Gift Guide: 4 of Our Favorite Cookbooks for Your List
New cookbooks come out weekly, and it’s our mission to help you find and explore some of the best and most intriguing that we’ve recently discovered.
Check these out of your local bookstore and into your home library.
WILD WINEMAKING, by Richard W. Bender
We all know that much of the wine we see is made from wine grapes. But what about bananas? Yes, it’s a thing, and actually popular in Southeast Asia. Still, even if you’re just thinking about wine grapes, knowing how to use them to make wine for yourself and friends is a good thing. Fortunately, Wild Winemaking shares with us the many ways in which we can turn grapes, and almost any fruit, into delicious and drinkable wine, sake or even champagne.
So for us, it’s about time to make some banana wine.
Find it on AMAZON
TINY HOUSE COOKING
Homeowners continue to be fascinated by the concept of tiny houses, in which they downsize to extremely small living quarters and make their lives more simple. But one thing that continues to challenge them is how to cook what they want to eat in such a little area.
Tiny House Cooking is a good guide to helping solve the technical issues of making meals and fantastic recipes in literally standing room only space, as well as giving useful small home or no-kitchen cooking guidelines.
Find it on AMAZON
THE ART OF FRENCH BAKING, by Ginette Mathiot
French baking and pastries are held in high regard by food lovers around the world, but they also present a challenge when you want to make them at home. Fortunately, this cookbook gives several very easy methods to follow in order to make some of your favorite delicacies.
Combined with attractive color photographs, and step-by-step instructions, this edition is a must-have for any baker, pastry lover, or Francophile.
Find it on AMAZON
THE LAKE MICHIGAN COTTAGE COOKBOOK, by Amelia Levin
There is a culinary and travel trend that emphasizes an appreciation of regional foods, especially from exotic locales around the world. But some regions are somewhat overlooked, such as the vast waterfront area called Lake Michigan.
Lake Michigan is one of the largest bodies of fresh water in the entire world, and its hundreds of miles of shore is lined with cottages and country homes. An entire cuisine therefore has sprung up around this region’s lifestyle, which ranges from Michigan to Wisconsin to Illinois and Indiana.
The Lake Michigan Cottage Cookbook has collected a variety of great recipes and specialties that you can savor, using local ingredients, and it definitely makes us think about our next opportunity for getaways and summer vacations.
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