A Collection of Recipes and Cooking Demonstrations from the Cookbook Delights Series
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Karen Jean Matsko Hood, accomplished author, poet, cook, and epicurean writer, has written a wide variety of books for your family…educational, informative, how-to guidebooks, cookbooks, fiction, and nonfiction. She has been working for years to bring you quality books that are engaging, insightful, and entertaining. It is her passion.
For adults, Karen has published a number of fiction and nonfiction books, all of which would make a great addition to your library. For children, we have several activity and coloring books, full of entertaining pictures and illustrations as well as fiction and nonfiction books.
We carry an assortment of products displaying her beautiful poetry and art. Bookmarks, puzzles, posters, framed prints, even mouse pads! Please search our website for the books you are looking for. We have a wide range of varieties and topics, and we are dedicated to bringing you new books every day!
The following books have been featured on KXLY’s Good Morning Northwest–ABC Affiliate in Spokane, Washington. Click on the links to view the videos.
Easter Delights Cookbook – aired April 9, 2009
During this deeply spiritual time of the year, author and cook Karen Jean Matsko Hood brings her readers a unique cookbook full of inspiration in these tasty and filling recipes. This cookbook is written with the novice cook in mind and will be enjoyed by the accomplished cook as well. It is satisfying to the soul to include all members of the family in helping to prepare for this yearly feast time. Hood’s recipes are wholesome and will please the whole family as well as company for this special time of the year. These recipes contain ingredients that are easily found at your local market year round.
Halloween Delights Cookbook – aired September 28, 2008
For this fun and festive time of the year, author Karen Jean Matsko Hood presents a unique cookbook that is full of tasty and satisfying recipes. Inside are page after page of mouth-watering recipes that will certainly be a hit with family and friends during this special time. Written for the novice cook as well as the accomplished chef, Halloween Delights Cookbook will be appreciated by all. The ingredients for each recipe can be found at your local market throughout the year. Halloween Delights Cookbook is sure to be a valuable addition to your kitchen library and a great gift idea for the chef on your giving list.
Huckleberry Delights Cookbook – aired September 7, 2008
For those of us living in the heart of Washington, we enjoy a deeper appreciation of the huckleberry. The Pacific Northwest yields the greatest bounty of huckleberries in the country, from which author Karen Jean Matsko Hood writes and gathers her recipes for Huckleberry Delights Cookbook. Hood has brought together carefully selected huckleberry recipes with easy-to-follow directions for beginner and accomplished cooks alike. These recipes are compiled with readily available ingredients as well as lots of poetry, history, and folklore for the reader to thoroughly enjoy time and time again. This would be a wonderful addition to any cook’s cookbook collection.
Peaches are always evocative of summertime fun. Many of us think of times spent savoring fresh peaches from our grocer, a favorite roadside stand, or picked from our own trees. Elberta, Hale, Cling, Red Haven, Gala…fresh peaches can be enjoyed from mid-July through early September, depending upon the climate and variety.
Delicious peaches are versatile, nutritious, and always adds a flair to many dishes, whether used in cakes, pies and breads, in preserves, as a salad ingredient, in wines or brandies, or any number of other imaginative ways. In Peach Delights Cookbook, author Karen Jean Matsko Hood presents her collection of more than 250 exciting Peach recipes that will be sure to please everyone. Inside, you will also find some fascinating reading regarding this delicious fruit’s history, folklore, cultivation, and much more. With recipes using readily available ingredients, Peach Delights Cookbook will be a valued addition to any chef’s bookshelf.
Rhubarb is an all-time favorite vegetable that once was used for medicinal purposes, but has always tasted delicious in Mom’s homemade pie. In this cookbook, you’ll find more than just pie recipes to spark your imagination in cooking with rhubarb.
Delicious rhubarb is versatile, nutritious, and always adds a special flair to many dishes, whether used in cakes, pies and breads, in preserves, as a salad ingredient, in wines or brandies, or any number of other imaginative ways. In Rhubarb Delights Cookbook, author Karen Jean Matsko Hood presents her collection of more than 250 exciting rhubarb recipes that will be sure to please everyone. Inside, you will also find some fascinating reading regarding this old-time favorite’s history, folklore, cultivation, and much more. With recipes using readily available ingredients, Rhubarb Delights Cookbook will be a valued addition to any chef’s bookshelf.
Strawberry Delights Cookbook – aired June 29, 2008
The strawberry is the king of berries and the pride of gardeners everywhere. Probably no other berry is as closely associated with summertime as is the strawberry. From the visual appeal of the dark red berries peeking out from among the lush green foliage, to the unrivaled juicy sweetness to be had in eating them, strawberries are an oh-so-enjoyable part of everyone’s summer experience and can be relished frozen all year long.
Delicious strawberries are versatile, nutritious, and always add a special flair to many dishes, whether used in cakes, pies and breads, in preserves, as a salad ingredient, in wines or brandies, or any number of other imaginative ways. In Strawberry Delights Cookbook, author Karen Jean Matsko Hood presents her collection of more than 250 exciting strawberry recipes that will be sure to please everyone. Inside, you will also find some fascinating reading regarding this popular berry’s history, folklore, cultivation, and much more. With recipes using readily available ingredients, Strawberry Delights Cookbook will be a valued addition to any chef’s bookshelf.
