Welcome to the Book Review Linky Party, a sharing link-up for books! We are so happy that books are once again, back in fashion! And a great way to keep them front and center is to share a review of what you have read, if and how you enjoyed it and if you would recommend the book to a friend! Oh and a story or two of how you came to own or stumbled upon the book would also be fun...
The Book Review Linky will start each Wednesday at 12AM MST
and will run Wednesday through Tuesday of the following week. It is hosted with a full link-up at Homemade On A Weeknight! After linking do be sure to take a look at some of the other reviews. You just might find your next good read...plus it is just good fun to support other readers and bloggers. Reading, like travel is the one area where you can and will spend money and yet, you are much richer after doing so!
I am so happy to be a part of this weekly event!
Reading has always been something I have enjoyed. First as a child visiting the library each week (hello Little House books!), then as a parent and grandparent (Good Night Moon!) and always as a cook in my own kitchen. Cookbooks in particular have played a large part in recipe development and as a means to widen my own limited food horizons! While I might not get to Spain or Germany, through a recipe, I can cook the foods enjoyed there! Not to mention learning how to knit, fix a leaking pipe, or even plant a garden, because books can be a large part of our own, journey of a lifetime!
What am I sharing this week?
72 Market Street...a collection of recipes and portraits from a classic Venice restaurant. By Roland Gilbert with Robert Lia.
Copyright 1998 and 1999
Yes the book is filled with three kinds of recipes (if you will), famous and/or well know people sharing a bite together in photos, food service success from a beach bistro to a café, and the food! Personally I came for the food...
72 Market Street Oyster Bar and Grill started out in the 80's
by Tony Bill and Dudley Moore as a beach bistro where they could enjoy a meal and relax with friends. It was a huge success! But it was when Roland Gilbert became part of the mix in 1994 that the menu began to turn and change into what became 72 Market Street Café.
This change had some risk, after all the beach bistro was a sure fire hit! And had been for many years. Imagine my surprise when I found an actual cookbook after making the meatloaf (see page 125) for years and years.
This cookbook is filled with everyday food, such as corn muffins, red pepper pesto, lemon meringue pie. And many more for special occasions like roasted squab, lobster ravioli, and crayfish salad wrapped in smoked salmon.
The cookbook is set up much like a menu with the following offerings for ala carte dining at it's finest:
Appetizers and Hors d' Oeuvres
Salads
Soups
Vegetables
Risotto and Pasta
Fish
Fowl
Meat
Desserts
Making it very easy to choose something small and light or a multi coarse meal with friends. This cookbook is the result of that change from beach bistro to café!
By the way, I do not believe I have ever eaten a more delicious meatloaf!
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And with that. I let's go to the Book Review Linky #7!
Thanks for sharing with us, and bring on the reviews!
