Good Reads!

If you are headed to the library or bookstore this weekend and you love to eat, check out Fresh Made Simple, written by Lauren K. Stein and illustrated by Katie Eberts.

This is a beautiful cookbook with simple illustrated recipes using fresh, whole ingredients.

Perfect for low-key summer cooking with seasonal produce from your local farmer's market or your own garden.  Speaking of local markets, Herrle's opened last week (!!) and would be a great place to gather some produce until your own starts to sprout!

We have already had some rhubarb (pictured below), parsley, chives, and asparagus and anxiously await our later veggies and greens!

This cookbook is as much artwork as it is functional.  The recipes are creatively organized by texture "...smashed, roasted, stuffed, stacked..." and instructions are typed amongst watercolour illustrations.

The style is reminiscent of one of my favourite cookbooks, They Draw & Cook.

You kind of start flipping through it and either feel inspired to doodle or head to the market and start cooking!

If you enjoy simple meal prep with lots of room for variation with amounts, you will love this book.  If you appreciate art or love to doodle, you will love this book.  If you like to eat, you will love this book.