Nice Mommy~Evil Editor

A tried and true recipe from Jessica Faust of BookEnds Lit Agency. She said she had a lot of recipes to choose from, but this one is such an old favorite that she had to share it. Pink Sauce –typically called Vodka Sauce, but when you have kids everything comes down to color. Ingredients: 1 [...]

Sometimes you just want a simple, easy, delicious dessert that you can whip up. Freelance editor Mallory Braus shared this one with the Carina Press editors recently. I bestow upon you the fabulous recipe for Lemonade Pie: 1- graham cracker crust 1- 8oz container of lowfat coolwhip 1- 0.23 oz packet of lemon or lime [...]

After I posted Sasha’s Tortilla Soup recipe last week, I started thinking it would be fun to post a recipe from a different publishing/industry professional each week. I thought, with Tuesday being the main release day in publishing, that would be the appropriate day for it. So Cooking the Books is born (with a nod [...]

Months ago, I sent out a Twitter request for a tried and true Chicken Tortilla Soup. I’d tried a number of online recipes but never found one I liked. My long-time friend Sasha Knight, editor extraordinaire, came to the rescue and emailed me her recipe. It’s…fabulous.  The recipe below is exactly as she sent it [...]

This will be my last weekly menu for awhile. Starting January 16th, I’ll be traveling the next three weeks (Toronto, New York and Chicago) so my family is going to have to fend for themselves, I’m sorry to say. If I was more organized, I could probably make and freeze some things, but, well, I’m [...]

One of the main reasons I like cooking a ham is so I can have this soup, which I love. Not only is it tasty, but it uses the ham bone, so it makes me feel like I’m getting as much possible use out of my ham as possible. I’m going to give you a [...]

I don’t remember exactly when we started our Christmas traditions, but there are a few that we have: we always go out to dinner on Christmas Eve, and then to the local park to take the tram around the Christmas lights. On Christmas Day, Brianna and I always wear matching pajamas, and I make some [...]

I stumbled on this recipe last year on the Our Best Bites blog and decided to add it to my holiday baking. I’m not sure how the people I sent this to felt about it, but my family loves this stuff. My brother hovered over the first batch I made this year and I had [...]

Okay, so technically this isn’t baking, but…whatever, you get the idea. This recipe came from my friend Trish, who brought them for the “cookie” exchange at our annual Christmas party. I didn’t actually participate in the cookie exchange but I plan the party so a few people usually bring me cookies anyway (yum!). There’s a [...]

I discovered this recipe thanks to Tastespotting a few months ago. I think what moved me to make it was that I love chocolate cookies but have never found THE recipe that calls to me. As soon as I made this recipe, I knew it was going to be my favorite, the one I turned [...]