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“My Little Michigan Kitchen” — a love song to the Mitten State

Nov 16, 2019
2 min

“My Little Michigan Kitchen” — a love song to the Mitten State

I was blessed to grow up in Southwest Michigan and spent a week each summer or fall in beautiful Petoskey and Harbor Springs, Michigan, which my family fondly referred to as “Up North.” The stark contrast of silvery white birch trees, old growth forests, charming cottages, lighthouses and azure lakes was a magical counterpoint to everyday life in my downstate town. I loved spending time in the small-town shops, tasting endless varieties of jewel-like jams at American Spoon, a

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Bubbe and Me in the Kitchen

Dec 4, 2016
3 min

Bubbe and Me in the Kitchen

I first heard of Miri Rotkovitz’s “Bubbe And Me in the Kitchen” via Facebook, where I’m a member of several Jewish and kosher groups. I adore classic Jewish comfort food; although I didn’t grow up in a Jewish household, my Polish great-grandmother was a cook for wealthy Jewish families in Poland, and some staple dishes of my childhood were very similar (stuffed cabbage rolls, kasha with mushrooms, buckwheat knishes, poppyseed strudel). Some of my earliest memories in the kitc

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Blaise the Baker: Dessert First!

Sep 9, 2016
5 min

Blaise the Baker: Dessert First!

As a child, one of my favorite pastimes was voraciously rereading my mother and grandmother’s collection of handwritten recipe cards, recipe clippings, and cookbooks, including Deanna House’s　”House Specialties" and comb-bound community fundraisers from churches, local high schools, and women's organizations. I loved reading the personal stories behind the recipes as much as imagining what the final dish would taste like. My friend and fellow blogger Blaise (the powerhouse be

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My Fat Dad: A Memoir of Food, Love, and Family, with Recipes

Aug 6, 2016
4 min

My Fat Dad: A Memoir of Food, Love, and Family, with Recipes

“My Fat Dad” is a touching memoir by Dawn Lerman, nutritionist and columnist, as she explores her family’s tumultuous relationship with food, love, and self-acceptance through the lens of her ad exec father’s lifelong struggles with obesity. One part memoir, one part cookbook (including Jewish comfort foods like brisket, matzo balls and rugelach), Dawn’s dysfunctional home life is marked by both scarcity (a feeling of near-starvation growing up with her mother, whose idea of

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Lighten Up, Y'all!

Apr 10, 2015
2 min

Lighten Up, Y'all!

Virginia Willis, French-trained chef at Anne Willan’s La Varenne, is the author of several outstanding cookbooks that merge Southern cooking with French sensibilities (the excellent “Bon Appetit, Y’all” and the follow-up “Basic to Brilliant, Y’all”). In her latest, “Lighten Up, Y’all,” Willis tackles the misconception that Southern comfort food classics like pimiento cheese, mac and cheese, collard greens, fried chicken, and biscuits and gravy are relegated to a dietician’s w

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The Gefiltefest Cookbook

Sep 1, 2014
3 min

The Gefiltefest Cookbook

It is no secret that food plays an enormous part in Jewish identity and celebration. Gefiltefest is a British Jewish food charity whose mission is to bring people together to explore the relationship between Judaism and food, educating and enthusing them about all aspects of Jewish food including food heritage, ethics, culture and traditions. The charity is proud to be at the forefront of Britain's Jewish food movement and stages a hugely popular annual festival. To coincid

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Nosh On This

Sep 13, 2013
4 min

Nosh On This

Lisa Stander-Horel and Tim Horel's "Nosh on This" (an update of last year's self-published "Gluten Free Canteen's Book of Nosh: Baking for Jewish Holidays & More") is a veritable treasure trove of delicious Jewish-American baked goods like mandelbrot, hamantashen, rugelach, babka, and macaroons rounded out with cupcakes (pumpkin with honey buttercream, dark chocolate cinnamon, cherry chocolate, coconut), donuts, fluffy layer cakes, Danish, éclairs, and Austrian-inspired gems

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Jan Karon's Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen Reader

Jun 20, 2009
2 min

Jan Karon's Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen Reader

Based on Jan Karon’s Mitford series, the Mitford Cookbook is a rich collection of recipes featured in her Mitford novels. For those not familiar with the Mitford series, the stories revolve around Father Tim’s parish in Mitford, North Carolina, and the townsfolk that he comes to know and love. Food plays a central role in many stories, including Esther’s famous orange marmalade cake. Numerous fans kept asking Jan for recipes, and she had to work in reverse, hiring chefs to cr

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Vera Bradley: Cooking with Friends

Jun 19, 2009
1 min

Vera Bradley: Cooking with Friends

I first saw the Vera Bradley: Cooking with Friends cookbook on vacation in Michigan last year, and recently snapped up a copy at our local Vera Bradley store. I enjoyed it so much that I purchased additional copies as gifts. A collection of recipes from company founders, employees, and family friends, “Cooking With Friends” is a treasure trove of elegant yet fairly simple recipes that are perfect for any occasion. Arranged by season, there are suggestions for themed dining (E

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The Farm Chicks in the Kitchen

Jun 19, 2009
2 min

The Farm Chicks in the Kitchen

The Farm Chicks are best friends Teri Edwards and Serena Thompson, who besides being busy stay-at-home moms also stage an annual antique show. Their self-described style is "farm girl meets Fifth Avenue," a blend of retro country-inspired chic and simple yet delicious cooking. Their story has been featured in Country Living, and the book's foreword is by Nancy Soriano, the editor-in-chief of Country Living (the cookbook also comes with a free year's subscription to Country Li

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Brown Sugar: Soul Food Desserts from Family and Friends

Sep 14, 2008
1 min

Brown Sugar: Soul Food Desserts from Family and Friends

In Brown Sugar: Soul Food Desserts from Family and Friends, Joyce White, author ofSoul Food: Recipes and Reflections from African-American Churches, turns her attention to sweet endings. Brown Sugar gathers traditional Southern comfort desserts such as lacy wafer cookies, pecan sand tarts, gingersnaps, chocolate spice cake, a fluffy coconut peach cake, pineapple iced cake, cobblers and pies (including sweet potato and spicy molasses pecan), puddings and custards, candies and

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A must-have for kosher kitchens and fans of Jewish desserts (At Oma's Table)

Jul 15, 2008
3 min

A must-have for kosher kitchens and fans of Jewish desserts (At Oma's Table)

Doris Schecter’s At Oma’s Table is part memoir, part cookbook. It begins with her early memories of life in Vienna, then as a refugee in Italy and later the United States. Filled with vintage photographs of the author and her family, the introduction would have made a fascinating full-length biography. Doris tells of her early years spent in Italy (Hitler’s army entered Vienna shortly after she was born in 1938) as a “free prisoner.” In July 1944, Doris and her family were in

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Just like what your (grand)mothers used to bake… (Heirloom Baking with the Brass Sisters)

Mar 13, 2008
2 min

Just like what your (grand)mothers used to bake… (Heirloom Baking with the Brass Sisters)

Heirloom Baking with the Brass Sisters: More than 100 Years of Recipes Discovered from Family Cookbooks, Original Journals, Scraps of Paper & Grandmother’s Kitchen lovingly collects those intriguing bits of family history in the form of recipes scribbled on the backs of bridge tallies, grocery sacks, and yellowed bits of paper. Collected from used bookstores, flea markets, yard sales, and from friends, the dozens of vintage recipes ranging from the 1800s to the 1960s and toda

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