5 Cookbooks for Valentine's Day Romance
What better way to the heart on Valentine's Day than a romantic meal or sweet treat? Cookbook Village celebrates this special day with a feature on five cookbooks for Valentine's Day romance, passion and love. Each of the cookbooks honors the day of love in its own special way. We hope that you have something special planned with your partner, family or friends. And, if you don't... you never know when Cupid may strike. One of these cookbooks may be just the ingredient you need to ignite the flame. Read on to see the five cookbooks for Valentine's Day romance.
1. Heart of the Home Cookbook
Format: Hardcover with dust jacket, 159 pages
Copyright: 1986
Author: Susan Branch
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
This used cookbook is available at Cookbook Village for $9 (at the time of writing)
Susan Branch cookbooks go straight to the heart. Her beautiful illustrations and celebration of food are evident in each of her cookbooks. Heart of the Home cookbook will take you through the seasons including a Valentine's Day celebration. For many, the heart of the home is the kitchen. Indeed, Branch, through her cookbook, celebrates the kitchen like no other culinary author. Bring some magic into your home. See the complete listing.
2. The Passionate Palate Cookbook
Format: Softcover, 340 pages
Copyright: 1999
Author: Desiree Witkowski
Publisher: Liewellyn Publications
This used cookbook is available at Cookbook Village for: $9 (at the time of writing)
The cover art for the Passionate Palate cookbook makes it the perfect selection for our Valentine's Day cookbooks feature. This soul-nourishing cookbook touts its "recipes for cooking up a delicious life." And if Heavenly Hash Fudge, Sweet Potato Biscuits and Stay-in-Bed Fruit and Wine Omelet are any indication of the cookbook's capability to spark up some romance, we trust it can make good on its promise. See the complete listing.
3. Barbara Cartland's The Romance of Food Cookbook
Format: Hardcover and dust jacket, 176 pages
Copyright: 1984
Author: Barbara Cartland
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc.
This used cookbook is available at Cookbook Village for: $10 (at the time of writing)
Next on our list of Valentine's Day inspired cookbooks is The Romance of Food cookbook by Barbara Cartland. Who better to inspire romance but leading romance novelist Cartland. Her aphrodisiacal selection of recipes includes footnotes that expand on the history, legend and magical powers associated with them. Flower of the Heart, Fleur de Lis d'Amour and Summer Splendor are among the romance-inducing recipes Cartland explores in her cookbook. See the complete listing.
4. Passion for Baking Cookbook
Format: Hardcover and dust jacket, 320 pages
Copyright: 2007
Author: Marcy Goldman
Publisher: Oxmoor House
This used cookbook is available at Cookbook Village for $8.50 (at the time of writing)
They say there's no better way to a man's heart than through his stomach. The Passion for Baking cookbook would certainly come up to the task. Chocolate Eruption Cheesecake--the name says it all. Romance is sure to ensue with Passion for Baking from Marcy Goldman in hand. This cookbook gives you even more reasons to celebrate. With over 220 recipes, you'll learn to bake decadent sweets that will surely take your romance to the next level. See the complete listing.
5. Love from the Heart of the Home Cookbook
Format: Small format hardcover and dust jacket, 64 pages.
Copyright: 1994
Author: Susan Branch
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
This used cookbook is available at Cookbook Village for $5 (at the time of writing)
Aphrodisiacs, love potions and recipe set the stage for passion and romance. The title "Love" says it all. Susan Branch packs this little gift-sized cookbook so much love and attention to detail. Like all her cookbooks, the beautiful illustrations and cozy warmth of the home resonate from Love from the Heart of the Home's pages. Dinner for Two, Breakfast in Bed... sounds romantic to us. See the complete listing.
