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Weekend Cooking: Foodie Christmas Gift Haul #weekendcooking @BethFishReads

Weekend Cooking ButtonWeekend Cooking is a weekly feature hosted by Beth Fish Reads, linking up food-related posts. Click here for links to this week’s Weekend Cooking posts on Beth Fish Reads and other blogs.

I received some very nice foodie-related books and gifts this year:

The Heart of the Plate cover image
The new cookbook by Mollie Katzen!
Tequila Mockingbird cover image
A tribute to my reading and cocktail-sampling hobbies
cover image of Homemade Liqueurs and Infused Spirits
Will try these recipes only occasionally so as not to sabotage any low-carb diets going on.
cover image of Burma: Rivers of Flavor
Beautiful photographs of the scenery, people, and food of Burma along with recipes throughout
cover image of Nosh on This
Now I have my own copy of this cookbook for learning how to bake gluten-free!

In addition to these lovely new books, I received a Cuisinart immersion blender, which I’ve already used for potato soup, partly pureeing it right in the pan. No more trying to slop hot soup into the blender or food processor!

photo of potato soup in pan
Potato soup after using immersion blender on it, still in the pan

And tucked into my stocking on Christmas morning with the candy and lotions was this cute little bottle of Wood Homestead maple syrup from a New York City farmer’s market:

photo of gingerbread man-shaped bottle of maple syrup
So cute I’m going to have a hard time opening this bottle to use the maple syrup

My best blogging-related gift was my brand-new, lightweight, high-speed MacBook Air, which made writing this post a much less frustrating experience than working on my old, hand-me-down MacBook (much as I did love it, originally!)

I’m looking forward to using all my new stuff in the coming year. Happy 2014 and Happy Weekend Cooking!

Disclosure: A close family member works for The Experiment, publisher of Nosh on This.

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