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Sandwiches of the Past to try in the Future

Sandwiches of History the Cookbook by Barry W. Enderwick

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I recently was on a long road trip to visit family for the holidays from the SouthEast to MidWest. That means a lot of radio time, which means, NPR, Christian pop, or country. I have an extremely limited tolerance for the latter two, so there was a lot of NPR. On NPR I heard an end of year book review sequence, and I had to look up one of the books. It turns out there is a podcast now cookbook on food history that I’d […]

Flexitarian-Ish but definitely could be better about the flex

Mostly Plants by Tracy Pollan, Dana Pollan, Lori Pollan, Corky Pollan

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Mostly Plants is book by the Pollan family, as in mom and sisters of Michael (Pollan). The forward, byt the food writer himself, explains the general philosophy (which you already know if you’ve read any of his other work) and introduces the family. Sort of. He includes the history of the sisters going veggie, but never directly explains that they’re his sisters. Unless I just missed that bit, but if I did, he could have been clearer. He also claims that most of the meat […]

Now I know what my next food hobby won’t be

Home Cheese Making by Ricki Carroll

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I like food related hobbies; I’ve tried some candy making, soda making, and those are fun. Cheese making on the other hand sounds like it wouldn’t be worth it for me. I like cheese, but getting all the equipment and ingredients seems like a lot of trouble for a lot of cheese I wouldn’t be able to eat quickly enough and not be able to try new things very often. This is what Home Cheese Making has shown me. I know the process can take […]

Midwestern High End but how Representational Is it?

Dishing Up Minnesota by Teresa Marrone

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Imagine a regional cookbook that includes recipes from that region but also from farms/mills/markets/etc and from various cultures related to the region, with some background and history to help connect everything; that’s Dishing Up Minnesota. I may be biased, having been born and raised in that state, but it also means that I actually know something about the food culture of that part of the country. Some ingredient and recipes are obvious necessities, such as a wild rice soup, at least one or two walleye […]

An American Wine History

The Wild Vine by Todd Kliman

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Bingo 19: White Whale This book has possibly been on my shelf for 10 years; I can’t remember when I bought it, but it’s a hardback with a Borders sticker. And The Wild Vine was published in 2010, so I’m guessing it hadn’t been out too long when I picked it up. Either way, even if you go with when Borders went out of business, this book has been on my shelf a while. It’s framed as a journalist setting out to chronicle the not […]

Pandemic Project Worthy Pies

Pieometry by Lauren Ko

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This is probably my last review of the year 2020, and I’m glad it’s a pretty good one. I should also note that this is a review of a cookbook that I have not made any recipes from yet. I plan to start tomorrow, but by that point it may be too late to review for this year. I have however read the whole thing, so I don’t feel too bad about that. One reason I want to review Pieometry for 2020 is that in […]



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