Search results matching tags 'food' and 'holiday'

Thanksgiving

Shh_ImReading@evpl — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 16:50:00 GMT

Thanksgiving is maybe one of our simpler holidays. We give thanks for what we have and we eat good food. The giving thanks part usually doesn't require a lot of preparation; maybe just a few minutes quiet consideration. The good food, on the other hand, can sometimes be a challenge. Last November, it seemed like a lot of people came to the library looking for Thanksgiving cookbooks, so I thought I'd highlight a few here this year.

Thanksgiving: How to Cook it Well by Sam Sifton

Thanksgiving by Lou Seibert Pappas, with photographs by Lara Hata

How to Cook a Turkey and All the Other Trimmings by the editors of Fine Cooking

Betty Crocker Complete Thanksgiving Cookbook

Thanksgiving 101 by Rick Rodgers

Vegetarian Times Complete Thanksgiving Cookbook by the editors of Vegetarian Times

If you're looking for something beyond the food, try these titles:

The Thanksgiving Book: A Companion to the Holiday Covering Its History, Lore, Traditions, Foods and Symbols, Including Primary Sources, Poems, Prayers, Songs, Hymns, and Recipes, Supplemented by Chronology, Bibliography with Web Sites and Index by Laurie C. Hillstrom

Thanksgiving: The Biography of an American Holiday by James W. Baker

Halloween is Almost Here

Shh_ImReading@evpl — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:16:00 GMT

Halloween is almost here and new books for Halloween have been arriving at the library over the past month. Here are the two that have me most excited:

Ghoulish Goodies by Sharon Bowers is a whole 150-page cookbook just for Halloween! Extreme Halloween by Tom Nardone covers a broader range of Halloween excitement while doing exactly what the subtitle says: making Halloween scary again!

You might also look at Tom Nardone's older books, Extreme Pumpkins and Extreme Pumkins II, as well as his Extreme Pumpkins website.

National Ice Cream Day or "Sundae Sunday" -- July 19th

Shh_ImReading@evpl — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:50:00 GMT

I have a lot of fond memories when it comes to ice cream. My brother and I used to help my grandpa make homemade vanilla ice cream every 4th of July. As a teenager, I worked in an ice cream shop, which never made me tired of ice cream, in fact it made me love it even more. So learning of a holiday for this delicious cold treat made me smile.

National Ice Cream Day is the the 3rd Sunday in July each year. Think of all the ways you could celebrate! You can keep it simple and enjoy a scoop or two of your favorite flavor. If you're going out for ice cream, get creative and order a milkshake with a flavor combination you haven't tried before. Have you ever had one made with chocolate ice cream and caramel syrup? How about coffee ice cream and chocolate syrup? Those are two of my personal favorites! You might gather your family, friends and some tasty toppings and have a sundae party! You can even make your own ice cream! There's a simple way to make ice cream at home with two coffee cans.

You can tell everyone about your favorite ice cream treat or your favorite ice cream memories in the comments below!

Ice Cream: 52 Recipes for Year-Round Frozen Treats by Sally Sampson; pictures by Alexandra Grablewski

Ice Cream and Frozen Desserts by Peggy Fallon

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Homemade Ice Cream by Dick Warren with Bobbi Dempsey

Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book by Ben Cohen and Jerry with Nancy J. Stevens; design & illustration by Lyn Severance