Are you a foodie who can’t wait for the upcoming Columbia StrEAT Food Truck Fest? The library has a fantastic collection of cookbooks to inspire you while you wait for July 28.
In Dinner: Changing the Game, Melissa Clark, a food writer for the New York Times, hopes to inspire readers to “take charge, go forth, and conquer”. Over 200 fresh, meat and vegetarian recipes are accompanied by gorgeous illustrations. These are doable, weeknight meals - with a little bit of planning.
The all-new Fresh Food Fast by Cooking Light promises five-ingredient and/or 15-minute recipes. What’s not to like? As you might expect from the editors at Cooking Light magazine there are delicious recipes for healthy grain bowls and salads. Perfect for a hot summer evening.
As the unofficial lunch packer in our house, I am always looking for inspiration. Packed: Lunch hacks and recipes to squeeze more nutrients into your day by Becky Alexander and Michelle Lake is full of tasty, unusual salads, soups and muffins. These recipes are guaranteed to make sandwiches a thing of the past.
Nutritious Delicious: Turbocharge your Favorite Recipes with 50 Everyday Superfoods is one of the many amazing America’s Test Kitchen cookbooks at the library. What I love about these cookbooks is the explanations of why the recipes work.
In Donna Hay’s Basics to Brilliance, the Australian foodie encourages cooks to master basic recipes and then to try imaginative variations. As with all Donna Hay cookbooks, Basics to Brilliance has amazing, drool-worthy food photography, mouth-watering, achievable recipes and lots of cooking tips.
Don’t miss the digital versions of culinary magazines available through RBdigital: Cook’s Illustrated, Bon Appetit, Donna Hay Magazine. RBdigital Magazines is available to New Westminster residents with a library card. No limits and no waiting lists. You can download the RBdigital app for your device or use this link for your computer (newwest
minsterbc.oneclickdigital.com), register your library card and enjoy.
For more recommendations visit the library in person, email [email protected] or call 604-527-4666.
