I was asked to review this cookbook by Southern Living. It sounded interesting and so I said, “Bring it on!”
First of all Glorious Grits is a book with some awesome photography. I wasn’t expecting the images to be as dramatic and beautiful as they are, after all…we are talking grits here.

(That is the chair in my bedroom where I curl up next to the fireplace and read)
But that wasn’t the only surprise.

I was contacted and asked if I would be interested in reviewing a new Italian cookbook that was put out by Food and Wine. Uh…of course!

The Food and Wine Quick From Scratch Italian Cookbook has amazing images. That is always the first thing that I look for. It was kind of disappointing to me that my own cookbook was to be without images (not my choice). The images in the Food and Wine cook book are big and close up. You get a good idea of what the dish should look like which is nice. Each recipe is on one …read more

Wow, time has gone by so fast!
I just got the news this morning that the author’s copies of the book are on their way. I should be receiving them sometime in the next week.

With being just a week post thyroidectomy I am feeling overwhelmed, flustered, excited, and dismayed. How’s that for a combination? I am feeling very well but my energy drains sooner than usual and it has been hard to keep up with my writing and editing duties. Trying to behave so that I will heal properly and quickly, and I am not so great at that either.
I have …read more

A few days ago I got the editor’s version of my cookbook for review.  This is the copy that is just before the final go to print copy.  This is the last time I will see it before it is published.  My editor said that it will be in stores in September.

It feels very odd.  I always wanted to write and have a book published, and now I have.    My brain, working the way that it does keeps telling me that this doesn’t count because it is a cookbook and not a “real book”.  You know, with characters, and plots, …read more

When Tess sent me the copy of Secret Suppers she also sent a fascinating book called Cooking with Les Dames D’Escoffier.