Category: food
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Book Review: Food for Thought by Alton Brown
Growing up, Good Eats was my favorite Food Network show. I remembered enjoying Alton Brown’s approach to teaching about food and food science (to this day, I cannot pick up a bag of sliced bread without thinking about him squishing the bag to show how much air is in there)…
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Book Review: Picky by Helen Zoe Veit
As a child, I was (and still am) an extremely picky eater, so the title and synopsis of this book immediately caught my eye. I never thought of pickiness as being a ‘new’ thing among children, but it made sense as I read on…
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Book Review: My Life in France by Julia Child
I’ve been watching Julia on HBO and have been thoroughly enjoying it. When this book was selected for a group read, I was super excited to read Julia Child’s own words. I was moderately familiar with her growing up coming from a PBS family on both sides, but I never thought much about her on…