Three Good Books

Three recently read books have really caught my attention, two fiction with culinary themes, and a non-fiction cookbook.  After doing the sewing/quilting book review series last September, I had a couple of marginal reads to one truly bad read (reviews are on Goodreads) interspersed with quick cozy mystery reads. Then I picked up Delicious by …

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The Sharper Your Knife The Less You Cry

Foodie books are a real delight for me.  I enjoy reading the stories behind the scenes, especially for places I will never go, like Le Cordon Bleu.  I particularly enjoy books that teach me something as I am reading about someone’s adventures in the food world.   The Sharper Your Knife, The Less You Cry is …

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Best Food Writing Anthologies

Food Writing, or foodie books, is a relatively new genre compared to other genres in publishing.  Columnists have been regaling us with stories of food preparation foibles, family memories, and reflections on food related stories since the advent of food magazines in the 1940s, but didn’t gain prominence until the 1990s.   My interest in …

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