In the words of the International Slow Food Movement (http://www.slowfood.com) people have “a right to taste.” This is especially true when the temperature falls to the teens and we have the time to bake bread, simmer soups, and roast meat and potatoes. Slow cooking gives us the opportunity to linger in a warm kitchen and savor our meal-from food preparation to last bites.

The following titles might make you wish that winter would last all year:

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Berenbaum, Rose Levy. Bread Bible.

Haedrich, Ken. Soup Makes the Meal: 150 Soul-Satisfying Recipes for Soups, Salads, and Breads.

Hoffman, Mable. Crockery Cook.

Kafka, Barbara. Roasting: a Simple Art.

James. Michael. Slow Food: Flavors and Memories of America‘s Home towns.

Jones, Barbara. Ultimate Casserole Cookbook.

Lawson, Nigella. How to be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking.

Older, Julia. Ultimate Soup Book.

 

Peterson, James. Splendid Soups.

Reinhart, Peter. Crust and Crumb: Master Formulas for Serious Bread Bakers.

Villas, James. Crazy for Casseroles.

 

Compiled by Donna Ballard

Designed by Christina Crocker

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