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Joy the Baker Cookbook: 100 Simple and Comforting Recipes: member book reviews

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I met Joy when she was a keynote speaker at the Food Buzz Festival in San Francisco in 2010. She's personable and approachable, and was voted Best Blog. She was part of a panel of food bloggers, and I loved her down-to-earth approach and food blogging advice.
For Christmas, I redeemed an iTunes gift card and downloaded this book in the iPad format (hence, my page numbers will be "off" compared to a hard copy of the book).
Reading her intro made me feel as thought we were sharing a cup of coffee. She gives great tips, too. It's like Joy is such an open book about her life (pun intended).

First thing I made was the Perfect Kettle Corn. Awesome! This morning, I made the Oatmeal Cookie Pancakes. Love! Joy writes with humor and such friendliness, that you feel she is your personal friend. A total joy to read and joy to bake from. Highly recommend!

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I recently won this from The Inspired Dish Blog. Cathy who runs the blog had Joy send the book to me and Joy graciously autographed it to me personally. I only knew a little about Joy and her blog before winning the book so I did some investigating and found she has lots of great recipes and interesting writing on her blog, Joy the Baker.

Her book is just as wonderful as her blog. I love that the book has a photo for every recipe. I have so many recipes marked to try and have already gave a few a go and loved them. I have made Chocolate and Goat Cheese Black Pepper Truffles, Whole Wheat and Honey Drop Biscuits, and Carrot Cake Pancakes and they were all hits at my house. Before the book arrived I had the pleasure of testing a couple of the recipes for the LC website, Chili Cheese Fries and Mommom’s Chocolate Bourbon-Spiked Banana Bread, both of which were delicious.

I also like the little story she includes with each recipe. Joy connects memories to food and shares those memories with her readers.

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