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Green Leaves Redux: The Book of Kale & Friends

The Book of Kale & Friends - authors Sharon Hanna and Carol, photo by Alison Page

Beyond the Kale? The Hired Belly is pinching himself. I can’t quite believe I’ve turned into a Kale freak. But there I go, rejoicing in the sweet taste of our over-wintered survivors. And openly lusting after the spring planting of Kale, which will soon await picking in our garden. Even though there’s been lots written […]

Read on … May 9, 2014 cookbooks

A Tale of Kale: One of the Healthiest Cookbooks Ever …

Sharon Hanna, Joe Lederer photo

UPDATE: Congratulations to Queen of Kale Sharon Hanna! A Tale of Kale—The Book of Kale: The Easy-to-Grow Superfood—won the 2013 Taste  Canada Single Subject Cookbook Award. “It has real personality and charm and the overall results are delicious.” “The book has integrity, heart and pure deliciousness.” – The jury The Hired Belly has been busy […]

Read on … September 13, 2013 Foraging

Barbara-Jo’s Books to Cooks: So Much More Than a Book Store

It’s no secret that we’re big fans of Vancouver’s Books to Cooks  (1740 West 2nd. Ave., 604-688-6755). We’ve followed Barbara-Jo McIntosh’s progress since she pulled the wraps off the original Yaletown location on September 7, 15 years ago this past week. In 2005, Barbara-Jo upped stakes from Yaletown in favour of a more spacious and accessible […]

Read on … September 8, 2012 Book stores

Canned Budget Bites by the Book: Moving Well Beyond Sardines on Toast

A few weeks before Christmas we dropped into Barbara-Jo’s Books to Cooks to take a peek at what’s hot in the culinary book world. And, as usual, we wound up picking up a couple of things that would make fun gifts—but somehow we forgot to give them away. One was Len Deighton’s French Cooking for […]

Read on … January 24, 2012 Belly's Budget Best