The Bookmobile will not be at any stops this week for scheduled maintenance. We will resume a normal schedule Tuesday, May 28.

Cooking With Fresh Food From the Farmer’s Market

Posted by on May 22, 2013

Farmer’s Market Cooking

My favorite part of Summer is the abundance of fresh, local produce available for months on end. Yes, you can find local produce the rest of the year, but there is nothing like juicy, succulent tomatoes, cucumbers, strawberries, peppers, fresh herbs, did I mention tomatoes? You get the idea. A wonderful offering of Topeka & Shawnee [...]

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Weelicious Cookbook is Delicious

Posted by on January 25, 2013

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A new family cookbook from Catherine McCord, Weelicious is subtitled “One Family. One Meal.” As a working mother, this is my dream. Being able to cook one meal that my whole family will eat. Fast, Fresh and Easy? Yes please. And if it makes leftovers or can be made ahead and frozen? Even better. I [...]

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Quick and Healthy Meals

Posted by on January 2, 2013

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If you are anything like me you have a tendency to overindulge on sweets and delicious foods available during the fall and winter holidays. As soon as January 1st comes around I make a resolution to eat better and exercise more during the year. Luckily my mom raised us on very healthy foods and I [...]

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All Booked Up: 2 Great Cookbooks for Holiday Meal Planning

Posted by on December 12, 2012

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Kathy gives Diana a little culinary coaching in this edition of All Booked Up. Holidays are coming, and you too may have some meal planning needs. Two new titles Kathy highly recommends – and that have made headlines – are Barefoot Contessa Foolproof: Recipes You Can Trust and The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook. Watch the video. [...]

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Baking Challenges

Posted by on December 5, 2012

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For a long time I have been wanting to try baking croissants at home. Every time I’ve watched a cooking show on food network or PBS that featured enriched breads, specifically croissants, I watch very carefully to see what exactly makes these dainty treats so difficult to make. Luckily, after reading many recipes and blogs, [...]

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All Booked Up: Food 52

Posted by on September 25, 2012

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You’re going to wish smells and tastes could transfer via the Web because Kathy and Diana bring you a mouth-watering edition of All Booked Up. They discuss one of their favorite topics: food! Bestselling author Amanda Hesser and food writer Merrill Stubbs have curated the first-ever online community cookbook, the basis for this gorgeous full-color [...]

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Midwest Moms-Linda Polly

Posted by on September 12, 2012

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We have an author coming to the library who has collected recipes and sage advice from some great women. The author is Linda Polly and she will be her on September 27, 2012 from 7:00-8:00 pm in the Marvin Auditorium 101C. She will be talking about her book, Midwest Moms-Recipes and Advice from the Heartland. [...]

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Let’s talk Gluten-Free

Posted by on August 15, 2012

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A few weeks ago, I had a request for some gluten-free recipes. For those of you that don’t know, a gluten-free diet is one which excludes gluten. So, what is gluten and where is this gluten found? Gluten is a protein found in wheat, barley and rye. It can also be found in spelt and [...]

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Cooking in the Summertime

Posted by on July 18, 2012

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When it comes to cooking in the summertime, my mantra is the easier the better. I prefer to use my grill when it is so hot outside but sometimes a new cookbook makes me want to turn on my stove. And that is what happened this last weekend. I saw a recipe for a beef [...]

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And then there was blackberry cobbler

Posted by on May 23, 2012

Blackberry-Cobbler

I have been on a blackberry cobbler kick lately. I have been constantly looking in all the new cookbooks that have come out for a blackberry cobbler recipe. What started all this? Well, I needed to make something for the Cooking by the Book cookbook club and the cookbook we were discussing that night was [...]

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Cooking after Christmas

Posted by on February 1, 2012

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Baking Style by Lisa Yockelson and The Cook’s Illustrated Cookbook are two new cookbooks in the Cooking Neighborhood. The new book club, Cooking by the Book, is featuring chocolate.

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