Gluten-free or gluten-light living seems to be a trending topic that isn’t going to the archives of diet history anytime soon. Living in a divided household (one gluten-free eater & one gluten-lover), I have developed an interest in making gluten-free work for both palates. On the shelves of the library you can find many tools [...]
Looks yummy, but is it any good? This is what I often wonder when flipping through cookbooks and looking at glossy and gorgeous photos of this or that recipe. How many times have you invested money in ingredients, and invested lots of time preparing a recipe, only to have it turn out rather nasty. “Where [...]
Although the film Julie and Julia did not inspire me to make 536 recipes in 365 days, it did get me thinking about cookbooks. I asked Carrie, our cookbook selector, for a short list of other classic cookbooks that people might want to check out while they are waiting for Julia’s classic, Mastering the Art [...]
In the second floor librarians’ workroom, there’s a common table that we use for our weekly staff meetings. It fulfills another important purpose though – if someone brings baking or other treats to work, the goodies sit on that table. It’s fun to see people’s reactions as they come in Monday morning and see a [...]
Well, I had written this post a little while ago, and of course, the weather is not cooperating with me today – it’s a beautiful almost-spring day outside. (Not that I’m complaining!) Anyway, the one thing you can always count on is the changeability of the weather, so I post this knowing that someone out [...]