Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Not knitting . . .

. . . but so appealing to me right now! Susan Branch's seasonal cookbooks are so fun and inspiring. I was give the Summer book for my birthday more than a decade ago and loved it. A few years ago I found the Autumn book and now whenever the seasons begin to change I am drawn to the book and draw inspiration for cooking and decorating for the harvest season and back to school from it.



Not only does she have wonderful recipes of the season for snacks, side dishes, main dishes, full Thanksgiving menu with recipes, desserts, and drinks but she includes sidebars on crafts, gift baskets, decorating, entertaining, family memories, gardening and more. All written in her hallmark watercolor script and each page is painted with her beautiful and colorful watercolor paintings.



These books are fun just to look through even if you don't try her wonderful recipes. They will fill you with the feeling of the season and make you want to embrace every nuance.

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