Cookbook Reviews

Every now and then a publisher, or author, will send me a cookbook to review.

Whenever I am asked to review a cookbook, I can always find one recipe that jumps out at me as a must-try. Good cookbooks will grab me with a several possibilities. Great cookbooks have me debating between half a dozen choices. And, then, there are cookbooks that I read before bed, dream about, and want to make every single recipe in them.

Here are some of the books I've reviewed; click the title for my review post. While I did receive a complimentary copy of the book, the opinions are 100% accurate and 100% my own.

Pure Vanilla by Shauna Sever

Muy Bueno by Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack, Veronica Gonzalez-Smith, and Evangelina Soza

Bengali Five-Spice Chronicles by Rinku Bhattacharya

Mini Donuts by Jessica Segara

Campfire Cuisine by Robin Donovan

On a Stick! by Matt Armendariz

Noodlemania! by Melissa Barlow

Sprinkles! by Jackie Alpers

Tiny Food Party by Teri Lyn Fisher and Jenny Park
Winter Cocktails by Maria del Mar Sacasa
Booze Cakes by Krystina Castella and Terry Lee Stone
Breakfast for Dinner by Lindsay Landis and Taylor Hackbarth
The Fresh Honey Cookbook: 84 Recipes from a Beekeeper's Kitchen by Laurey Masterton

Haute Dogs: Recipes for Delicious Hot Dogs, Buns, andCondiments by Russell Van Kraayenburg

Madeleines: Elegant French Tea Cakes to Bake and Share by Barbara Feldman Morse
Dining at the Ravens by Jeff and Joan Stanford
The Jersey Shore Cookbook: Fresh Summer Flavors from the Boardwalk and Beyond by Deborah Smith

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