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Bottom’s up for summer sippin’

The Art of Mixology: Mocktails by Parragon Books

March 27, 2026 by CoffeeShopReader 2 Comments

I present a unicorn: a specialty cookbook that has barely any hard to find ingredients and not too many single use specialty items (as in, specialty thing to acquire, but only use tiny bit in one recipe). The Art of Mixology: Mocktails is also kind of on-trend, but that’s also probably why I saw it on sale at the bulls-eye store. Before getting to the recipes there is a review of bar-tending equipment, glassware, terms/techniques, and general ingredient types. If you know your cocktails, none […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food, Featured Tagged With: beverage, cookbook, drinks, mixology, Mocktails, parragon books, recipes, the art of mixology mocktails

CoffeeShopReader's CBR18 Review No:12 · Genres: Cooking/Food, Featured · Tags: beverage, cookbook, drinks, mixology, Mocktails, parragon books, recipes, the art of mixology mocktails ·
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Reasons why this is a cookbook not for me, at least not at this time

Good Things by Samin Nosrat

February 1, 2026 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Sometimes it’s pretty clear when a book is probably just fine, but maybe not for you, or at least you right now. Good Things by Samin Nosrat has some good things going for it. It’s got a lot of parts where there ar basically sets of theme and variation on a recipe or ingredient which can be nice when you’ve got a lot of something but don’t want to get bored. The premise of focusing on kind of simple pleasures is also something I can […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food Tagged With: #biography, #memoir, cookbook, cooking, Good Things, Samin Nosrat, technique

CoffeeShopReader's CBR18 Review No:7 · Genres: Cooking/Food · Tags: #biography, #memoir, cookbook, cooking, Good Things, Samin Nosrat, technique ·
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Kimchi in everything!

The Korean Vegan Homemade by Joanne Lee Molinaro

January 17, 2026 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I took a chance; I ended up kind of feeling like a book from a few years ago looked better than it was for me, but when I saw the sequel, I decided to try it out again. The Korean Vegan: Homemade is a little more personal story oriented than the first one, which is kind of a cookbook trend the past few years, but that’s not the main thing; that would be the recipes. One the one hand, they look more do-able, especially with […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Cooking/Food Tagged With: cookbook, joanne lee molinaro, korean cuisine, the korean vegan homemade, vegan

CoffeeShopReader's CBR18 Review No:3 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Cooking/Food · Tags: cookbook, joanne lee molinaro, korean cuisine, the korean vegan homemade, vegan ·
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So close but then nope

The Unofficial Harry Potter Vegan Cookbook by Imana Grashuis, Tylor Starr

January 1, 2026 by CoffeeShopReader 3 Comments

Have you ever read a book and started to appreciate it, only for one small detail to ruin the whole thing? When I picked up The Unofficial Harry Potter Vegan Cookbook, it was clearly stated that the book was in no way officially affiliated with the franchise and its author, so that didn’t bother me. The introduction is a little preachy about vegan ethics, but it’s by Evanna Lynch, the actress for Luna Lovegood. It’s nothing I haven’t seen before in vegan cookbooks. The thing […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food, Fanfiction, Non-Fiction Tagged With: cookbook, cooking, fan fiction, Harry Potter, imana grashuis, Imana Grashuis, Tylor Starr, The Unofficial Harry Potter Vegan Cookbook, tylor startt, vegan, vegan cuisine

CoffeeShopReader's CBR18 Review No:1 · Genres: Cooking/Food, Fanfiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: cookbook, cooking, fan fiction, Harry Potter, imana grashuis, Imana Grashuis, Tylor Starr, The Unofficial Harry Potter Vegan Cookbook, tylor startt, vegan, vegan cuisine ·
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Not much edge to the veg

The Edgy Veg by Candice Hutchings

September 21, 2025 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 16: Culture The Edgy Vedge is a bit dated, but it demonstrates both vegan food and Youtube content creator culture. Full disclosure 1: I don’t hang out on Youtube a lot. That said, I can see how the “quirky-cute” vibe the writing tries for might have been popular in the video version; I have not looked that up. The written version gets a little annoying, like someone is trying to hard to be funny. First of all, I see very little “edgy” in trying […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food Tagged With: Candice Hutchings, cbr17bingo, cookbook, The Edgy Veg, vegan, vegan food, youtube

CoffeeShopReader's CBR17 Review No:49 · Genres: Cooking/Food · Tags: Candice Hutchings, cbr17bingo, cookbook, The Edgy Veg, vegan, vegan food, youtube ·
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red book cover

Casseroles, Jello Salads, and Few Funny Names

1982 United Methodist Recipes Albion NE by Albion United Methodist Church

September 1, 2025 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 11: Red I thought I’d dropped something into a box of very old things belonging to my grandmother and great-aunt so I dug through it for the first time in a long while. Turns out I hadn’t dropped the thing (found it a few minutes later under something else) but it was not a wasted search because in the box was a church cookbook (probably my great-aunts) from the year I was born, and guess what color the cover is? Going through a 43-year […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food, History Tagged With: 1980's, Albion United Methodist Church, casseroles, cbr17bingo, cookbook, Gelatin, jello, midwestern food, nostalgia cuisine, United Methodist Church

CoffeeShopReader's CBR17 Review No:44 · Genres: Cooking/Food, History · Tags: 1980's, Albion United Methodist Church, casseroles, cbr17bingo, cookbook, Gelatin, jello, midwestern food, nostalgia cuisine, United Methodist Church ·
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