Category: Cookbooks and Books

  • Gourmet Game Night and a Giveaway

    Some days it’s all about the finger food.  Cynthia Nims’ new book, Gourmet Game Night is all about bite-sized, mess free eating for board-game parties and other social situations, where you need easy to please food with lots of flavor and not too many utensils.  She has tips on shortcuts, menu planning and menus suited for…

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  • Steamy Kitchen Meets Seattle Food Bloggers

    My blog has officially moved from Blogspot to WordPress. Thank you to everyone for the encouragement and the nudging. I hope you enjoy my new look. All Photos by ValentinaVitols. The last Seattle Food Blogger event was a food blogger party with Jaden Hair from Steamy Kitchen.  I first met Jaden when she was here for the…

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  • Saving the Last Two Chapters of A Homemade Life

    A week ago, I admitted it on Twitter, I didn’t want to read Molly from Orangette’s book “A Homemade Life”  until I was really ready to relax and give it my full attention because I knew I would love it.  I was saving it for a day when I really wanted to read a good book. I…

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  • Hungry Monkey

    Not too long ago, I attended a food event by Kim Ricketts. What We Talk About When We Talk About Food: An Evening with Seattle Writers”. Matthew Amster-Burton,read a passage from his book, Hungry Monkey and I was hooked. I will explain why. I am obsessed with breastfeeding. I love it. I am drained, exhausted,…

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  • Food For Baby

    Since becoming a mother, my eating has changed drastically. I have become more of a purist. Just knowing that my babies nutrients pass through my breast milk makes me a lot more conscious. In a few weeks, I will be giving Baby E his first taste of solids. We have been sitting him at the…

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  • Norene’s Healthy Cooking

    A few months ago my mom was going through my late grandmother’s belongings. Do you want her copy of Second Helpings Please? Yes! That was what I wanted most. I wanted the cookbook by Norene Gilletz. I wanted to be part of my grandmother’s marvelous cooking. These were the recipes that my grandmother called her…

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