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The pictured page is the page I‘m most excited about. I love when cookbooks teach you how to create your own recipes, rather than just teaching you how to make theirs. Overall, this book was a #borrownotbuy for me. I loved the snippets of stories included with each recipe. I loved the photos too. However, most of the recipes were too far out of my comfort zone, so there were few I think I‘d actually make. Still, this was a solid book. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️!

1. Nothing exciting for me. My coworker‘s daughter, however, is having her baby this week, so it‘s likely that I‘ll cover one of her shifts so she can be at the birth.
2. The view of the oak tree in my front yard. It‘s a couple weeks into growing its leaves for the season, and it‘s beautiful.
3. I‘m in the US, and it‘s supposed to 83 here today. (28 C)
4. Tagged one of them.

#motivationalMonday @Cupcake12

I just started both of these today. So far, they‘re both great! I‘m really enjoying them. #weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

This cookbook is so inspiring! There‘s a great section on pantry items to keep on hand, another section on what tools to consider investing in and then there‘s this page: the author‘s favorite albums to listen to while cooking. On the previous page there is even a QR code that takes you to the author‘s Spotify account, where she makes a playlist for cooking most months. This is such a cool book!

I couldn‘t help making a grid collage of some of the images in this cookbook. The photographer did an amazing job! This cookbook is a joy to flip through! 🥰 #cookbooks #saladlove #salads

My holds came in at the library today! So excited! 😊 📚💕

I requested this book bc I was curious and ended up reading some super interesting essays and realizing that food writing is such a broad topic! I also Loved that a lot of these essays highlighted immigrants and their relationship to food. There was scandal, history, love, disgust, discovery, and so much more. I definitely want to read more of these!! Is the 2023 one out? It probably is right?!

Ps. The stories mention COVID quarantine times

Holy ####, this was so good! It probably had something to do with the six cups of whole milk?

I‘ve never seen the pasta shape called for in the grocery store so I used another recommended shape and there wasn‘t enough. Next time, I‘d do 1.5x the amount of pasta and freeze half for another dinner. This also reheated way better than any other Mac and cheese I‘ve ever made.

Eighth recipe for #MtCookbook

I‘m not a brittle fan and I don‘t handle spice well but this is right up my husband‘s alley so I made it for him to take on his ski weekend with his buddies. It didn‘t have a lot of kick to it but the spice is sprinkled on top so easy to adjust for taste!

#MtCookbook (6th recipe made!)

If you‘re curious what the book clubs are reading to start 2024: https://bookriot.com/january-2024-book-club-picks/