Grilled Cheese Croutons

Oh my goodness...

Grilled. Cheese. Croutons. Genius! Why not host a rainy or snowy day lunch and serve comforting soup with this childhood favorite made into toppings? Check out the details in the Barefoot Contessa Foolprooth Recipes You Can Trust cookbook.


(Image from Tide & Thyme)

Roald Dahl's Cookbook

Reading Roald Dahl's books during childhood felt like a right of passage. It's pretty exciting that he also has cookbook built around his story characters, memories from childhood and inspiration from spending time at home with his family. Find it on Amazon...wishlisted!

mini pies

Desperate Housewives is one of my guilty pleasures...I love playing it on my Macbook while I make Chris' lunch for the next day or dinner. This evening, Bree Hodge baked a gorgeous tart while guzzling a bottle of wine. I couldn't help but think, "It would be nice to have a big kitchen and all the things to  a bake pie."

Then again, we're a household of two (and Pug!). I usually bring most of what I bake to the office. The mini pies cookbook may be a great way to try new recipes for two...and pug :)

La Puglia

La Puglia, a stunning new cookbook, has been con­cep­tu­al­ized and designed by Usopposto. In their own words:

This book is the result of a study that sought to explore, through the aes­thetic sign, the close rela­tion­ship that unites every dish to “its” plate, and pro­posed to extend the con­cept of food to a broader sen­sory expe­ri­ence, which evokes the atmos­phere and images. An effec­tive anti­body against con­sumerism that fills the belly and clear your mind, an invi­ta­tion to get back in the kitchen try­ing to remake the tra­di­tional recipes from Apulia, to return to the role of the tem­ple kitchen of the home.

60 recipes of tra­di­tional cui­sine of Apulia, accom­pa­nied by many illus­tra­tions, the result of a path that links design and territory.

Presently only avail­able in Italian, but will soon be released in English. View more pages here.