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From BookBub this morning: "Putting Food By: Fifth Edition" Kindle Edition $1.99US This is an updated edition. I am a US Prime member and the price you see may vary.

From this morning's BookBub email: Mark Bittman's "How to Grill Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Flame-Cooked Food" Kindle Edition $2.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list (actually paragraphs) of recipes and scroll down to see some recipes. "The Grilling Bible : Complete Guide of How To Grill And Have Your Favorite Delicious Easy-To-Make Grilling Foods, Save Time And Live Happier" Kindle Edition $2.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes. "The Gardener & the Grill: The Bounty of the Garden Meets the Sizzle of the Grill" Kindle Edition $2.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature and scroll down to see some recipes. I am a US Prime member and the price you see may vary.

Yes. My mom just adored her little yellow pear-shaped tomatoes, about the size of cherry tomatoes. She could have eaten just them for dinner (if we had let her).

From my BookBub email this morning: "The Native Mexican Kitchen: A Journey into Cuisine, Culture, and Mezcal" Kindle Edition $1.69US with a $0.20 credit on future eBooks. Use the "Look Inside" feature and scroll down to view some of the salsa recipes. "Eat More Tortillas" Kindle Edition $1.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes and scroll down to view some of the recipes. I am a US Prime member and the price you see may vary.

A strange mix this evening: "Wagamama Ways With Noodles" Kindle Edition $0.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature and scroll down to see recipes for noodle sauces. "Paladares: Recipes Inspired by the Private Restaurants of Cuba" Kindle Edition $2.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes and scroll down to see some recipes. Measurements are Imperial and Metric. "Humphrey Slocombe Ice Cream Book" Kindle Edition $2.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes. Looks like it contains recipes and stories from the Bay Area shop. "The Foreign Cinema Cookbook: Recipes and Stories Under the Stars" Kindle Edition $2.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes. "The Ritz London: The Cookbook" Kindle Edition $0.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes. I am a US Prime member and the price you see may vary.

Two from BookBub this weekend: The Great British Bake Off finalist Ruth Clemens' "The Pink Whisk Guide to Bread Making: Brilliant Basics Step-by-Step" Kindle Edition $1.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the short list of recipes. "How to Dry Foods" Kindle Edition $1.99US I am a US Prime member and the price you see may vary.

Wow... lots of interesting finds this morning. Some familiar names, too: Yes, Marcella's son continues the tradition... "Giuliano Hazan's Thirty Minute Pasta: 100 Quick and Easy Recipes" Kindle Edition $2.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes. Then scroll down to see a couple of the recipes. Nathalie Dupree's "Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking" Kindle Edition $2.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the long list of recipes. Then scroll down to see many of the recipes. Another by Natalie Dupree: "Southern Biscuits" Kindle Edition $2.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the long list of recipes. "New England Farmgirl: Recipes & Stories from a Farmer's Daughter" Kindle Edition $2.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes. Then scroll down to see a couple of the recipes "Culinary Mexico: Authentic Recipes and Traditions" Kindle Edition $2.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes. Then scroll down to see some recipes. "The Big Red Book of Tomatoes" Kindle Edition $2.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature then scroll down to see some recipes. "The Mustard Book" Kindle Edition $2.99US "Orange Appeal: Savory and Sweet" Kindle Edition $2.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes. Writer and creator of the popular food blog Marche Dimanche, Hillary Davis' "French Comfort Food" Kindle Edition $2.99US There's a recipe for "Cheese Soufflés in a Mug" on this cookbook's Amazon info page. Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes. Also by Hillary Davis:"French Desserts" Kindle Edition $2.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes. "Monet's Palate Cookbook: The Artist & His Kitchen at Giverny" Kindle Edition $2.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes. "Food Gift Love: More Than 100 Recipes to Make, Wrap, and Share" Kindle Edition $2.99US I am a US Prime member and the price you see may vary.

An odd one from BookBub: "The Nerdy Nummies Cookbook: Sweet Treats for the Geek in All of Us" Kindle Edition $1.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes for sweets. Scroll down to see an incomplete recipe for apple pie. Well reviewed. I am a US Prime member and the price you see may vary.

I have a friend who is growing pumpkins. She feeds the pumpkin to her dog. She says you have to leave them on the vine until they turn 100% orange (they don't ripen any further once picked). She also said pumpkin farmers will pick the pumpkins and then store them away to "harden". When first picked, they're surprisingly tender and can bruise easily. After storage they can sit out for a while (like what you see in grocery stores at Halloween) which made them ideal for early farmers here in the US. They could be stored away in the root cellars for future meals. I will keep my fingers crossed for your pumpkin harvest.

About 50 years ago, my Paternal Grandmother came out from Indiana and stayed with us in San Diego. We still have the photo of her standing barefoot on the beach as the tide came in. It was the first time she had ever seen the Pacific Ocean. While she was visiting she showed my mom how to make egg noodles from scratch. I still remember our kitchen table covered entirely with waxed paper and with the sliced egg noodles and lots of flour. I don't recall my mom ever making them by herself after that. Decades later my mom would buy Grandma brand frozen egg noodles in the freezer section of the grocery store for her turkey noodle soup after Thanksgiving. Close enough, I guess.

The local Walmart Neighborhood Grocery Store (they really have to come up with a shorter name) carries the low sodium Mary Kitchen Corned Beef Hash. I prefer the regular Mary Kitchen Corned Beef Hash. As someone else mentioned, they also have a Sausage Hash, too, though I haven't tried that, yet. I also prefer a nice crust on my corned beef hash. I cook mine in a Calphalon non-stick skillet and it gives it a nice crust.

A similar ancient discussion here: 3 a.m. party grub

@Anna N , Brownie Brittle (click) is a popular item since Costco started carrying it. They are addicting!

"Taco Bell is saying goodbye to its 7-Layer Burrito and other classics to make room for two new menu items" The winds of change are a-blowing at Taco Bell. At least, I think it's wind blowing...

I think in the past it was easier to source chicken stock or to make your own which may be why so many French Onion Soup recipes call for chicken stock. In today's culinary world, beef stock is now easy to find and source, as well. Plus, it's your dang kitchen, use whatever stock rocks your world, naysayers be damned.

Some finds this afternoon... Michael Ruhlman's "From Scratch: 10 Meals, 175 Recipes, and Dozens of Techniques You Will Use Over and Over" Kindle Edition $2.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature and scroll down to view some recipes. Measurements are Imperial and Metric. Jacques Pépin's "Fast Food My Way" Kindle Edition $2.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes and scroll down to view recipes. He also suggests menus using the recipes in the cookbook. "Short Order Dad: One Guy?s Guide to Making Food Fun and Hassle-Free" Kindle Edition $1.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes. "The Herbal Kitchen: Cooking with Fragrance and Flavor" Kindle Edition $2.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature and scroll down to view some recipes. Slightly more expensive... "Judy Joo's Korean Soul Food:Authentic dishes and modern twists" Kindle Edition $3.31US Use the "Look Inside" feature and scroll down to view some recipes. A food-related memoir, no recipes... David M. Masumoto's "Epitaph for a Peach: Four Seasons on My Family Farm" Kindle Edition $2.99US I am a US Prime member and the price you see may vary.

Heard the same thing. Probably due to the pandemic. They just had a "fashion sale" over a couple of days...perhaps to appease those looking for the Amazon Days and not finding it.

Something old and some news ones: This has been posted before, but am posting it again for anyone who wasn't around then. Rancho Gordo (Steve Sando)'s "Heirloom Beans: Recipes from Rancho Gordo" Kindle Edition $2.99US "Every Day is Saturday: Recipes + Strategies for Easy Cooking, Every Day of the Week" Kindle Edition $2.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes. You can scroll down to see part of a recipe that seem to show that measurements are in both Imperial and Metric measurements. This might have been posted before...not sure: "Fermented Vegetables: Creative Recipes for Fermenting 64 Vegetables & Herbs in Krauts, Kimchis, Brined Pickles, Chutneys, Relishes & Pastes" Kindle Edition $2.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes. Well reviewed. I am a US Prime member and the price you see may vary.

"Sur La Table files for bankruptcy protection, plans to close nearly half of its stores. Here's the list." The article lists the store locations that will be closed.

Some finds on Amazon this afternoon: Pancakes from around the world... "Flipping Good" Kindle Edition $1.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature and scroll down to see a couple of recipes. Measurements are metric. Slightly more expensive... "Puerto Rican Cuisine in America: Nuyorican and Bodega Recipes" Kindle Edition $3.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the long list of recipes. I am a US Prime member and the price you see may vary.

I guess we're lucky here in Bakersfield because we have the Pyrenee's French Bakery. I've never been to the bakery's actual store (no pastries sold there, just bread) because their bread can be found in most of the local grocery stores. I had a co-worker who always bought their sliced sourdough sandwich loafs because the ingredient list is something like "Flour, water, yeast, salt". No additives or preservatives. If you look at their baguettes (click) they're not the ling skinny baguettes one thinks of from France. They're a little bit thicker. I think there's a Basque influence at work there.

You know how when you use your food processor sometimes the veggie you're slicing shifts in the feed tube and instead of a slice you get something that's more cut on the bias/diagonal? I made spaghetti and meatballs last night using Paul Newman's "Italian Sausage & Peppers Pasta Sauce". I opened the jar and poured the sauce into a glass bowl to heat it up in the microwave, and out of the jar plopped nice big chunks of onion and huge slices of sausage. I know it's not meant to be sliced this way but I'm not complaining. In fact I'm thinking about going back to the store where I bought it and buying more jars of that sauce in hopes that more of the jars in that shipment have chunky sauce, as well. I know, I know...I need to get out more.

It's a little early to post this but what the heck... "Hershey’s Will Have A Ton Of New Halloween Candy This Year Including Reese’s Cups With Green Creme"

This isn't a cookbook but free sample recipes from a lot of Random House cookbooks (from Random House, of course): "A Taste of Summer" You can scroll down this page to see the cookbooks that the samples are from. Near the top of the page there's a link titled "Get A Taste of Summer »", which opens a PDF file containing the free recipes. You can look through the PDF to see if you want it. If you want it, right click on the PDF and choose "Save as" to save it to your computer.

From a recent BookBub email: Jim Lahey's "My Bread: The Revolutionary No-Work, No-Knead Method" Kindle Edition $2.99US Use the "Look Inside" feature to see the list of recipes. Not a cookbook at all, but I am posting it in case anyone is interested in the first book of the trilogy: J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings" Kindle Edition $2.99US I am a US Prime member and the price you see may vary.