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Exciting news, one of the very popular cookbooks by Janet and Greta Podleski called Eat, Shrink and Be Merry, has been chosen best Cookbook of the Decade for the years 2000 to 2009.  The book achieved this status based on Chapters/Indigo sales figures and the fact that it did so means that it outsold cookbooks by the likes of Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsay, Ina Garten, Martha Stewart, Giada De Laurentiis and so many other celebrity chefs.  You can read my review of Eat, Shrink and Be Merry, by clicking right here.

Go Canada Go!

Brenda
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Read my review of Eat, Shrink and Be Merry.
Order your copy of Eat, Shrink and Be Merry from Amazon.

Discovered this interesting little volume last week called Julia’s Kitchen Wisdom. Penned in 2000 as a joint effort between Julia Child and David Nussbaum, it is a practical guide to Julia Child’s ‘essential techniques and recipes from a lifetime of cooking’ nicely updated for today’s kitchen to include modern equipment and methods.

Brenda
Culinary Favorites From A to Z

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Read my review & do the quiz at Julia’s Kitchen Wisdom Book Review and Cooking Quiz.
Buy Julia’s Kitchen Wisdom from Amazon.

Recently I read a page devoted to making perfect scrambled eggs without a teflon pan. I tried this method by Tandemonimom and, guess what, it works perfectly. I was thrilled.

I’ve long had mixed feelings about my t-fal pans and Tandemonimom used a frying pan from Calphalon’s Comtemporary stainless set which she has been using successfully for more than two years and which Amazon has listed for more than 35 percent off. I digress.

My real purpose for this post is to celebrate the creation of perfect scrambled eggs. If you want to make them too, check out her page at How to Make Perfect Scrambled Eggs – WITHOUT a Nonstick Pan.

Brenda
Culinary Favorites From A to Z

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How to Make Perfect Scrambled Eggs – WITHOUT a Nonstick Pan

Recently, I was gifted with the page formerly called ‘Comfort Food Headquarters.’ I’ve tweeked the title a bit to include more words that people are searching for like ‘comfort food recipes’ and ‘comfort food cookbook.’ This page should prove useful to anyone seeking comfort food recipes because it is packed with some of the best recipe and food pages on Squidoo.

Brenda

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Comfort Food Recipes & Cookbook Headquarters

I’ve freshened up my A Julie And Julia Book Review and I would recommend it to foodies. I enjoyed it and now that I have seen the movie, I realize that they make a good pair.  Both the movie and the book offered something different.

Brenda

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A Julie And Julia Book Review

How exciting is it when you can combine two of your passions? Yesterday, I was able to write about two of my favorite topics on the same page. Those topics? Food and movies.

I created a page for those seeking wonderful food-themed movies…and I found a lot of movies to include. I started with my two of my favorites, Ratatouille and Chocolat, added Julie & Julia (which I have a personal goal of watching this weekend) and then I found 22 more interesting sounding food and/or cooking movies to add to the list.

Then I set the list up in such a way that you can visit and vote for your favorites. I’ll also consider adding any new food-themed movies that you recommend. Hopefully, in the end it will be one delicious food movie list!

Until next time,
Brenda

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Searching for the Best Food Movie?

If you are interested in food writing online, you are likely interested in food photography. I just found a page, called Food Glorious Food, which is packed with beautiful photos and tons of tips for showcasing your food creations.

Cloud9 says, “Food shots require a little bit of prep; making the recipe and setting up the shoot, however when you get that perfect shot it’s well worth your time and effort.” To see all of her ideas visit her page at Food Glorious Food.

Yours in the Kitchen,
Brenda
Culinary Favorites From A to Z

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Food Glorious Food

If you love aprons, you are sure to want a A Sweet Heart Apron For Valentine’s Day and you are going to love looking at all the amazing Valentine’s Day themed aprons I have gathered on my latest apron page.  As always, the aprons are beautiful…and I am especially grateful to all the wonderful photographers at Flickr.com who allowed me to use their apron photos. 

Brenda

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A Sweet Heart Apron For Valentine’s Day

Here is my latest page about aprons. Entitled  The Best Aprons For Cooking Ever, it is an index which displays links to my complete collection of apron pages which includes:

How To Make An Apron
Thanksgiving Aprons
Halloween Aprons
Christmas Aprons
Gingerbread Man Aprons
Jessie Steele Aprons and
Real Men Don’t Wear Aprons, Do They?

If you’re interested in aprons, you just might want to check out my index page!

Brenda
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NOTE:  I have chosen to illustrate that page and this one with this vibrant apron. Isn’t it simply too groovy? It wouldn’t work in my kitchen at all but it sure is smashing! It’s a French Bull apron and is available in six assorted but equally marvelous patterns!

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The Best Aprons For Cooking Ever
Buy this French Bull Apron from Amazon

Our Favorite Christmas Cookies & Christmas Cookie Gifts is my final cookies-themed page, at least for 2009.   I didn’t quite finish as I had intended to also do our brownie bites cookie recipe…but they will just have to wait for another time.  I did manage to finish many other cookie-themed pages including:

The Best-Ever Ginger Crinkles Molasses Cookie Recipe
The Best-Ever M&M Cookies Recipe
Rose’s Christmas Cookies
The Gingerbread Boy, A Review
Christmas Cookies: Bite Size Holiday Lessons, A Review
Can’t Catch Me, I’m Wearing My Gingerbread Apron
Lenox Gingerbread House
Waechtersbach Plate: You Are Special Today Family Tradition
The Best Cookies Bake Off Ever

Quite a collection, if I do say so myself. They’re not all Christmas pages so some of them should hopefully do well all year long. Only time will tell…meanwhile, “Cookies anyone?”

Brenda