cookbooks

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

Books to Cooks Redux: The Holiday Season Hot List

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Here I am again at Barbara-Jo’s Books to Cooks. I can’t help it. I’m a creature of habit. Besides, I can only take so much of the chain store crowds. And I’m not about to line Amazon’s pockets so they can drop next year’s gifts in by drone. Call me old school but I’m still all […]

Read on … December 12, 2013 Book stores

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: A Favourite for Last Minute Gifts

Our column in Friday’s Vancouver Courier offers up some handy, bookish suggestions for fun stocking stuffers, as well as a few more serious offerings that explore the culture of culinary foraging, both here in the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere. One unexpected perk of research: seasonal treats that Vancouver’s Books to Cooks lays on for its […]

Read on … December 18, 2010 Belly's Budget Best