If you enjoy cooking, then you probably like having many recipes on hand. Even if you don’t follow them step by step, they make a great knowledge base to start with, whether you are cooking, baking, or even pickling your garden harvest! Yes, there are a ton of recipes online which we can access in a snap, but personally, I still like having books I can browse through, especially if I’m learning about a new recipe or set of skills. And if you’re wanting to try something new this summer or need a unique gift basket for a budding chef, then we have a few titles from Robert Rose Books to consider adding to your collection. Here are a few ways to help expand your cooking skills this summer!
Robert Rose Books
Robert Rose, Inc. based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and founded in 1995, is one of North America’s leading publishers of bestselling and award-winning cookbooks and health books designed to guide, inform, advise, and do everything possible to make your life easier. Their books contain an abundance of full-color photographs, important diet and nutritional guides, accessible charts and tables, handy and delicious meal plans, practical make-ahead meal ideas, and easy-to-understand step-by-step instructions.
They offer a vast and incredible selection of cookbooks on every topic from slow cookers and bread making, to baking the perfect cheesecake and preserving jams and jellies. They even feature titles that bring the authentic flavors of Thailand, India and Italy into your home kitchen with ingredients that can be easily found in your local grocery store.
Some of our favorite books off this season’s releases include:
Beautiful Bundts: 100 Recipes for Delicious Cakes and More
The distinctive ring shape of a Bundt cake is so unique that it is always a favorite of new and veteran bakes. This cook book includes 100 delicious recipes both retro classic to modern twist. Vegan and gluten-free options are listed for those needing to make adjustments.
Guided by full-color photos, this book will show you just how wonderful a slice of Bundt cake can be! And, if you are just learning to bake, there are helpful tips to get you started, from info on key ingredients to how to glaze a cake.
Included are recipes for both sweet AND savory Bundts including:
- Classic Bundts
- Breakfast & brunch Bundts
- Filled, layered and swirled Bundts
- Pull-apart Bundts like our all time favorite – Monkey Bread
- Holiday Bundts
- Savory Bundts such as a Wild Mushroom & Thyme Stuffing Bundt and a Macaroni and Four-Cheese Bundt
Gravity Cakes
If you are looking to make show stopping cakes, this is the cook book for you! In this book you will learn that while elements of the cake may seem like they’re floating in thin air, it’s really just simple scaffolding (plastic balloon sticks), concealed within the cake and disguised with fondant and candy, that creates the spell-binding illusion.
Any of these cakes would be a great centerpiece for your next party and while they may seem complicated, they really aren’t. Each of the 45 projects features step-by- step instructions with a photo for each step, making the decorating process fool-proof and surprisingly easy.
Fermentation Revolution
This book contains all the information you need to know about fermentation. The process may seem intimidating, but it isn’t. Fermentation allows the transformation of an ordinary item into am extraordinary delicious item. Think about delicious pickles, olives and ginger beer. All are created through the process of fermentation. Additional, many fermented foods have enhanced nutritional value, aid in digestion and help regulate the immune systems.
Included in this book are 70 super easy and cost-effective recipes so you can jump in fermenting vegetables and fruits as well as grains and legumes. It also discusses the science behind fermentation so you will understand the process, as well as equipment that would be useful.
Nutritional Healing with Chinese Medicine
This book introduces and explains how the ancient wisdom and traditions can be applied to use the healing properties that come through food according to Chinese medicine. The author explains the basic principles of Chinese medicine so they can be easily applied.
We all know that eating well is essential to good health and Chinese medicine believes that food truly is medicine. In this book, learn about various combination of foods and flavors and how they impact the body to provide energy, heath or cooling properties. It is believed by many that most modern day chronic health problems caused by lifestyle, genetics and stress can be helped by changes in the way we eat.
The Parents’ Guide to Baby-Led Weaning: With 125 Recipes
What an exciting time as your baby transitions to solid foods. This should be a wonderful time full of experiences in new tastes. This book helps guide parent’s through the process and includes topics on:
- Tips for getting started, including signs of readiness for solid food.
- Info on safe food shapes and sizes, progressing as your baby develops.
- Strategies for dealing with food allergies and preventing picky eating.
- Guidelines for modifying family meals for your baby.
Any of these books would be a great gift for the budding chef in your home. They are available through Robert Rose Books on Barnes & Noble and Amazon. Grab a book and a couple of items needed to create the recipes, and you have a wonderful gift basket for that special someone.
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