Weekend Cooking: A Sneak Peek at Upcoming Cookbook Reviews

I'm not quite sure if my past week passed by quickly or slowly, but I do know that it wasn't an easy week. I spent most of the time with my mother and some of it in the hospital.

There was pretty much no cooking going on, though the hospital restaurants had some decent choices. I know that I haven't yet visited your posts from last week, but I hope to find some time to read them in the week to come--once I catch up with my work, that is. Oh and some sleep would be nice too.

Anyway, today's post is a sneak peak at five cookbooks I have waiting to review. Some I've cooked out of; others I haven't. I'm just a little too brain dead at the moment to write up a thoughtful review, and I don't want to short-change you or the cookbook authors.

First up are two books published by Austin Macauley. I was interested in these cookbooks because they are geared to new cooks. I'm always looking for good books to suggest to friends and relatives (of all ages) who claim they don't know how to cook or that cooking is too difficult. Both cookbooks arrived when I was out of town last week, and I haven't had a chance to study them. However, from a quick flip through, Simply No Weigh by Di Weiss (2018) looks like it will appeal to a range of cooks and tastes. Beginners Cookbook by K. Mortimer (2017), on the other hand, seems perfect for college students or fresh-out-of-the-nest new adults setting up home in their first apartment. I'll let you know what I think in the weeks to come.

Next is Eat for the Planet Cookbook by Nil Zacharias and Gene Stone, which published this month from Abrams. I have so many pages marked, the book barely closes anymore! The recipes are plant based (the new term for "vegan"), and this omnivore has found a number of recipes to love. If you follow me on Instagram, you may have seen my story showing the enchilada pie. Sooo good. I've made a couple of artichoke dishes from this book and a soup. You'll have a full review of this winner very soon. I took this cookbook to mother's last week because there are a number of vegans and vegetarians in my family, and those of us who eat meat also love to change up with veggies when we can. Alas, I didn't get a chance to make the mushroom barley soup for everyone in Ohio, but I think that's my next recipe from this cookbook.

The final two cookbooks are both published by Voracious. Again, if you follow me on Instagram you've already seen a photo. I am a huge Canal House fan, so I was super excited to receive a copy of their Cook Something: Recipes to Rely On by Christopher Hirsheimer and Melissa Hamilton (Sept. 2019). The photos, the recipes, the step-by-steps . . . I love it all. Although I rarely use a recipe to make pasta Bolognese, I really wanted to try their version and wanted to cook it for my family. I also thought my mom would enjoy pasta. Sadly she now finds tomatoes to be too acidic, so I wasn't able to make it for her. However, I will be making it for us--really soon. The revised edition of The Milk Street Cookbook by Christopher Kimball (Oct. 2019) includes "every recipe from every episode of the TV show." There is so much information packed into this beautiful cookbook that I don't even know where to begin. The recipes are solid and doable and the photographs are wonderful. Lots of exploring in my future.

I will do my best to visit all of your posts from last week and this, just as soon as possible. In the meantime, I'm taking each day, one at a time.

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