Catching Up – What’s Next?

Catching Up – What’s Next seemed to be an appropriate blog title to explain the barrage of book reviews – more variety coming! Like almost everyone else I know, I’ve had pandemic brain and world event shell-shock. It’s my goal to catch up on my review obligations, so that I can enjoy this summer without…

Category: Books, Food, Garden, Life through the Lens, News

REVIEW: Vegetarian: Good Food Made Simple

Vegetarian: Good Food Made Simple by Parragon Books and Love Food Editors is a beautiful and simple book that will easily influence a plant-based lifestyle. The bright lime-green cover drew me in, initially. As an owner of too many cookbooks, the recipes with their simple ingredient lists and gorgeous photos made me buy yet another…

Category: Books, Food, Reviews, TBR Challenge 2017, TBR Mountain Range Challenge 2017, What's for Dinner?

REVIEW: Recipes from the Herbalist’s Kitchen by Brittany Wood Nickerson

RECIPES FROM THE HERBALIST’S KITCHEN by Brittany Wood Nickerson is a gorgeous book filled with sensible advice and tantalizing recipes for novices and experienced cooks alike. I highly recommend this book for a philosophy that satiates your well-being. The photographs in this book are enough reason to buy it. We all need a pick-me-up in…

Category: Books, Food, Recipe, Reviews, TBR Mountain Range Challenge 2017, What's for Dinner?

REVIEW: Fat-Free Vegetarian by Editor Anne Sheasby

I collect recipe books and this FAT-FREE VEGETARIAN cookbook is one of the most enticing on vegetables that I have on my shelf because it’s beautiful and easy. Fat-Free Vegetarian by Editor Anne Sheasby Category: Cookbook Publisher: Anness Publishing Ltd 2012 edition for Barnes & Noble. ISBN: 9781435142251 Rated 4.5 out of 5 Format:…

Category: Books, Reviews, TBR Mountain Range Challenge 2015, What's for Dinner?

REVIEW: Chickens in the Road by Suzanne McMinn

You have to admire a woman who knows what she wants and goes after it, no matter how crazy her friends and family think she is—and succeeds! This book is her journey… Chickens in the Road by Suzanne McMinn Category: Memoir Publisher: HarperOne (October 15, 2013) ISBN: 978-0062223708 Rated 4 out 5 Format…

Category: Books, Reviews, TBR Mountain Range Challenge 2014

REVIEW: Skinny-Size It by Molly Morgan

“Food is Fuel” is just one of the many healthy ideas presented in this delicious way to nutritious eating that’s flavorful and fun. Skinny-Size It by Molly Morgan Category: Cookbook Publisher: Harlequin (March 25, 2014) ISBN: 978-0373892983 Rated 4 out of 5 Stars Formats available: eBook and Print I shopped, thought, and cooked…