Carol Hopkins, Book Reviewer

Book Review

A Cowboy in the Kitchen

by Carol Hopkins

The author of this cookbook used to punch cows. Now he tells you how to cook them. Realize some other things about this book… first, it’s a good read. Wedged between recipes is cowboy lore and Texas history. Second, the restaurant... Read More

Book Review

The Vegetarian Chili Cookbook

by Carol Hopkins

For cooks anxious to rev up their dull chili routine, here’s a well-researched recipe collection that blows the lid off this hearty dish. Robertson has divided and subdivided the seemingly uncomplex world of vegetarian chili into five... Read More

Book Review

Food of Jamaica

by Carol Hopkins

A travel guide with recipes might be the best way to explain The Food of Jamaica. The narrative helps explain how this island nation came to have the cuisine it does. The best explanation for Jamaica’s wide-ranging cuisine rests with... Read More

Book Review

Working

by Carol Hopkins

For anyone who ever wondered what the world of prostitution might be like, here it is, in all its vivid detail. At age 27, the author, Dolores French, a native of Louisville, Ky., decided to become a prostitute. This book proves she... Read More

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