The Cultured Cook: Delicious Fermented Foods with Probiotics to Knock Out Inflammation, Boost Gut Health, Lose Weight & Extend Your Life by Michelle Schoffro Cook

by Barbara Cothern | Mar 5, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Cooking, Food & Drinks, Health, Fitness & Dieting

What’s old is new again and food trends are no exception. Due to an increase in autoimmune, gut health, and general health concerns, incorporating fermented foods into one’s diet is becoming popular. The Cultured Cook, by Michelle Schoffro Cook, focuses on the issue...

The Drinkable Globe by Jeff Cioletti

by Seniye Groff | Feb 15, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Cooking, Food & Drinks, Travel

Cioletti passion for booze is evident in The Drinkable Globe. It appears that Cioletti left no stone unturned in his detailed anthology of global alcohol. History lessons, fun facts, and personal favorites are littered throughout the book. Cioletti is the...

The No Meat Athlete Cookbook by Matt Frazier and Stepfanie Romine

by Seniye Groff | Jan 5, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Cooking, Food & Drinks, Health, Fitness & Dieting

Frazier is the founder of No Meat Athlete, a blog focused on a plant-based diet for athletes. Frazier is passionate about how plant-based diets can fuel world class athletes and with this book, he has taken it up a notch by excluding oils, too. Frazier enlisted...

Pie & Whiskey: Writers Under the Influence of Butter and Booze edited by Kate Lebo and Samuel Ligon

by Megan McIntyre | Dec 22, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Cooking, Food & Drinks

This finely curated book drew me in with promise of two of my favorite things: whiskey and pie, of which I found along with some talented writing. The authors’ styles are varied from poetry, essays and short stories, although I think listening to these being...

Willamette Valley Wineries (Images of Modern America) by Barbara Smith Randall

by Seniye Groff | Nov 14, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Cooking, Food & Drinks, NW Author, NW Setting, Travel

Any wine enthusiast, especially one interested in the Willamette Valley, will pour over Willamette Valley Wineries by Barbara Smith Randall. Painstaking research clearly went into this book. Each page is littered with photos coupled with stories, and facts that...

Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste by Bianca Bosker

by Howard Leighton | Aug 3, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Cooking, Food & Drinks, Humor

There is an extensive range of beverages from non-alcoholic to alcoholic of which one can enjoy and become a connoisseur. Perhaps the one expert and authority most have a vague familiarity with is the sommelier, who is knowledgeable about the world of wines, spirits,...