Cookbook Chronicles is an on-going series at The Bookery. Over the course of the next year, we’re exploring The Pioneer Woman’s (Ree Drummond) latest cookbook, The Essential Recipes , cooking one recipe a month and sharing our thoughts.  For a while, I pretty much gave up on making the perfect waffle at home. I like my waffles tender on the inside, but perfectly crisp on the outside — and every time I attempted to make them at home, the waffles turned out limp and lackluster.

Cookbook Chronicles is an on-going series at The Bookery. Over the course of the next year, we’re exploring The Pioneer Woman’s (Ree Drummond) latest cookbook, The Essential Recipes , cooking one recipe a month and sharing our thoughts.  Ree Drummond released her latest cookbook late last year, so it seemed like a no-brainer for our 2026 Cookbook Chronicles pick. In The Essential Recipes, Ree goes back to many of the tried-and-true recipes she’s shared over the years, offerin

Cookbook Chronicles is an on-going series at The Bookery. Over the course of the next year, we’re exploring Denise Gee’s Southern...

We're cooking through Deb Perelman's Smitten Kitchen Keepers and sharing our experiences. Here's our take on her zucchini and pesto lasagna.

Let’s just say that the expectations were really high for this recipe—and it didn’t quite live up to them.