One of the most famous, and one of my all time favorite food blogs is Chocolate and Zucchini. (and I am not the only one who thinks it is great. check out the press page.) Pretty good for a blogger!
And now the author of that wonderful blog is also published!
Chocolate and Zucchini: Daily Adventures in a Parisian Kitchen (Paperback)
by Clotilde Dusoulier
one of the great things about this book, is that the lovely author Clotilde, shared the book writing process with us, the loyal readers of her blog. She talked about the book proposal, how she chose topics and recipes, and working through the publishing process. She also celebrated with her online community when the book was set to go live. It was so much fun, and as a freelance author and want to be novelist it was great hearing about the process. I signed up for the book as a pre-order long before it was released.
I hadn't really had time to go through the book till recently. It is lovely! First off Clotilde's personality really shows through. And a lot of the basics she shares in the beginning of the book were helpful and well done.
I am going to be working my way through reading the rest of the book cover to cover, though I have already done a ton of browsing, skipping and skimming.
My one comment would be that I found all the many different layout-fonts a bit confusing and fussy at first. I am getting used to it, but it seems a bit over the top in that area.
So my Fancy Glass Book Review (1-5 glasses with 5 being the best)
Writing and Content- very well done, friendly and approachable with a real sense of the author's voice. 5FG
Layout & Design- a bit too much going on and I thought the photos did not do the recipes justice 2 1/2 FG
Recipe Selection- WONDERFUL 4fg (though I have not tried to make anything yet)
Overall a lovely cookbook that will keep a place on my shelf for a long time. 3 1/2 FG
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