Mandy's Gourmet Salads Cookbook

 

I HIGHLY recommend this cookbook!  I have loved all of the recipes.  There are SO many salad dressing recipes in here and they are delicious!

This is also a really fun read to learn about two sisters who started a restaurant business in Montreal, Cananda (one a designer and one a chef) and then created this cookbook.  

My daughter lived in Montreal and went to Mandy's a couple of times.  It was always such a delicious treat.  Someday I want to go to one of their restaurants!  Anyone want to go with me?

My Life in France by Julia Child

I recently read the book My Life in France by Julia Child.  She is even more obsessed with food and cooking than I am!  I loved getting to know her through her writing.  She was an adventurous, glass is ALL full type of person.  

I made my first Julia Child recipe (Garlic Soup) yesterday using her cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking lent to me by a friend.  The recipe was mentioned in the My Life in France book, so I made it and it was delicious!  It was unlike any soup I have ever had.  My five year old downed several bowls of the brothy liquid too.  

One of my favorite quotes from the book was:

"Learn how to cook-

try new recipes, 

learn from your mistakes, 

be fearless, 

and above all have fun!"