In the kitchen, etc.: Pfeffernuesse and PB Kisses

My Cookbooks

Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day, by Hertzberg and Francois
Bon Appetit magazine
Earth to Table, by Jeff Crump and Bettina Schorman
Essential Pepin, by Jacques Pepin
Fast Food My Way, by Jacques Pepin
How to Cook Everything, by Mark Bittman
Lydia Cooks From the Heart of Italy, by Lydia Bastianich
Mark Sorenson's Recipes
The Best Light Recipe, from the editors of "Cook's Illustrated"
The Cook's Encyclopedia of Baking, by Carole Clements
The French Women Don't Get Fat Cookbook, by Mireille Guiliano
The New Best Recipe, from the editors of "Cook's Illustrated"

What I'm Reading

The Vagrants, by Yiyun Li
Beard on Food, by James Beard
The Old Patagonian Express, by Paul Theroux
The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy
Blood, Bones, and Butter, by Gabrielle Hamilton
The Happiness Project, by Gretchen Rubin
The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls
The Spirit Level, by Wilkinson and Pickett
All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost, by Lan Samantha Chang
The Price of Altruism, by Oren Harman
Angle of Repose, by Wallace Stegner
The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell
The Brothers K, by David James Duncan
The Value of Nothing, by Raj Patel
In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan
The Joke, by Milan Kundera
The Omnivore's Dilemma, by Michael Pollan
Bright-Sided, by Barbara Ehrenreich
French Women Don't Get Fat, by Mireille Guiliano
On Writing, by Stephen King
Garlic and Sapphires, by Ruth Reichl
Ghostwalk, by Rebecca Stott
Bird by Bird, by Anne Lamott
Game Change, by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann
Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell
The Blind Assassin, by Margaret Atwood
Mere Christianity, by CS Lewis
The Curse of the Good Girl, by Rachel Simmons
White Like Me, by Tim Wise