Book Reviews

Cookbook Review: Joy the Baker: 100 Simple and Comforting Recipes

8 comments March 8, 2012

Author: Joy Wilson Publisher: Hyperion Paperback – 208 pages This book is fantastic, it’s filled with wonderful recipes, it’s fun to read and very easy to follow, displays gorgeous full page pictures and contains great baking tips and ideas. I like that her recipes are simple and not based on hard-to-find ingredients. In fact, most [...]

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Lavender Lemon Bars

11 comments March 3, 2012

Earlier this week I shared with you Joy the Baker’s Zucchini and Potato Pancakes, the third post in the series for the Joy the Baker Cookbook Spotlight event. I chose to make one more recipe this week for the Cookbook Spotlight to share with you. I love tangy and tart desserts and I’ve been craving [...]

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Zucchini and Potato Pancakes

16 comments February 28, 2012

Hola everyone, Today I am sharing my third post for the“Joy the Baker Cookbook Spotlight and Cook-Off”. Heather from Girlichef is hosting the event and chose the recipes for the first two weeks. If you missed those recipes, here’s the first one for Chocolate Fudge Brownies with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting and the second recipe for [...]

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Mini Chamomile Cakes with Honey Frosting

23 comments February 19, 2012

Hola Everyone, Today I am sharing with you the second recipe from the “Joy the Baker Cookbook Spotlight Event”, hosted by Girlichef. If you missed the first recipe we made, here’s the post for the amazing Chocolate Fudge Brownies with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting. This week we made Mini Chamomile Cakes with Honey Frosting. I can’t [...]

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Chocolate Fudge Brownies with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

25 comments February 13, 2012

Unfortunately, I don’t have the time to join too many cooking events happening around the blogging community, mostly because I’m too busy creating recipes for my blog and taking care of my kids. However, when I saw an event hosted by Heather at Girlichef, the “Joy the Baker Cookbook Spotlight and Cook-Off”, I immediately wanted [...]

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The Pantry

7 comments September 5, 2009

I was one of the lucky winners of the foodie blogroll give-a-way for the month of august. I received a copy of the book “The Pantry: Its History and Modern Uses” by Catherine Seiberling Pond, an architectural historian, writer and former house museum manager. This book has beautiful pictures and explains the history of the [...]

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