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Learning About Maple #FoodieReads


October is more than half-way over! How did that happen? Today I'm sharing a cookbook for my Foodie Reads Challenge without sharing a recipe inspired by it. That will come soon. But Maple: 100 Sweet and Savory Recipes Featuring Pure Maple Syrup by Katie Webster* had me running to the store to pick up multiple bottles of maple syrup! 

I have long been intrigued by sugaring. I remember reading about it in the Laura Ingalls Wilder books when I was a child and being amazed that you could simply slice a tree and get syrup from it.

Katie Webster is the force behind Healthy Seasonal Recipes. Until now I wasn't familiar with that blog. But I am so excited to find it...and become a subscriber to her newsletter. I mean, who wouldn't want a recipe for 5 Spice Meatloaf with Apricot Ginger Glaze showing up in their inbox? Well, even better would be a delivery of that recipe...all set and ready to eat. But I'll just take the newsletter. And I'd love a bottle of her Smoky Tomato Shallot Dressing. A girl can dream, right?



In any case, I love cookbooks with delicious recipes, sumptuous stories, and delectable photographs. This book has it all. So, stay tuned. I plan to get a lot of use out of this book. 



I have always wondered what the difference is between the grades of maple syrup. There used to be Grade A Light Amber, Grade A Medium Amber, Grade A Dark Amber, and Grade B; those have changed to Grade A Golden all the way to Grade A Dark. The flavor profiles range from delicate to robust. I've always just gotten the darkest one available. But, armed with this cookbook, I picked up three different bottles and plan to cook my way through Katie's book.

I can't wait to make - and share - her Maple Ginger Roasted Salmon, Simple Miso Roasted Tofu, and Maple Meyer Lemon Whiskey Sour. Are you drooling yet? I am!

               
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Here's what everyone else read in October 2017: here.

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