The 3-H approach to good cooking

High, Healthy and Happy 3-H Mennonite Cook Book: A Collection of Swiss-Canadian Mennonite Recipes.

Apart from being the longest cookbook title I’ve ever laid eyes on, it also made me giggle. High? Not exactly what I’d expect from Mennonites. Or from my grandmother, for that matter — the book was in her collection. When my family sorted ...
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Dinner, at the roll of a die

Sometimes, I just don’t know what to make for dinner.

Such a quandary should be impossible, what with my kitchen bookshelf stuffed with upwards of 100 cookbooks in regular use, my utility closet bulging with food magazines, a blogroll that scrolls on and on through sites showcasing food from all over the world, and an imagination ...
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Title: Vegetable Love
Author: Barbara Kafka
Extent: 720 pp
Publisher: Artisan (a division of Workman Publishing)
Publication Date: 4 October 2005

The Gist: Subtitled “Vegetables delicious alone, or with pasta, seafood, poultry, meat, and more,” Barbara Kafka’s Vegetable Love encyclopedia is an authoritative exploration of vegetables by region, replete with recipes of all persuasions — not just ...
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