Book Reviews

naturally sweet food in jars Book Review

naturally sweet food in jars Book Review

This week's canning and preserving book review is naturally sweet food in jars. If you are interested in home food preservation, you probably are familiar with Marisa McClellan. McClellan is a cookbook author and home canning enthusiast. Her popular blog, Food in...

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Preserving Memories Book Review

Preserving Memories Book Review

Growing Up in My Mother's Kitchen by Judy Glattstein Do you love to make homemade jams, jellies and preserves? Are you ready to move beyond the basic, everyday single-berry recipes? Then you should get a copy of Preserving Memories. Ms. Glattstein shares her love of...

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Gingerbread Book Review

Gingerbread Book Review

Timeless Recipes for Cakes, Cookies, Desserts, Ice Cream and Candy by Jennifer Lindner McGlinn As we near the end of National Cookbook Month thoughts turn to holiday cooking. Even non-bakers dust off the mixer and baking sheets around the holidays. The...

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Tart and Sweet Book Review

Tart and Sweet Book Review

101 Canning and Pickling Recipes for the Modern Kitchen I recently purchased a copy of Tart and Sweet by Kelly Geary and Jessie Knadler. The book was published in 2010, but the great thing about books - cookbooks in particular - is that they never seem to grow old....

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Ball Blue Book Review

Ball Blue Book Review

Find even more canning recipes with the new Ball Blue Book Guide to Preserving. Every few years Jarden Home Brands, the company that owns the Ball® canning name, publishes a new edition of its Guide to Preserving. If you are just starting out with food preserving, the...

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The Nourished Kitchen Book Review

The Nourished Kitchen Book Review

Farm-to-Table recipes for the Traditional Foods Lifestyle by Jennifer McGruther   The Nourished Kitchen is a cookbook full of educational material. Or it's a learning tool with lots of wonderful recipes. It could also be described as a timeless tome of eating, at once...

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The Founding Foodies Book Review

The Founding Foodies Book Review

How Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin Revolutionized American Cuisine by Dave Dewitt Despite its sub-title, The Founding Foodies is about much more than Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin, although their collective influence on American cuisine cannot be...

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Drink the Harvest Book Review

Drink the Harvest Book Review

Make your own cider, mead, tea and more with drink the harvest. I am a big fan of Storey Publishing and their books, especially their food and gardening books. So I was pleased to read about one of their newer books, drink the harvest by Nan K. Chase and DeNeice C....

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