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Chris Bianco Demystifies Pizza & More in BIANCO: Pizza, Pasta and Other Food I Like

James Beard award winning chef Chris Bianco's new cookbook, BIANCO, demystifies the pizza fundamentals that made him a big papa of artisanal pizza, and delivers simple, straightforward recipes in which the ingredients are as important as the intention. ****************** A few years ago we visited Phoenix for a wedding. Other than the nuptials, Pizzeria Bianco was on…
July 25, 20170Comments

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The Party by Robyn Harding | Review

**ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley** Birthday. Booze. Boys. Tragedy. Revenge. Mid-life Crises. Comeuppance. Robyn Harding's The Party exposes when what *looks* perfect is terribly, terribly flawed. 3.5 stars The Party opens on the day of Hannah Sanders’ 16th birthday, diving right into establishing the family dynamic. Dad Jeff is a…
June 27, 20170Comments

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Six Seasons by Joshua McFadden | Review

Cucumber, Celery and Apricots with Pistachios from Josh McFadden's Six Seasons. **ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review** 2017 seems poised to deliver a bumper crop of vegetable cookbooks. Josh McFadden, chef of Portland's Ava Gene's, rolled out Six Seasons in May; Chef Jenn Louis' Book of Greens and Jeremy Fox's On Vegetables both came…
June 22, 20170Comments

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Grilled Panzanella Salad a la Tom Douglas

On a recent episode of the Seattle Kitchen podcast, Chefs Tom Douglas and Bridget Charters were talking summer grilling tips and Tom mentioned panzanella salad with grilled flank steak as a perfect one dish meal. Everything about it sounded delicious -- greens, mozzarella, asparagus, basil vinaigrette. It was all the suggestion I needed. We ate a…
May 31, 20170Comments

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Buns by Alice Clayton
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BUNS by Alice Clayton | Review

ARC provided via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Alice Clayton’s brand of rom-com has always clicked with me and it’s particularly true with the Hudson Valley series. It’s the sassy heroines, the laugh out loud moments, the whoo damn <fans self> moments. The Hudson Valley Series adds in the no-holds-barred friendship between Roxie, Natalie…
May 23, 20170Comments

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