In her newsletter, Portland author Liz Crain wrote, “[M]y book will bring comfort + joy + love + fun + a new kitchen project to those who use it. I’m hoping that it will be a bright spot.” Dumplings = Love is indeed a bright spot, with a wide range of dumplings from many different …
Last Friday afternoon, as part of the week’s virtual regional trade show, booksellers from around the Pacific Northwest watched members of the PNBA Book Awards Committee present a selection of books they are excited about for the 2021 Book Awards. This post is the second part of the list of books mentioned during that session. …
As farmers’ markets and CSA boxes offer up the richest bounties, you might crave fresh recipe inspiration to go with your fresh produce. Seattle chef Makini Howell, owner of Plum Bistro in Capitol Hill, shares over 60 plant-based recipes in her gorgeous cookbook of “gratifying vegan dishes,” Plum. These recipes are delicious ways to incorporate …
This is one of the most approachable cookbooks I have ever used. There are no long, drawn-out anecdotes about the author’s romance with that really expensive, hard-to-find ingredient, and no over-glamorized photographs of impossibly perfect baked goods on rustic pieces of slate. The book introduces itself by explaining the anti-inflammatory eating regime and covers a …
Home cooking is all the rage these days (gee, I wonder why?) so a new cookbook is just the thing to keep boredom away from your dining table. Among the newest is one by a native son of Madison Park, Ned Baldwin, who is now a restaurateur running (after a stint at the prestigious Prune) …
Seattle’s cookbook-focused book store, Book Larder, is known for its wide assortment of cookbooks and cooking literature, its food-themed cards and gifts, and its phenomenal cooking classes. During the shutdown, you can still shop online and, as of May 6, do curbside pick-up with Book Larder to buy cookbooks to spice up your quarantine meal …
I spotted this KING 5 segment through Seattle Review of Books. It highlights favorite titles by Pacific Northwest authors: You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me Love and Trouble My Rice Bowl Ghosts of Seattle Past Where’s Halmoni? Get Dressed Sasquatch/ Goodnight Krampus Queen of Spades Razor Clams.
For the cook (for the novice to the accomplished): Dinner: Changing the Game by Melissa Clark. I cannot recommend this book enough! The recipes are simple,delicious and inventive, the photography is fantastic. Every recipe I have made has been a hit. The recipes can be a stand alone meal with perhaps the addition of a …
We’ve got a new cookbook for you! Samin Nosrat’s Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking. Nosrat’s been teaching everyone from professional chefs to middle school kids to author Michael Pollan (though we’re not quite sure where he falls in this spectrum: clumsier than a professional chef and more able to read directions …
This is more than just a great cookbook full of cheap, easy, and delicious meals, though it is definitely that! It started out as the author’s capstone for her master’s in food studies–a free cookbook to make it easier to eat on the SNAP (food stamp) budget of $4 per person, per day. This version …
