Lots of cookbooks these days include Keto-friendly recipes, but Keto Meal Prep ($34.99, Mango Publishing) goes all-in, and that made me interested in accepting an invitation to review it. (more…)

Other than making pickles, I’ve never preserved any foods. What better time to start than during a pandemic? Thus, I accepted an offer to review the book, Preserving the Season: 90 Delicious Recipes for Jams, Jellies, Preserves, Chutneys, Pickles, Curds, Condiments, Canning & Dishes Using Them ($19.99, IMM Lifestyle Books). (more…)

I had some interest in perusing a southern cookbook, but what put me over the top to accept the offer to review My Pinewood Kitchen: A Southern Culinary Cure ($26.95, HCI BOOKS) was that it featured “microbiome-friendly meals.”

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