Have you been listening to our book reviews on WDKN? As part of “The Local Gourmet,” which airs the 1st and 3rd Saturday at 1pm, Reading Rock Books brings you food-related book reviews. Here are all the ones we discussed in June’s shows:

6/5/10 – Laura discussed Yum! Yum!! by Joanne Fitzgerald and Southern Farmers Market Cookbook by Holly Herrick

Yum! Yum!! is Laura’s favorite board book! Each food-themed rhyme is accompanied by a gorgeous, fun pastel illustration of animals at a farmer’s market. The rhythm will keep babies interested and older children will enjoy spotting the father pig on each page. The perfect baby shower gift.

Holly Herrick’s Southern Farmer’s Market Cookbook is a great resource for your summer cooking. Filled with meals made from ingredients that grow well in this region, this book will help you boost your farmer’s market experience by shopping with these recipes in mind. Plus, there’s a full-color, make-your-mouth-water photo for almost every recipe in the book.

 
6/19/10 – Amy discussed State of the Onion by Julie Hyzy

If you’ve never read a culinary mystery, this first installment of the Olivia Paras series is a good first taste.  Ollie’s journey to become the next White House Head Executive Chef is interrupted by an attempted terrorist act. Ollie gets involved in the investigation after meeting up with an intruder on the White House lawn and assaults him with a frying pan!  A fun mystery, followed by 25 pages of all the recipes Ollie cooks for the first family.