Cooking from Color
I fell upon what might be the ulitmate family cookbook. Apples for Jam by Tessa Kiros is a cookbook written by a woman who is not only a mother, but a woman who acutely remembers what it felt like to be a kid. The recipes are gathered from family and friends and arranged by color: a charming technique that puts spaghetti and meatballs in the same chapter as cranberry syrup. The pictures are clear and inspiring, nothing is too complicated, but everything is fresh and recipes come along with a personal note and maybe a drawing from one of her kids.
I love this idea! I had a cookbook as a kid called "The Kids Cookbook: Yum! I Eat It!" that also had pictures drawn by kids. It was my favorite book. I had to pry it out of my mother's hands when my son was born, but I got it. Muoo haa haa.
And I don't know if I conveyed how easy and accessible the recipes are. I made the chicken with lemon and garlic last night, tonight I'm looking at the winter squash pizza. There's vanilla cakes and chocolate breads and ham and cheese eggs and risottos and all sorts of stuff that is easy, but maybe a bump above what you normally put on the table.
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