Venezia ~ Food For Thought

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I'm joining

Food for Thought

the brainchild of the very talented Jain from

Once in a Blue Moon

and editor of

Food With Style

In an edible book review of the cookbook,

Venezie: Food & Dreams by Tessa Kiros

This delicious cookbook is so full of wonderful recipes & photographs of Venice, Italy that I hated to return it to the library. It brought back so many wonderful memories of our trip there. I only wish I had owned a digital camera back then. All my pictures of that vacation are stuck in photo albums.





I made several of the dishes mentioned in the book, like this one with rice & peas, but I cannot share the recipes here due to copyright laws. Trust me, you won't regret checking out this book so you can try them yourself.

Just look at these photos!! Does this look like an ordinary cookbook???
No way!
It is a gorgeous book, with gold edging on the pages &
a black velvet ribbon to mark your spot.It is also extraordinary in its depiction of this wonderfully magical city.

I made the sausage & carmelized onions recipe but passed on including the polenta,
as we're not big fans of it.

I added some red & orange peppers to the mix for a little color & extra flavor boost.
Yummo!

Wish I'd had a pair of white gloves to toss across the silver tray, as shown in the photo above.

I suspect the drinks shown in the book were *adult beverages*
...mine was sans alcohol & it was my breakfast!!

A healthy combination of low-fat strawberry yogurt, fresh strawberries, 1/2 of a banana & a wee bit of low fat milk all swirled in the blender. You get your calcium, fiber, Vitamin. C & potassium all in one glass.

Thanks Jain, for creating this fun way to eat & read our way through some beautiful books.
Thank you to my faithful followers who continue to visit
the Gazebo House, too.
Be sure to visit Jain at Food For Thought to see what others a reading & eating!

CHEERS!!