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Falling Cloudberries
Tessa Kiros, daughter of a Finnish mother and a Greek Cypriot father, recounts the various flavors of her childhood and adult life...
Bundtlust
May 7, 20092 min read
Great Coffee Cakes, or “how to buy a cookbook on vacation!”
EDIT I admit it; I could happily live on breakfast alone. More specifically, luscious quick breads, muffins, and pastries. I have over...
Bundtlust
Nov 9, 20082 min read
The Tex-Mex Cookbook, or The Whole Enchilada And Then Some
Robb Walsh’s “Tex-Mex Cookbook” is more than a mere collection of authentic (and excellent) Tex-Mex recipes: it’s a loving tribute to the...
Bundtlust
Nov 1, 20083 min read
Baked: New Frontiers In Baking
I first saw Baked: New Frontiers in Baking while on vacation. My willpower not to buy any more baking books lasted for exactly one week...
Bundtlust
Oct 24, 20082 min read
Southern Cakes: Sweet and Irresistible Recipes for Everyday Celebrations
Nancie McDermott’s Southern Cakes gathers some of the South’s most well-known delights: pristine fluffy coconut cakes, deliciously oozy...
Bundtlust
Sep 21, 20082 min read
Brown Sugar: Soul Food Desserts from Family and Friends
In Brown Sugar: Soul Food Desserts from Family and Friends, Joyce White, author ofSoul Food: Recipes and Reflections from...
Bundtlust
Sep 14, 20081 min read
Sweets: Soul Food Desserts and Memories
Patty Pinner, author of Sweety Pies: An Uncommon Collection of Womanish Observations, with Pie, revisits the sweet desserts of her...
Bundtlust
Jul 30, 20082 min read
A must-have for kosher kitchens and fans of Jewish desserts (At Oma's Table)
Doris Schecter’s At Oma’s Table is part memoir, part cookbook. It begins with her early memories of life in Vienna, then as a refugee in...
Bundtlust
Jul 15, 20083 min read
Sweety Pies: An Uncommon Collection of Womanish Observations, with Pie
Patty Pinner, author of the phenomenalSweets: Soul Food Desserts & Memories, grew up in a large African-American family that had...
Bundtlust
Jul 12, 20082 min read
Dolce Italiano: Desserts from the Babbo Kitchen
Gina DePalma’s Dolce Italiano: Desserts from the Babbo Kitchen collects a treasure trove of desserts and savories from Mario Batali’s...
Bundtlust
Apr 27, 20083 min read
Desserts By The Yard
Sherry Yard, the executive pastry chef for Wolfgang Puck Worldwide, has created a mouthwatering, memorable dessert bible in Desserts by...
Bundtlust
Mar 18, 20082 min read
Just like what your (grand)mothers used to bake… (Heirloom Baking with the Brass Sisters)
Heirloom Baking with the Brass Sisters: More than 100 Years of Recipes Discovered from Family Cookbooks, Original Journals, Scraps of...
Bundtlust
Mar 13, 20082 min read
The Ghirardelli Chocolate Cookbook: Recipes and History from America’s Premier Chocolate Maker
Ghirardelli chocolate was originally founded by an Italian immigrant, Domingo Ghirardelli, in San Francisco in 1849. Since then, it’s...
Bundtlust
Mar 13, 20082 min read
“What do you mean, you don’t eat no meat? That’s okay, I make lamb!” The Greek Vegetarian: More Than
For those not in the know, my title is from “My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” in which John Corbett plays Ian Miller, a vegetarian high school...
Bundtlust
Mar 13, 20083 min read
The Pastry Queen Christmas: Big-hearted Holiday Entertaining, Texas Style
Rebecca Rather is the owner of Fredericksburg, TX iconic bakery Rather Sweet, which regularly appears among the country’s top bakeries....
Bundtlust
Oct 20, 20072 min read
The World of Jewish Desserts
Gil Marks, rabbi, chef, and author of The WORLD OF JEWISH COOKING: More Than 500 Traditional Recipes from Alsace to Yemen, The World of...
Bundtlust
Aug 20, 20072 min read
"Olive Trees and Honey"
"A land of wheat and barley, of grape vines and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of olive trees and honey . . . you shall eat and be...
Bundtlust
Jul 14, 20072 min read
The PDQ Vegetarian
The PDQ (Pretty Darn Quick) Vegetarian by Donna Klein offers over 240 no- or low-prep healthy veggie recipes perfect for busy moms (or...
Bundtlust
Jul 8, 20072 min read
Bread as a religious experience
Maggie Glezer's labor of love "A Blessing of Bread: The Many Rich Traditions of Jewish Bread Baking Around The World" is truly that: a...
Bundtlust
Jun 15, 20072 min read
The Pastry Queen: Royally Good Recipes from the Texas Hill Country’s Rather Sweet Bakery & Cafe
Native Texan Rebecca Rather decided to move her Austin bakery to the delightful Hill Country town of Fredericksburg, and local legend...
Bundtlust
Jun 14, 20073 min read
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