A few days ago I received a beautiful cookbook, sent to me from one of my favorite States in the Northeast, Massachusetts. My dear grandparents lived there and we visited and vacationed in MA many, many times.  The cover of the book is warm and inviting, a family gathered together and enjoying each other, and good food outside in a beautiful New England setting.

The title of this yummy book is “Table Talk; Food, Family, Love” and it is written by Carol McManus, the proprietor of “Espresso Love” a cafe and gathering place in Edgartown, Massachusetts.  As a mother of 5 grown children, she knows a lot about bringing family together in a world where jobs and activities seem to be pulling families apart.

This cookbook is really a work or art, the photography is beautiful, the pictures of food are simply mouth-watering.  Other heart-warming pictures embrace the authors life in her New England island home in Martha’s Vineyard.  The look and feel of the book says “quality” from page to page, cover to cover.

The Cookbook contains 80 recipes, ideas for organizing simple meals, cooking with your children, and inspires the desire to come together as family to enjoy food, love, conversation, and story-telling.

This would make a wonderful gift for yourself, or someone you care about.

Click here to visit Carol McManus’ blog, and here for book purchase information.

Title: Table Talk; Food, Family, Love…a Cookbook
Author: Carol McManus
Publisher: Vineyard Stories
Copyright: 2008

The holidays are over, and here in the Northeast, it’s time to settle in for the remaining cold months of the winter, which for many means time to snuggle up with a warm cup of something and read a good book.  I have a few in progress right now.

It also can be a time of bringing family together.  I look outside today at our ice-laden trees and feel the desire to cook something warm and soothing, good “home cooking” and that makes me think of a friend that I haven’t mentioned in a while, Betty Lynch, and her cookbook “Back to the Table with My Country Kitchen” which is available on Amazon and Lulu.com. I did a post over a year ago about Betty’s book, and thought it a good day to mention it again!

Stay warm, eat well, and happy reading!