Book Club Tuesday: Sebze

Utterly enticed is how I felt as I opened the cover of Özlem Warren’s latest cookbook Sebze: Vegetarian Recipes from My Turkish Table. As a vegetarian cooking for a family of vegetarians I am always looking for delicious, nourishing recipes for my family to enjoy and, flipping through Sebze (which means

Book Club Tuesday: Kitten and the Bear Cookbook

Much of what drives me forward as a cook is the desire to preserve those warm feelings of family and home that I experienced as a child, eating meals so lovingly made by my family. Food connects us to each other and to all the home cooks that came before – and, what I’ve found reading through Sophie Kaftal and Bobby Zielinski’s Kitten and the Bear Cookbook is that they’re not only preserving the sweet and most delicious offerings from gardens and orchards, they’re maintaining and building a “…fairy tale life full of beauty, tradition, and the art of daily ritual.”(2) For those who have

Book Club Tuesday: Savoring

There is an inexplicable joy that occurs when you find a favourite cookbook or recipe. When a well-written recipe flows and the resulting meal works out exactly as it should and is met with delight from those enjoying it, can there be anything better? Recently I was sent a copy of Murielle Banackissa’s Savoring: Meaningful Vegan Recipes from Across Oceans. Banackissa is a Montreal-based recipe developer, food photographer, and blogger who focusses on sharing vegan recipes inspired by

Book Club Tuesday: More Daily Veg

Cooking and eating should be fun and food taste great to you, most importantly. (6)

I continue to be very curious about other vegetarians and how they approach their daily meals. When looking at cookbooks, I want to know how they stock their kitchens: which ingredients are the stars that get the most use? As I read the introduction to Joe Woodhouse’s latest cookbook, More Daily Veg, I love when he mentions cooking

Book Club Tuesday: Baking Wonderland

When a copy of Jean Parker and Rachel Smith’s cookbook, Baking Wonderland, arrived at our doorstep, my daughter was overjoyed because this baking book is geared towards kids, and she knew she would be the one trying out recipes. Looking at the cover of the book, we were immediately enticed through

Book Club Tuesday: Supper With Love

After spending almost a decade on Instagram, one of the things I appreciate most about that platform is when I get a chance to “meet” new people. I find that it’s getting to be a challenge to genuinely connect with people because many are focused on the algorithm and “engagement.” What I crave is true engagement – meeting of like minds to share things we find interesting and valuable. It was during the pandemic that I “met” Michelle Braxton and,

Book Club Tuesday: Fraiche Food, Fuller Hearts

The parents of my daughter’s classmates know that one of my favourite things to ask when we’re standing around at after school pick up is: What’s for dinner? I’ve always been deeply curious to know what the go-to meals are, which are the favourites, or what are the dishes families fall back on when moments are busy (it feels like we’ve hit that age where the time after school is populated by myriad activities).  As Jillian Harris and Tori Wesszer know, a good recipe gives us not only a delicious meal to share but it can also

Book Club Tuesday: A Very Prairie Christmas Bakebook

For something that happens only once a year, I spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about cookie boxes. It’s only been in the last handful of years that I’ve gotten serious about what goes into the boxes – normally, I choose a combination of recipes from cookbooks I’ve received during the past year, from the annual NYT Cookie Week lineup, and usually something from the fine recipe developers at King Arthur. But, what I’ve been noticing is that the cookie

Book Club Tuesday: Noon

Admittedly, I don’t often put much thought into what I’m making for lunch – it’s usually leftovers from yesterday’s supper or something quick (think: noodles, peanut butter sandwiches, etc.). What I appreciate about Meike Peters’ latest book, Noon, is that she encourages home cooks to take a bit of time to enjoy lunch and, part of that enjoyment includes what we’re putting on the table. As she tells us in her

Book Club Tuesday: The Plain Cake Appreciation Society

Sometimes, thinking back over those early years of the pandemic, it’s easy to see why home baking became such a source of joy and connection. Here in Nova Scotia, bubbling was tight and, due to the lack of close family nearby to share that bubble space with, I started to invest in cardboard bakery boxes so that I could spread my baking (and love) around. So, reading through Tilly Pamment’s new book, The Plain Cake Appreciation Society, I feel both kinship as well as