Gifts

If you are a novice, aspiring, or experienced bread maker then 30 Breads To Bake Before You Die by Allyson Reedy is an excellent addition to your cookbook library. I am known in the family as Boulanger Edward, as I am an aspiring bread maker who loves to play with different recipes. So, when I received 30 Breads to Bake Before You Die, with recipes from renowned Chefs such as Dominique Ansel, Duff Goldman from the Food Network, and Deb…

The Southern Food & Beverage Museum: SoFAB COOKBOOK – Recipes From The Modern South by Elizabeth M. Williams & Maddie Hayes celebrates not only the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Southern Food & Beverage Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana in 2004, but also celebrates the food and drink of the American South. This delightful and oh so tasty debut cookbook takes readers’ palates on a trip across the American South featuring recipes from Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia,…

If you love Middle Eastern cuisine, Lebanese Cooking by Madelain Farah & Leila Habib-Kirske published by Hatherleigh Press is a great reference as it has more than 185 simple, delicious, and authentic recipes in its chapters on Sauces, Bread & Bread Dishes, Soups, Salads, Fish, Entrées, Kibbi, Mihshi, Rice Dishes, Vegetarian Dishes, Laban (Yogurt) Dishes, Condiments, and Desserts & Beverages. Originally written by Madelain Farah in 1972 to honor recipes from her mother, the book was updated and expanded in…

A Touch of Salt by Barbara Bates Conroy is a gorgeous coffee table book that tells the intriguing tale of The Restaurant at Rowayton Seafood in the Rowayton neighborhood of Norwalk, Connecticut along with the rich history of the area’s lobstermen and oystermen. Stunning photographs and Barbara’s evocative writing captures the imagination, and the fabulous recipes also entice the reader to keep turning the pages. Two of our favorite recipes from the book are the Lobster Mac and Cheese, and…

We admit it, we love fresh ground cracked black pepper and use it on, and in, everything we eat or cook. While we love grinding our own black pepper, our challenge has been to find the perfect pepper mill. Throughout the years we have accumulated a diverse collection of pepper mills in all sizes, shapes, and materials, and in all price ranges. While perfectly fine to use tableside, using them for cooking purposes presented more of a challenge when we…

Although Chef Seadon Shouse went to culinary school, in a way his training began back in rural Novia Scotia, Canada where he grew up fishing, foraging, and planting. For a chef, there could not be a better foundation than an appreciation, respect, and passion for the food he creates from an early age. His cookbook and memoir, From The Hill By The Sea – A Book by Seadon Shouse is filled with wonderful recipes, beautiful photographs, and interesting stories about…

As a dedicated fan of Downtown Abbey and The Gilded Age, I fell in love with The Gilded Age Cookbook – Recipes and Stories from America’s Golden era by Becky Libourel Diamond. While the recipes are wonderful, it is her carefully researched stories behind the recipes, along with stunning photographs and vintage art, that make her cookbook such a treasure. The cookbook makes a perfect gift for foodies as well as history fans.

A Virtual History of Walking Sticks and Canes by Anthony Moss is the perfect gift for yourself, your favorite fashionista, or historian. It is much more than a gorgeous coffee table book; it is a valuable encyclopedia-like reference book of more than 500 pages detailing the history of walking sticks and canes with 800 sumptuous photographs and in-depth descriptions.

When I read the latest Annabel Karmel cookbook, My First Cookbook – Fun, simple recipes all kids will love by Annabel Karmel and illustrated by Alex Willmoreit, was like taking a step back in time to my own wonderful childhood memories of baking and cooking with my mom. The cookbook is colorful and designed to attract kids’ attention and appeal to their palates. The recipes have easy to follow steps and illustrations that make cooking, baking, and learning fun. Designed…

Food can transport you to places already visited or places you wish to know, and Özlem Warren’s debut cookbook, Özlem’s Turkish Table – Recipes from My Homeland published by GB Publishing ORG with its mouth-watering recipes and stunning photographs, does exactly that. Having visited Turkey, reading Özlem’s cookbook with its stories, history, and photographs, was like revisiting there, and through her delectable recipes, we will be able to "travel" back there any time we like via our palate.