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Baking with Pride means lots of food coloring

Baking with Pride by Janusz Domagala

June 10, 2024 by CoffeeShopReader 1 Comment

Baking with Pride involves a lot of baking with color; seriously, stock up on gel food coloring if you plan on baking much out of this book. Janusz Domagala was one of the fan-favorites on a recent season of Great British Bake Off, and his book is out just in time for Pride month; not a coincidence, as Janusz sort of quietly advocated for LGBTQ causes his whole season (watch his shirts). Every other recipe or two page has factoids about LGBTQ history, or some […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food, Featured Tagged With: Baking, Baking with Pride, cookbook, GBBO, Janusz Domagala, LGBTQ, Pride

CoffeeShopReader's CBR16 Review No:33 · Genres: Cooking/Food, Featured · Tags: Baking, Baking with Pride, cookbook, GBBO, Janusz Domagala, LGBTQ, Pride ·
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If Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood were American and hated each other

The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell

May 18, 2024 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

So, it turns out, that Goodreads Giveaways are real! I won a copy of The Golden Spoon and about a week and a half after the email, the book did indeed appear. I have to admit, I’d only been submitting to those only half believing it was a real thing. The Golden Spoon was billed as Great British Bake off meets Clue, so I was figuring it’s a murder mystery on a baking competition, which is accurate. Ever wonder who would win in a fight […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Baking, fan fiction, GBBO, Jessa Maxwell, murder mystery, The Golden Spoon

CoffeeShopReader's CBR16 Review No:22 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Baking, fan fiction, GBBO, Jessa Maxwell, murder mystery, The Golden Spoon ·
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Quick Questions with a Cannonballer: CoffeeShopReader

May 16, 2024 by katie71483 Leave a Comment

Do you have a favorite genre and, if so, what is it? Can I have 2-ish? First up would have to be sci-fi/fantasy/speculative. I know that’s not exactly a single genre, but some of my favorites really do end up combining, like the Checquy Files (?although the third says the series is now the Rook Files) series, most anything non-horror by P. Djeli Clark, and Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series (I’ve read the whole thing), I’ve also been drifting slightly towards the cozy side of things, such […]

Filed Under: News from MsWas Tagged With: CoffeeShopReader, cookbooks, cooking, GBBO, QQ, quick questions with a Cannonballer, quick-questions

Genres: News from MsWas · Tags: CoffeeShopReader, cookbooks, cooking, GBBO, QQ, quick questions with a Cannonballer, quick-questions ·
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More Cookbooks I’ve Been Perusing

Nadiya’s Kitchen: Over 100 Simple, Delicious Family Recipes by Nadiya Hussain

Easy Gourmet: Awesome Recipes Anyone Can Cook by Stephanie Le

December 17, 2021 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

I’m grouping these two together because they both fulfill the Reading Women Challenge task 4: Cookbook by a woman of color. I own one and borrowed the other, I’ve cooked from both (although no pictures this time – sorry!) and I feel each is a three star book for me, for similar reasons. Without further ado… Nadiya’s Kitchen After having fallen in love with Nadiya and her outstanding bakes on the Great British Bake Off (Great British Baking Show in the U.S.) and placing her […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food Tagged With: cookbook, Easy Gourmet, faintingviolet, GBBO, I am a Food Blog, Nadiya Hussain, Nadiya's Kitchen, reading women, Stephanie Le, we need diverse books, women of color

faintingviolet's CBR13 Review No:67 · Genres: Cooking/Food · Tags: cookbook, Easy Gourmet, faintingviolet, GBBO, I am a Food Blog, Nadiya Hussain, Nadiya's Kitchen, reading women, Stephanie Le, we need diverse books, women of color ·
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Second One’s the Charm I guess

Mary Berry Foolproof Cooking by Mary Berry

February 28, 2021 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I mentioned in a previous review that my mother uncovered a stack or previously misplaced Christmas presents intended for Christmas 2018 and/or 2019. This stack comprised of about 5-6 cookbooks. Here now are my thoughts on the second book in the pile, Mary Berry: Foolproof Cooking. Going by the price sticker, this appears to have been on a clearance shelf like book 1 that I didn’t love, but this one deserves that a bit less. Basically, I might actually try some of these recipes. The […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food Tagged With: cook book, Foolproof Cooking, GBBO, Mary Berry, mary Berry Foolproof Cooking

CoffeeShopReader's CBR13 Review No:17 · Genres: Cooking/Food · Tags: cook book, Foolproof Cooking, GBBO, Mary Berry, mary Berry Foolproof Cooking ·
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Mary Berry Food May Not Be For Me

Mary Berry Everyday by Mary Berry

February 14, 2021 by CoffeeShopReader 1 Comment

So fair warning, this is a cookbook review but I have little intention of trying many of the recipes. As I was posting my notes on Goodreads, I glanced at the top review listed, and the reviewer made a point I absolutely agree with; to paraphrase, the title Mary Berry Everyday was slightly misleading in that quite a few of the recipes aren’t exactly everyday by a lot of contemporary standards, at least as defined by me. I’ve tried a lot of Mary Berry baking […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food Tagged With: British food, cookbook, GBBO, Mary Berry, Mary Berry Everyday

CoffeeShopReader's CBR13 Review No:14 · Genres: Cooking/Food · Tags: British food, cookbook, GBBO, Mary Berry, Mary Berry Everyday ·
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