Are You a Foodie?
If you love reading about food, baking, and cooking, be sure to check out these ten novels:Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things by Maya Prasad: The Singh sisters grew up helping their father navigate the bustle of the Songbird Inn. Nestled on dreamy and drizzly Orcas Island in the Pacific Northwest, the inn's always been warm and cozy and filled with interesting guests—the perfect home. But things are about to heat up now that the Songbird has been named the Most Romantic Inn in America. Nidhi has everything planned out—until a storm brings a wayward tree crashing into her life one autumn…
The Surprisingly Local Roots of Classic Thanksgiving Dishes
Laura, Center for Brooklyn History, Center for Brooklyn History
As I flipped through cookbooks for Thanksgiving prep, I encountered one that shifted my perception on our world and its history: The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen by Sean Sherman and Beth Dooley. Sherman is an Ogalala Lakota Sioux and James Beard Award-winning chef who runs Owamni, a highly esteemed Indigenous restaurant based in Minneapolis. His cookbook only uses ingredients native to the Americas, with a heavy emphasis on North American ingredients, such as trout, cranberries, duck, juniper, maple, wild rice and the three sisters. Notably, it does not use any European staples such as…
Love the Fall? Try These Easy Drink Recipes for Chilly Days (and Nights)!
Love fall drinks that warm you up? Try these five recipes now, or any time of the year! Pumpkin Spice Hot Chocolate: Milk (any kind you like.) Heavy/double cream Chocolate (milk, dark, or semi-sweet.) Drinking cocoa powder (use your favourite!) Pumpkin puree Vanilla extract Ground cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves Hot Pumpkin Nog (Dairy-Free!) 1 ½ cups of non-dairy milk 1 large egg + 1 yolk 3 tbs sugar ⅛ tsp pumpkin pie spice ⅛ tsp cinnamon ⅛ tsp Kosher salt ¼ tsp pure vanilla…
All About Food!
I love to eat, and I love to read about food and eating! There are lots of delicious YA novels that center around food, cooking and baking. Here are a few I recommend! They just might inspire you to try something new too! A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey: "For Lila Reyes, a summer in England was never part of the plan. The plan was 1) take over her abuela's role as head baker at their panadería, 2) move in with her best friend after graduation, and 3) live happily ever after with her boyfriend. But then the Trifecta happened, and everything-including Lila…