The Food Hound Begins Cooking Her Way through Laurie Bakke's Cookbook

Thanks to Kate Brosnan for this awesome review of my Spanish Smoked Chicken Salad!

Kate's Finished Product

We met Kate a few months back when we stumbled across her blog, The Food Hound.  Kate is a Registered Dietitian in Knoxville, TN and writes about food and wine.  We sent Kate a cookbook a few months back and asked her to blog about the recipes as she made them. We're thrilled with this first review and look forward to others!

Look for more to follow!

Follow Instructions Carefully...And When All Else Fails, Have Fun!

Oh Saturday started off to be a busy day.  I was getting ready for my first book signing.  Did I have everything I needed?  Clean white blouse to wear (sort of a signature item for me), plenty of Laurie Bakke's Cookbooks to sign, ingredients for Pimento Cheese with Honey Wheat Pita Chips and The Outrageous Brownies etc. etc.  Check on everything!

I started the day early...which turned out to be a good thing.  Erica Allison arrived to pick up a book to ship out to a new retailer (details on that one to come soon!) and while she was there, shot some pictures of the process.  I begin making the batch of brownies and put them into the oven and quickly went on to the Pimento Cheese.  So far, not a problem.  Checking on the brownies, I noticed they were not cooking right.  I keep watching and then realized I had made a mistake (they happen to everyone).  I had not let the chocolate mixture cool properly before adding the dry ingredients.  This is very important with hot chocolate.  Always read your instructions very carefully!!!

Just in time for Christmas!

I'm so excited to finally say that local retailers (and you!) will have a copy of Laurie Bakke's Cookbook...Fresh Recipes from Cafe Laurie, Culinary School and other Great Kitchens before Christmas!

Is that a new title, you ask? Why yes, it is! Our first cookbook, Behind the Scenes from Cafe Laurie was a one of a kind, hand-crafted edition. We loved it and know you did as well. But in order to share even more recipes with lots more folks, we had to rethink how we were making that book and as a result, have a different cookbook. That difference warranted a new name and I feel it's reflective of my journey to get to where I am today...lots of great kitchens cooking up lots of fresh food! Laurie Bakke's Cookbook has all the favorites from Behind the Scenes, but with lots of fun new recipes added in.

I'll keep you posted in the coming days about definite release dates and retailers that will carry the book. See you soon!