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Bookish Baking: Macaron Cookbooks

I’m hardly an expert baker, but I got a wild impulse on a recent rainy Saturday to try baking some pretty pink macarons (without any macaron cookbooks, naturally). The results were not what you’d call a success — although they tasted good — but my failure has inspired me to do some more macaron research and try again. If you want to learn to make these airy pastel confections, start with these beautifully photographed macaron cookbooks. And don’t forget this adorable macaron sticky note set, so you can flag recipes and make notes while you work! Ladurée Macarons Author: Vincent [...]

2016-12-31T17:58:04-07:00February 18th, 2016|

On Point: 7 Amazing Fashion Coloring Books

Fashion lovers, take note: the Vogue fashion coloring bookwill be released in the U.S. in April 2016 (see below to pre-order). But if you can’t wait that long, there are plenty of other great fashion-themed coloring books out now! Let’s send some models down the runway, shall we? (And don’t forget to grab a set of colored pencilsto go with.) Paris Street Style: A Coloring Book Author: Zoe de las Cases Enjoy an instant getaway to Paris with this just-released coloring book. This “coloring journal” includes street scenes, fashionable patterns, stylish women, and to-die-for jewelry and accessories just waiting for [...]

2016-12-31T17:58:05-07:00February 11th, 2016|

Deadly Books About Poison

Who doesn’t love a juicy book about poison? Sure, the heyday of arsenic-wielding murderers is probably over, thanks to advances in forensic science. But it’s a ton of fun to read about the stone-cold killers of centuries past dishing out poisoned cocoa and baking MURDER CAKES for inconvenient spouses and parents. Heck, even your own hat or dress could have killed you back in Victorian times. If you’ve got a murderous mind, you’ll just die for these books about poison.     A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie Author: Kathryn Harkup The queen of mystery herself, Agatha [...]

2016-12-31T17:58:05-07:00February 4th, 2016|Tags: , |
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