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This Challenge has now ended. 6 Apr 2009 | 09:50 pm
This Challenge has now ended. Sadly I was not able to finish my own challenge. Too much homework from college I think. That and also the fact that I could never find any interesting book about food to...
Review: Julie and Julia 1 Apr 2009 | 06:39 am
Julie and Julia: 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen by Julie Powell Publisher: Little, Brown & Company Pub. Date: September 2006 ISBN-13: 9780316013260 Pages: 320 Julie and Julia is a p...
2 Books to Complete the Challenge 1 Apr 2009 | 01:16 am
I am squeezing in two short book reviews to complete the Books About Food reading challenge today. Interestingly, both books are centered around green beverages: green tea and absinthe. The first book...
Review: The Omnivore's Dilemma 31 Mar 2009 | 04:30 am
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Pub. Date: August 2007 ISBN-13: 9780143038580 Pages: 464pp I started this book back in Octobe...
Food for Free 8 Mar 2009 | 10:04 am
Food for Free by Richard Mabey Synopsis from Amazon.co.uk: 'Food for Free by Richard Mabey was first published in 1972, since then it has been reprinted 11 times. An all-colour, revised version produ...
American Fried 4 Mar 2009 | 01:40 pm
American Fried: Adventures of a Happy Eater Calvin Trillin HarperCollins, 1974 All of us are eaters. Calvin Trillin claims to be a happy eater. I think he's more than that. Based on this book, I'd ...
Beth's Wrap Up Post 25 Feb 2009 | 01:34 am
Here is the list of my challenge books, with my rating. Click on the link to read my review. Salt by Mark Kurlansky (B-) Heat by Bill Buford (A) House of Mondavi by Julia Flynn Siler (A) French Lesso...
Reveiw: More Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin 20 Feb 2009 | 12:40 am
My Summary and Thoughts: More Home Cooking: A Writer Returns to the Kitchen is a collection of essays first published in 1993. Colwin wrote novels, but she also wrote articles for Gourmet magazine. Sh...
Taste: The story of Britain through its cooking 19 Feb 2009 | 08:25 am
Title: Taste: The story of Britain through its cooking Author: Kate Colquhoun This book really is the history of Britain told through it's food. From Celtic and Roman times when bread was the staple ...
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle 13 Feb 2009 | 06:36 am
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life Barbara Kingsolver with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver HarperCollins Publishers, 2007 I'm so glad I finally had a chance to read this book. I'...
