Category: cookbook reviews
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Ellie’s Deli, Wishing on Matzo Ball Soup by Lisa Greenwald
“Wishing on Matzo Ball Soup” is a delightful and heartwarming novel that captures the essence of the emotions of young girls on the cusp of becoming teenagers. We meet the main character, Ellie, a spunky character with a special love for her “Bubbie” and the Deli that has been in their family for several generations.…
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Cookbook Confidential Cookbook Club – review by Dorothy Grover-Reed
Cookbook Confidential: Bistro Cooking by Patricia Wells A classic from the 1989 remains timeless! You don’t have to visit a Parisian bistro to enjoy a delightful French bistro inspired dish. This little cookbook, “Bistro Cooking,” by Patricia Wells, 1989, packs a lovely range of classic recipes you can refer to again and again. Some, Wells…
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Cookbook Confidential Cookbook Club -review by Joanne Tracey
Have I ever told you about the time when we were road-tripping with a friend through France and Grant decided he wanted to try andouillette? It was in a little place named Saint-Gengoux-le-National, about halfway between Marigny L’Eglise (where we’d been staying in Burgundy) and Lyon. There were a couple of lovely looking bistros in…
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Cookbook Confidential Cookbook Club review by Jeen and Michiel
Bistro Cooking by Patricia Wells Think France, think Paris, a nice small bistro in a small street, off centre, 15th arrondissement, nothing fancy and not a Michelin star in sight. It’s 12.00, time for a quick lunch. You enter the restaurant, take a seat and order today’s dish, the plat du jour. It turns out…
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Cookbook Confidential Cookbook Club review by Donna Connolly
Bistro Cooking by Patricia Wells Most simply, a bistro is “a small neighborhood restaurant serving home-style, substantial fare…. In bistros, people don’t whisper, they shout, and diners are on a first-name basis with the harried waitress…. You might not even get to choose what you eat or drink. The patron may usurp this right. And…
