I’ve enjoyed preserving food for many years, from canning, to freezing, to dehydrating. However, most of the things I canned were rather basic: green beans, potatoes, and tomato juice. I was excited to receive a copy of this book to expand my abilities from the...

Is The Best of Amish Friends Cookbook Collection by Wanda Brunstetter just another Amish Cookbook? Well, I guess you could say it is, but it is different from any other. The book is beautiful inside and out; the recipes are different and really fun and...

International Slow Cooker Recipes by Brenda Finney is a cookbook filled with really great recipes from around the globe. You will find recipes from the Mediterranean and Middle East; as well as Mexican, Italian, Caribbean and German meals, all cooked in a slow cooker. If...

The Whole Foods Kitchen: Whole and Gluten-Free by Rachel Ramey includes recipes for those following a whole and gluten-free diet. Ramey begins with a brief explanation and how-to for converting recipes to gluten-free and also tweaking recipes. Following this are recipes which are divided into...

Salsa!: 80 Great Recipes! by Renee Benzaim, is a collection of recipes that will leave your mouth watering and will have you heading out of the door to run to your local farmer’s market. Benzaim begins with a brief introduction to describe what exactly salsa...

"Wedding Cakes with Lorelie" is a step-by-step self-help book for the beginner wedding cake maker. It has a comprehensive list of utensils, what baking terms mean, measurements, and where or what you need to buy to start with the business of baking wedding cakes. It...

Wes Berry readily admits that he suffers from HEBD (Hyper Enthusiastic Barbecue Disorder). He willingly drives out of his way to try a new barbecue restaurant or to revisit a favorite one. His purpose for writing this book is to give Kentucky Barbecue the recognition...

If you have always wanted to know more about wine without coming across as one of those arrogant connoisseurs then you’ll love J.P. Bary’s "The Persistent Observer’s Guide to Wine". Starting with the notion that the wine industry and so-called wine experts make the process...

"50 Ways to Change the Way You Think about Healthy Eating" by Michele Cherry is a spectacular, no-frills cookbook that details healthy and innovative meals from breakfast all the way through midnight snack. Any level of home cook can find doable and appetizing recipes. For...

I was asked to review this book because of the way we Americans are killing ourselves with our intake of fast food, soda, and the amount of meat and diary we eat. The doctors and nutritionists on my radio show, Oprah and now Dr.Oz, have...