For many years, my favorite thing to collect has been and probably always will be recipe books. I love to read them, crack them open and find new surprises, old friends, and new takes on the classics. I particularly love those books that have stories, photos, family remembrances, and the like. My first cookbook was… Read More
I have a young friend who wanted to learn to bake a chocolate cake. Of course, I was more than willing to teach (we were going to have cake, right?). Our resource guide (i.e. cookbook) was the Fannie Farmer Junior Cookbook (read more on the cookbook here). Our tools include the usual items…cake pan, hand… Read More