Sharing Karina’s Family Table Tastebook

I’m going to brag on a fellow blogger’s new cookbook.  Karina’s Family Table Tastebook by Karina Allrich.  This book is beautiful and full of great looking food.  I can’t wait to start cooking!

I first found Karina on the internet as the Gluten Free Goddess.  I had just been told I could not eat gluten and had no idea what to look for when cooking.  I was very nervous and scared about the prospect of having to change my entire diet but learned within an hour of finding out just why it needed to be done.  I had taken a vitamin that contained gluten and had that same terrible reaction that often occurred: the swelling of my abdomen, the immediate draining of all energy, the aches and pains and the headaches.  Now at least I knew the source of these problems.  I had to change my diet immediately and I was lucky enough to find a great resource to help me.

I read Karina’s blog often in the beginning.  Not knowing what a blog really was or how it worked I did not sign up to receive emails when she posted new things.  Learn from my mistake.  If you find a blog you like sign up so you don’t miss a thing!  After finding out there were so many more food items that irritated my system I again went back to the now Karina’s Kitchen blog.  What great information, food advice and recipes.

Karina recently posted something new on a Tastebook.  That sounded interesting but I had no idea how cool this was.  I followed the link on her blog and ordered this wonderful cookbook.  I was able to choose the cover I liked from an assortment.  I could even dedicate it to someone if it was a gift.  Well this gift was for me.  When the book arrived it was all wrapped up in this beautiful green paper with my name on it.  It was like opening a special treasure just for me.  Every recipe she created has a photo that she took.  Love that!  Here is the cool thing, the book is spiral bound so it can be opened and I can add more recipes as they become available.  How cool is that.  It’s a living cookbook.

Thank you Karina for creating a wonderful cookbook, finding such a cool company as Tastebook and for sharing it all with us.