This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.





Published by Indie/Self Published
Released on March 5, 2015
Pages: 32
Format: eBook
Source: Author

http://www.kendalltalbot.com.au/rosalinas-treasured-treats.html
I had the pleasure of reading Treasured Secrets and drooling over the various foods and meals served in the book by the Italian chef heroine, Rosalina. I was thrilled to discover that the author put together a companion book of recipes for the dishes served in the story. The recipes are all family recipes or created by the author.
This was a fun little recipe booklet full of amazing food for sunrise to evening meal. Each recipe comes with pictures of the completed dish, photos of locales in the story (which are from the author’s own travels), and snippets from the scene of the story where the recipe was present. The reader doesn’t have to have read the novel, but those who have will find the references back to the story a wonderful reunion.
Paging through made me eager to try some of these. Even rank amateurs like myself would probably stand a good chance of success with many of the recipes. The ingredients were mostly found in the supermarket and the instructions easily followed. I marked off a few to give a go:
Corn fritters with fried egg, tomato relish, avocado, and herbs
Spice Poached Pear
Chickpea and bacon balls with mild chili sauce
Blueberry Pancakes
I am visiting family out in Utah right now and we’re a bunch of breakfast lovers so with blueberries in season, we tried the Blueberry Pancakes. At first, we had a little consternation when we realized that we needed to convert the measurements for us backward Americans. 🙂 The experience was a success and the only disappointment was that I didn’t make up enough batter to completely satisfy the bigger eaters of our group.
I didn’t see this recipe booklet on Amazon US, but I know the author is selling it through her website if anyone is interested in checking it out for themselves.
I would recommend this as a fun companion to the novel, but also a beginning to intermediate cook would have some fun trying many of the dishes for family or guests.
NOTE: There is a note on the author’s website that the reader will receive this recipe booklet free for signing up for her newsletter.
I like when cook books are full of illustrations and are easy to follow. It sounds like this one was a success!
Lindy@ A Bookish Escape
Yes! It was fun and easy to follow, Lindy. It was especially neat since it was a companion to a novel.
Oh. Oh gosh. *mouth waters* I LOVE the sound of those pancakes! Mmmm *makes grabby hands* so you say you tried out the blueberry pancakes recipe? That had to be AWESOME! And just serves as a reminder that I need to eat breakfast more often. 🙂 Those corn fritters look delicious also!♡♡
Oh yes! Those hotcakes went fast and the kitchen smelled tremendous. I had a good time flipping through this one. I still plan to make the corn fritters.
Oh yes! Those hotcakes went fast and the kitchen smelled tremendous. I had a good time flipping through this one. I still plan to make the corn fritters.