23 - A Book With a Recipe In It

[Leona]

I read Wise Cocktails: The Owl's Brew Guide to Crafting & Brewing Tea-Based Beverages . Alcohol and tea recipes.

[Sherri]

I read The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner. I didn't have a book planned for this prompt. The plan was to read whatever & hope a recipe popped out. The plan worked because there are herbal recipes for aliments in the back.

[Jessica]

I read “Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder” by Joanna Fluke. All of her Hannah Swensen mystery books have recipes in them. ☺️

[Susan]

Does anyone know if the new book Black Cake has a recipe in it? I want to read this book and hoped to fit it into this prompt. I know it was inspired by a recipe but don’t know if there’s an actual recipe in the book.

[Tania]

I ended up using The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani for this prompt, excellent book. It has a recipe at the end if the story.

[Leona]

I get emails from https://www.mysteryloverskitchen.com/. There is
a list of authors, their books, recipes and contests. I have found authors that are new to me.

[Dedra ~ A Book Wanderer]

Susan wrote: "Does anyone know if the new book Black Cake has a recipe in it? I want to read this book and hoped to fit it into this prompt. I know it was inspired by a recipe but don’t know if there’s an actual..."

I read an advanced copy and there was NOT a recipe in it. Maybe there's one in the final print?? They do discuss the ingredients for black cake, but there wasn't an official recipe. I ended up using the book for the 'book about a secret' prompt.

[Dedra ~ A Book Wanderer]

I was surprised to find a recipe in Christina Lauren's upcoming book Something Wilder. It was a fun one to read.

[Nancy]

And I was surprised to NOT find a recipe in The School of Essential Ingredients! I mean, the book is about a cooking school, and the main character starts off by saying she doesn't use recipes. It was short and still enjoyable, but now I have to find something else!

[Kim]

Dedra ~ A Book Wanderer wrote: "Susan wrote: "Does anyone know if the new book Black Cake has a recipe in it? I want to read this book and hoped to fit it into this prompt. I know it was inspired by a recipe but don’t know if the..."

Thanks for the info! I'm about to start Black Cake, and was here, just to see if there was a recipe in it. I was saving the "book about a secret" for last, because so many books are based on a secret, but this might just be the time to fill it!

[Rosie]

Charlotte wrote: "The Rural Diaries: Love, Livestock, and Big Life Lessons Down on Mischief Farm by Hilarie Burton Morgan

I did the Audible version and it comes with all of the rec..."


Thank you so much for this! I really wanted to read this book
this year, but there weren't many prompts left ... I didn't know there were recipes in it, so that fits perfectly bc that was one of the last 3 prompts I had no idea what book to read for.

[Dea]

I had a plan for this.

Then I discovered Nanny Ogg's Cookbook by Terry Pratchett, and I threw my plan out the window.

AN ENTIRE BOOK WRITTEN FROM NANNY OGG'S VIEWPOINT! How can ANYONE resist that? LOL

[Ron]

Charlotte wrote: "The Rural Diaries: Love, Livestock, and Big Life Lessons Down on Mischief Farm by Hilarie Burton Morgan

I did the Audible version and it comes with all of the rec..."

No way, this book has this sort of thing in it?!

Hilarie's book has been on my TBR but this was a topic I was going to skip. Knowing this now gives me a reason to read it.

[Dana]

I have read The Comfort Book by Matt Haig. Matt shares a great hummus recipe he tried and discovered.

I don't like hummus but I need to try.

[JessicaMHR]

I used to always think hummus was gross too and wouldn't try it. Then I took this course on healthy eating and they used to feed us, which is how I tried it. It's basically just mashed chickpeas and does taste pretty good, even though I still can't eat to much of it.

[Lilith]

Eight Kinky Nights has some delicious recipes in it at the end. I've made the ginger-lime fizzy drink.

[Donna]

For one of my book clubs I’m reading The Tale of Holly How by Susan Wittig Albert, a cozy mystery featuring Beatrix Potter. Surprise! - There are five recipes at the end. I read a lot of cookbooks but glad I can use this novel for the prompt.

[LeahS]

I read Appetite: A Memoir in Recipes of Family and Food by the former Labour politician Ed Balls. A gentle book, with some politics, but mainly about family and of course, food. I liked the earlier chapters and recipes which were very nostalgic. Every chapter had at least one recipe. While some were very familiar, there were a few that I would try.

[Maggie]

I’ve read Accidentally Engaged and Kamila Knows Best by Farah Heron and they both have recipes. Also books by Mia P. Manansala

[Gina]

I'm really not into food writing and flipped through some of my physical TBR to find something in my usual genres that'd work. My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki (literary fiction) and The Blue Jay's Dance: A Birth Year by Louise Erdrich (memoir) both have at least one recipe in it.

[Ron]

Gina wrote: "I'm really not into food writing and flipped through some of my physical TBR to find something in my usual genres that'd work. My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki (literary fi..."


Oh that's cool. I'll have to look into Louis Erdrich's book.

[Carly]

Ron wrote: "Gina wrote: "I'm really not into food writing and flipped through some of my physical TBR to find something in my usual genres that'd work. My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki..."

Ron, I read Being Texan: Essays, Recipes, and Advice for the Lone Star Way of Life for this category and really enjoyed it. It's a light but interesting nonfiction, which history and culture about Texas.

[Ron]

Carly wrote: "Ron wrote: "Gina wrote: "I'm really not into food writing and flipped through some of my physical TBR to find something in my usual genres that'd work. My Year of Meats by [author:Ruth..."

Oh nice, thanks!

I've added it to my tbr.

[Emma]

I was reading Everything, Everything for the palindromic title prompt and found it had a recipe in it - not a serious one, but written our like a conventional recipe.

[Ang]

From Scratch. a memoir by Timbe Locke has recipes from Sicily in it...yum!

[Kaia]

I read Christmas Caramel Murder by Joanna Fluke. I didn't enjoy it, but it has 12 recipes in it and some of them do look good.

[chysodema]

Dedra ~ A Book Wanderer wrote: "I was surprised to find a recipe in Christina Lauren's upcoming book Something Wilder. It was a fun one to read."

Yay, thank you! I just started Something Wilder just for fun, not for any challenges, and am excited to know it will actually end up filling this challenge.

[Regan]

For a book that's neither a cozy mystery or cook book related I can't recommend The Heartbreak Bakery enough. It's got baking magic, and some of the recipes that are at the end of every chapter sound stunning (I haven't made the strawberry, peach, and basil pie yet, but I'm definitely going to).
You could also count it for: a character on the ace spectrum (the love interest is demisexual and the protagonist's sister is almost certainly aroace), a sapphic book (it takes place at a queer bakery and I think that at least half of the supporting cast is sapphic), or a book about gender identity (the protagonist spends a lot of time exploring feelings about being agender, and the love interest is gender fluid)

[chysodema]

Dedra ~ A Book Wanderer wrote: "I was surprised to find a recipe in Christina Lauren's upcoming book Something Wilder. It was a fun one to read."

I just finished Something Wilder, went to log it, and saw that based on your comment I had planned to use it for this recipe prompt. I don't remember a recipe in it at all! Did I blow right past it? Can you jog my memory please?

[Mony]

Taste: My Life through Food by Stanley Tucci

[Britany]

Finished Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[chysodema]

Regan wrote: "For a book that's neither a cozy mystery or cook book related I can't recommend The Heartbreak Bakery enough. It's got baking magic, and some of the recipes that are at the end of e..."

The Heartbreak Bakery was SO GOOD! Thank you so much for recommending it! I really, really enjoyed it. It was just the right amount of magic realism, the right amount of romance, the right amount of cute "story-based" recipes. All folded into a delicious batter of queer awesomeness. A perfect recipe, if you will.

Regan listed the several other Popsugar prompts the book would fit, and I will also add that if you are doing challenges elsewhere that ask for a book without very many ratings or reviews, Heartbreak Bakery currently has only about 1400 ratings and 400 reviews.

[StefanieFrei]

I might be picking a pretty dumb approach, but essentially - a book with recipes in it would be a cooking book? Cooking books were not excluded, right??

Else, Viola Shipman: The Recipe Box would do

[Heather L]

StefanieFrei wrote: "I might be picking a pretty dumb approach, but essentially - a book with recipes in it would be a cooking book? Cooking books were not excluded,"

Cookbooks are allowed.

[maria1836]

I loved “Whiskey in a teacup” by Reese Witherspoon… read this a while ago, but it had great recipes in it

[Simone]

I read this one for the prompt and it was really good!

[Jamie]

Mongol by Uuganaa Ramsay has a couple of recipes at the end.

[Marguerite]

Recipient for Love and murder by Sally Andrews has a recipient at the back that is mentioned throughout the book.

[Hrishika]

I loved Crying in H Mart! And had absolutely no idea that the author is also the lead artist of Japanese Breakfast.

[Sarah]

If anyone's looking for a slightly unconventional way to fulfill this prompt, I'm reading A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow right now and it does contain recipes- but for non-food ideas. (Example: "Recipe for being abandoned by your best friend", "Recipe for a breakup") They're formatted just like real recipes so I have no problem saying it counts! I was going to use this for the "Book by a Latinx author" category, but I'm moving it to this one so I can put this month's group read in that category.

[Jenny Dahl Bakken]

Several of the Harry Potter books have potions-recipes in them. 😊

[Vaish]

I read "if the fate allows: A short story" by Rainbow Rowell. Fun story featuring covid times.. It has the recipe of a holiday jello <3

[Anshita]

I am reading Bloom. It has various Samoan recipes in it, there is a sourdough rolls recipe at the end.