Hello! My name is Phyllis, and I'm a cookbook addict! ;-)
I love to cook, so it's natural that I'd love cookbooks. When I oversaw monthly women's ministry dinners at my church [1997-2002], my cookbook collection grew significantly. The dinners [called "Holiday Celebration Dinners"] focused on holidays that occurred each month, so most of the cookbooks I acquired provided holiday recipes, and inspirational ideas for family celebrations. Leisure Arts, Taste of Home, Southern Living, Gooseberry Patch, and fabulous tried and true cookbooks compiled by churches and other organizations make up the majority of my collection.
I love to cook, so it's natural that I'd love cookbooks. When I oversaw monthly women's ministry dinners at my church [1997-2002], my cookbook collection grew significantly. The dinners [called "Holiday Celebration Dinners"] focused on holidays that occurred each month, so most of the cookbooks I acquired provided holiday recipes, and inspirational ideas for family celebrations. Leisure Arts, Taste of Home, Southern Living, Gooseberry Patch, and fabulous tried and true cookbooks compiled by churches and other organizations make up the majority of my collection.
My hubby's hobby is wood working. Realizing the need for a place to keep all my cookbooks, he built the three sectioned, floor-to-ceiling bookcase pictured below. Originally it was in our family room, but was later moved to a spare bedroom.
For Christmas I received four Barnes & Noble gift cards, totaling $175. I purchased a few Downton Abbey books [which will be an upcoming post], and I used the last gift card on Monday with the intent of hunkering down with my books until these frigid temperatures are over.
Yesterday I barely left my office reading cookbooks, watching the Food Network Channel and drinking hot tea. [Grateful to my hubby for my own TV that I don't have to share. ;-)]
Yesterday I barely left my office reading cookbooks, watching the Food Network Channel and drinking hot tea. [Grateful to my hubby for my own TV that I don't have to share. ;-)]
The Barnes & Noble book I got on Monday is by Food Network's Ree Drummond. I love her show, The Pioneer Woman. Even though I no longer coordinate Holiday Celebration Dinners at church, I can't pass up a book dedicated to holidays. The book is $29.99 and worth every penny! The chapter on Mother's Day has recipes for Perfect Cream Scones, Lemon-Rosemary Scones, and Maple-Bacon Scones. Father's Day has a recipe for Arnold Palmers [lemonade and tea]. That's just a small sampling of the recipes the book contains.
I've stopped buying cookbooks at the pace I once did. My bookshelves are full, and recipes are readily available on the Internet, but there are some I still can't resist. Remember my recent post about the Miss America tea luncheon? Three of the delicious recipes served at the luncheon were in one cookbook, and since it was inexpensive [$7.99], I ordered a copy from Amazon. It arrived last week. It's a great addition to my holiday cookbooks.
The book is chock full of fabulous recipes, and I'm happy to have recipes for dishes I've tasted firsthand - Orange Glazed Carrots, Braised Red Cabbage, and Potatoes Dauphinoise.
Keep warm everyone. Only 50 more days til spring!
