Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Monday, August 23, 2021
Saturday, August 21, 2021
Ever since meeting the wary owners of an antique shop opening across the street, Robbie has been scrambling to manage weird incidences plaguing her café and country store. Pricey items vanish from shelves without explanation, a fully equipped breakfast food truck starts lingering around the area each morning, and loyal diners mysteriously fall ill. When an elderly man dies after devouring an omelet packed with poisonous mushrooms, Robbie must temporarily close down Pans ’N Pancakes and search for the killer with a real zest for running her out of business—or else.
Includes Recipes for You to Try!
No Grater Crime opens with country store owner Robbie Jordan
shopping at the year’s first antique fair with her aunt Adele. Robbie picks up
a load of graters to resell in her store. She also meets someone from Adele’s
past who turns out to play a big role in Robbie’s present.
I devised these
easy baked fritters that Robbie serves in her restaurant. I love them for
breakfast or lunch, and hope you do, too!
Ingredients
2 medium potatoes
1/2 cup broccoli florets
1 small onion or half a bigger
onion
1 medium carrot
1/2 cup cheddar cheese
1/4 cup ham, cut into inch-long
slivers (omit for vegetarian version)
2 eggs
1/3 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon curry powder
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 F. Cover a
large baking sheet with parchment paper.
Grate potatoes (a food processor makes quick work of the grating – don’t wash it when you’re done). Roll in a clean dishcloth and wring dry.
Friday, August 20, 2021
Thursday, August 19, 2021
This cookbook spotlights the recipes, traditions, and tales of a popular New Jersey bakery that started as a tiny, hole in the wall but became a pillar of resilience for the community during the global pandemic. Montclair Bread Company not only offers bountiful baked treats to throngs of fans, and is a mecca for runners who line up each year to race for doughnuts, it is the epitome of adapting to survive a crisis.
Nine months after Rachel Wyman opened Montclair Bread Company in 2012, business was stale. She had spent years rising before dawn to perfect the combination of flour, water, yeast and salt, and she had the bread to prove it. But on a good day, only thirty people trickled through her door until one Sunday morning when one of her bakers asked her to make doughnuts. This was risky because her customers often begged for healthy foods. The doughnuts sold out in minutes, the number of customers continued to grow along with the line for doughnuts that stretched to the end of the block. Her business flourished until the global pandemic in 2020. Rachel had no choice but to adapt to keep her business going and even started a virtual bake-a-long to help support and communicate with the community during the lock downs.
This book shares the tried-and-true recipes Rachel spent three decades perfecting that are now the backbone of her bakery. The recipes are organized by Childhood Favorites, Breads, Doughnuts, Community Favorites, Recipes from Quarantine. Some of these include:
- Mombo's Carrot Cake and Cowboy Cookies
- Sour Dough Bread and Stollen
- Classic Brioche Doughnuts with Variations, Toppings, and Glazes
- Pizza and Energy Bars
- Cheese Crackers and Bagels
There
aren’t many things I’d run for, but I have to say, doughnuts would be right up
there. So, WILL RUN FOR DOUGHNUTS: The Montclair Bread Company Cookbook by
Rachel Wyman, is a book I simply had to have.
The
introduction was an interesting read as well as inspiring. You’ll learn how
doughnuts tie in with running. Not only do readers learn more about the author,
but Ms. Wyman also gives insights into all the must needs and tools of the
trade.
It
wouldn’t be a cookbook without recipes, so, check out some of these tasty
treats . . . Mombo’s Bread Pudding, Chocolate Mayonnaise, Peach Blueberry
Buckle, Cinnamon-Brown Sugar Pop Tarts, Currant Seeded Bread, Ciabatta, Apple Cider
Doughnuts, Maple Bacon Doughnuts (oh yeah), Hot Chocolate Doughnuts, Yum Buns,
Vanilla Glaze, Cream Cheese Frosting, and before you think your sweet tooth is
going to fall out of your mouth, there are recipes for . . . Pizza, Grain
Salads, Cheese Crackers, and so much more.
Though
you won’t see me out running anytime soon (unless I’m being chased), I will be
trying out some of the amazing recipes I read about.
I very much enjoyed, WILL RUN FOR DOUGHNUTS. Well balanced between story, beautiful photos, and enticing food, you’re going to enjoy this book as much as I did.
















































