a community lost 72 people and their home. The recovery process is still ongoing and the building is a scar and a reminder of how cutting costs and ignoring residents can come with a very high price. But Grenfell is a community and they have pulled together in the aftermath of these events to rebuild their lives. And one of the ways they have come together as a community is through cooking – the Al-Manaar mosque opened their kitchen and their hearts to the local people and provided a place […]

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9/28/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:22 |

Dropping the Hammer

Maangchi's Real Korean Cooking: Authentic Dishes for the Home Cook by Maangchi

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**I want to add a quick update because this is cracking me up. Ever since I posted this review, half of the ads I see on websites are in Korean. Apparently just taking the time to look up the correct names of food is enough to convince the bots you’re bilingual!**   I’m a little unsure exactly how to review a cookbook, but I’m going to take a crack at it, because this is a good one.   I first found Maangchi via her YouTube channel , where she does step-by-step tutorials for Korean recipes. Her personality, and her outfits, […]

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9/19/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:15 |

Yes, she can be a little “extra.” But the food is delicious.

Cravings: Recipes for All the Food You Want to Eat by Chrissy Teigen, Adeena Sussman, Aubrie Pick

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I think at this point, most of humanity is familiar with Chrissy Teigen. I follow her on Twitter and Instagram. I enjoy her comment round-ups on Comments by Celebrities. I love her obsession with Walter(Owen’s Grandp), who may or may not be real. Her kids are adorable and her mothering is relatable. Her husband seems cool and pretty normal for a massive celebrity. And like a lot of others, SOMETIMES I CANNOT GET THE RIDICULOUS HEADBAND OF THE DAY SONG OUT OF MY HEAD. Sure, she can be annoying with her no-holds-barred tweeting. But I find her amusing. I also […]

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9/6/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:33 |

This is a cookbook, but don’t read it for the recipes

Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat

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So I’ve had Salt Fat Acid Heat on my TBR list for a while, and to be honest I’d kind of forgotten about it. Then I decided to go to the library and wander a bit because the library had just reopened after some county budget shenanigans nearly shut it down, threatening to defund it. So in addition to the manga section (I may have raided that too) I went browsing the cookbooks. In some ways this seems also like a misclassification for this book except it’s not. The first 200 pages have no recipes. Instead there is an in-depth […]

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8/25/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:50 |

Cooking with Magic

The Wizard's Cookbook by Aurelia Beaupommier

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I was in the local bookstore to pick something up, and what I was looking for wasn’t there. I browsed around a little since I had a 20% off coupon, and I saw this: The Wizard’s Cookbook. I made an impulse purchase. I regret nothing. This is a cookbook, but all the recipes are based on characters from modern fantasy literature and include everything from the expected Harry Potter and Wizard of Oz to the equally cool but less expected Magica DeSpell, Link, Asterix and Obelix, Bewitched, and Dungeons and Dragons. Thankfully there’s a reference guide to who/what everyone is […]

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6/17/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:38 |

Cookbook, picture book, and goodbye

Appetites: A Cookbook by Anthony Bourdain

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Like a lot of people upon hearing of the sudden and unexpected death of Anthony Bourdain, I decided to read some of his work. I’d read Kitchen Confidential several years ago, so I didn’t feel the need to re-read that (plus, there were quite a few holds on the local library copies already). What was rather surprisingly available was his last cookbook Appetites; this worked well for me since I’d never read one of his cookbooks before. Appetites is written by the same opinionated fearless voice of Kitchen Confidential. If you’ve ever seen or heard Bourdain on tv or the […]

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6/13/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:35 |

Not your average cookbook – for the seasoned (food pun!) cook looking to take it up a notch.

The Art of Flavor: Practices and Principles for Creating Delicious Food by Daniel Patterson and Mandy Aftel

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This was the May pick of the Slow Food Chicago book club, one of the four (five?) book clubs that I am in. I sometimes lament that I have given away some choice in my reading to these clubs. Luckily this book was one I wouldn’t have picked up on my own, and I found it both interesting and inspiring. That is what I call a resounding success in the world of book clubs. This is a equal parts cookbook, historical text, and flavor bible. It’s a little hard to explain, so I’ll let the authors words from page 3 […]

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6/2/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:24 |


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