Village Books Blog

Guest Blog Post: Jeanne Sauvage, "Tips For Negotiating the Season of Festive Food as a Gluten-Free Person"

Jeanne Sauvage is the woman behind the popular blog, The Art of Gluten-Free Baking. Her philosophy for gluten-free baking: The recipe needs to be delicious or what's the point? She will be at the store on Wed., Dec. 12, 7pm... Read more →

Another Village Books/Book Fare Café Cookbook Challenge

Last fall, Village Books and Book Fare Café participated in Artisan Books’ “Cookbook Challenge,” where an advance copy of a cookbook (Mourad: New Moroccan) was sent to us and we cooked recipes to test and taste. This year we signed... Read more →

The 30-Day Vegan Challenge Ends

Having (more or less) fulfilled the 30-day vegan challenge, here are my final thoughts. 1) I had to eat twice as much food. Perhaps it was my metabolism, but I found myself hungry an hour after eating a vegan meal.... Read more →

For the Love of Food! Blog Action Day 2011

What is Blog Action Day? It's a day for bloggers worldwide to unite on one global topic. This year the topic is food and Christina and Kacie each share their own thoughts on the subject. To learn more about Blog... Read more →

30-Day Vegan Challenge: Week II

So I've taken the 30-Day Vegan Challenge, and one week in, I feel pretty good about it. No problems finding vegan food in Bellingham. I don't cook in my house. I live in a boarding house, and the reasons I... Read more →

Taking on the Mourad: New Moroccan Cookbook Challenge

There’s something very comforting about eating Moroccan food. Maybe it’s the intricate flavorings of spices, all familiar, yet also exotic. Or maybe it’s the warm feeling I get when eating a “tagine,” which is a stew of meat and vegetables... Read more →

VB's 30-Day Vegan Challenge

In October, I, along with several other staff members here at Village Books, will be taking the 30-Day Vegan Challenge, partly guided and/or inspired by the book of the same name. Actually, the full name of the book is The... Read more →

On Eating Animals

The latest book I'm taking on is Jonathan Safran Foer's latest, Eating Animals. Those of you who know me know that I may be a weensy obsessed with Foer's fiction. Although I'm a strict fiction reader, I had to delve... Read more →

The sensual pleasure of food

The texture. The bite. The aroma. Not to mention that my dog, Sam, likes to park himself on a rug in the kitchen and watch me cook, that is when I make it up from the couch where I'm reading... Read more →

An Evening "In The Kitchen" with Katherine Flinn

Below is an account of an special book and food event written by Sheri Toomey, a bookseller at Village Books: Let me just say my mouth was watering from all the heavenly scents emanating from In the Kitchen as Kathleen... Read more →