The Secret Lives of Baked Goods: Sweet Stories and Recipes for America's Favorite Desserts by Jessie OlesonMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
The stories were interesting and the pictures looked yummy. The real test of a book like this is to make the recipes. I made the Blondies which turned out very well and also want to try the Hepburn brownies and ANZAC biscuits. I'm not sure if I will be able to find the golden syrup the biscuits (they are what we in America call cookies) call for, but will keep an eye out for it.
The French Market Cookbook: Vegetarian Recipes from My Parisian Kitchen by Clotilde DusoulierMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Dusoulier writes ChocolateandZucchini.com and in this book takes the reader through the seasons with a variety of vegetarian recipes. For each season she begins with a list of "produce to play with" which I thought was delightful. I haven't cooked anything from this book yet, but lots of the spring and summer recipes appealed to me so I will plan to shop for them when (if?) the snow melts. The winter section includes an apple sugar tart which uses beer in the crust. If that isn't a recipe with my name on it I don't know what is so that one is definitely on the horizon. The photo in this book are just beautiful.
These are my first 2 books read for the Foodies Read 2014 challenge.
I love the French Market Cookbook! I haven't seen the other one yet, but I bake Hepburn brownies all the time. I wonder if my recipe is the same one that's in the book.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the backstories about the recipes in Jessie's book. Haven't seen The French Market Cookbook but have heard a lot of good things about it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for letting me know about these books. Cheers from Carole's Chatter
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard of Hepburn brownies, I'm going to have to check that out.
ReplyDeleteBoth of them look really great!! I might see if my library has French Market Cookbook just to give me some ideas of how to use my Farmer's Market finds.
ReplyDeleteThese both sound good. I can't wait for farmer's market season to come around again!
ReplyDeleteI've found golden syrup in two places in my local grocery store: right near the molasses in the baking aisle, and in the international food aisle (sitting next to lemon curd and currants, of all things). Hopefully you'll be able to find some where you are and try out those cookies!
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