July 20, 2009
Alfalfabet A to Z
by Carol Watterson & Michela Sorrentino
A wonderful new kid’s book! More info at the official Alfalfabet website.
Cookbooks We Love presents reviews of our favorite "Family & Kid's Coobooks", covering cooking with kids, children, or for a family. Plenty of fun, delicious recipes with nothing too difficult, perfect for families that like to cook together.
A wonderful new kid’s book! More info at the official Alfalfabet website.
Apples for Jam is a charming cookbook that brings to life those special childhood moments of joy brought on by our favorite foods and most memorable food rituals. Through stories, photographs and recipes author Tessa Kiros…..
In Deceptively Delicious first-time author Jessica Seinfeld offers up an easy and fun way to steer your children towards healthy eating habits. As the wife of super celebrity Jerry Seinfeld she could so easily just leave the feeding of her 3 kids to the hired help but she’s obviously a dedicated mom who cares…..
Posted by Editor Carol on 10/02/2007
River Cottage Family Cookbook by British television sensation and home cooking champion Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall (along with co-author Fizz Carr and many of their family members) is a book to bring the entire family into the kitchen…..
In this companion book to her latest PBS series, popular chef and teacher Lidia Bastianich generously welcomes us into her kitchen to meet her family and share with us some of her favorite family meals. Rooted in her Italian traditions, the dishes in Lidia’s Family Table are an innovative…..
Posted by Editor Carol on 11/06/2006
Sara Moulton, star of The Food Network’s “Cooking Live” and “Sara’s Secrets” has written her first cookbook. An all-purpose book for home cooks of any level, it includes 200 recipes for every meal—and every course. She offers her expert and experienced advice…..
Posted by Editor Carol on 05/15/2006
Kids rock! says Rachael, and it seems the feeling is mutual. Young people number among her biggest fans. For them she has created a fabulous collection of age-specific recipes with a high cool factor…...
Posted by Editor Carol on 04/04/2006
In Jamie’s Dinners, Jamie Oliver shares 120 of his favorite family recipes kicking off with his (and his website visitors’) Top Ten (Roast Chicken with Lemon and Rosemary Roast Potatoes; Fish, Chips and Mushy Peas; Simple Baked Lasagna…). His “Family Tree” section gives some basic building block recipes and Jamie’s ideas…..
Posted by Editor Carol on 01/20/2006
In Feast: Food That Celebrates Life, author and Food Network favorite Nigella Lawson shares with us some of her favorite menus for special occasions, holidays, and family get-togethers. Nigella has an unabashed love for food and believes that the meal and who you share it with is…..
Posted by Editor Carol on 08/15/2005
Lost Recipes is true American-style comfort food, and another treasure from Marion Cunningham, well loved for her bestsellers The Fanny Farmer Cookbook and Learning to Cook with Marion Cunningham. Her own personal rally against fast food, Lost Recipes is both dedicated to and written for home cooks…..
This is delicious and unpretentious food—the recipes that please Ina Garten’s family and friends at home in the East Hamptons. Of course we love the recipes, but we also love the beautiful, clean design, vivid photographs of the prepared dishes…..
Posted by Editor Carol on 07/08/2005
Nigella Bites is the companion cookbook to Nigella Lawson’s popular TV series. The show, and consequently the chapters in the book, are arranged according to the sort of cooking that we might want to do, depending on our life, our timetable, and our mood. This is the food she cooks for her herself…..
Posted by Editor Carol on 03/02/2004
From Art Smith, Oprah Winfrey’s personal chef, comes a unique cookbook with more than 150 recipes to strengthen bonds between loved ones. Winner of the 2002 James Beard Cookbook Award for General category, Back to the Table aims to bring families back to the table and back to each other. Having spent most of his lengthy culinary career…..
Posted by Editor Carol on 01/04/2004