The Literary Cook

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This makes me just a teensy bit sad: Amazon.com, one of the nation’s largest booksellers, announced Monday that for the last three months, sales of books for its e-reader, theKindle, outnumbered sales of hardcover books. In that time, Amazon said, it sold 143 Kindle books for every 100 hardcover books, including hardcovers for which there is [...]

I’m loving this article on cnn.com: There is something so simple yet dynamic about two pieces of bread, peanut butter, and jelly. I can’t even begin to calculate the number of PB&Js I’ve had over the last year, let alone my entire life. Whenever I take a bite of one, I think about the times [...]

Ree is giving away three (3) Le Creuset 7 1/2-Quart Round French Ovens in Caribbean Blue today. To enter is super easy! Just leave a comment on this post (not mine, hers!) telling her what your favorite Tasty Kitchen recipe is.

I should really be more diligent about posting. I keep saying that, don’t I? The Pioneer Woman (Ree Drummond) has a 4th of July giveaway – and it rocks my socks! She’s giving away one KitchenAid stand mixer in blue and one in red. I already have one in red, so I’m hoping to win [...]

I finally got to read Charlaine Harris’ newest installment of the Sookie Stackhouse series, Dead in the Family. Even though it had been quite some time since I’d read the previous installment, I was able to easily fall back into this world as if I’d never left it. As usual, Sookie is surrounded by all [...]

We’ve all heard of dishwasher fish, but who knew you could make lasagna in the dishwasher? Apparently, these guys did.

We have company staying over from out of town, so we decided to fire up the grill and make some chicken. I poked around the fridge and cupboard and came up with a fabulous marinade that I decided needs to be shared. I must confess – I didn’t measure nary a one of these ingredients. [...]

I am on a quest. I want to perfect the chicken salad recipe. And this one… this one comes pretty close. A hint of sweetness among the savory bite of the chicken, but not too sweet (which is the kiss of death for chicken salad). But something is missing. I can’t quite put my finger [...]

I’ve been very skeptical about trying cake cooked in a microwave. It just sounds so… unappetizing. But I keep coming across recipes and I’ve even seen them use microwave cake on Iron Chef America, so I decided to experiment. And surprisingly enough, it’s very very good. I learned the hard way to only fill your [...]