Two More Holiday Books: Both for the “Foodie”
On Wednesday I posted on “What I Read Over the Holidays” but I also received two great gift books over the holidays as well, clearly selected for “Foodie Me.” 😉
The first one was under the tree on Christmas morning and is Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child by Bob Spitz (Knopf, 2012.) It’s an impressive looking book and I loved the film Julie: Julia so am going to be very interested to see if my interest in food and in Julia Child will see me through the 529 pages, given biography is generally not my vein of reading gold.
The second book was a New Year’s gift: A global feast: traditional meals in a new homeland by Afife Skafi Harris & Beryl Lee (Otago University Press, 2012.)
This is a recipe book in which immigrant New Zealanders from 26 different cultures showcase their culinary traditions. It looks wonderful—as well as being simply a fabulous idea—and I am looking forward to studying it in more detail and giving some of the recipes a try.
How about you-all? Any favourite foodie books you’d like to share your enthusiasm for here?
Charmaine Solomon’s The Complete Asian Cookbook for all my Asian cooking.
Alison Holst’s Good Food for my NZ cooking.
Plus Edmond’s Cookbook for my NZ Baking.
I’ve had all 3 for a very long time, and the recipes work well.
I hope A Global Feast is available in the bookshops as it sounds very interesting.
I need to check out the Charmaine Solomon one day; I have heard such good things. A Global Feast is Otago University Press so I would “think” it should be available.
Finally posted my review http://akiwisbookreviews.wordpress.com/
All my A Song of Fire and Ice reviews were scheduled before the cookbook!
Really cool book featuring rugby stars recipes.
Great to hear, Jan.:) Thanks for the link.