RECIPES

Sweet and Savory

About the cookbooks...

Please enjoy these two digitized cookbooks,"Confections of a Sweet Tooth", and, "Hanging the Moon", originally released as hardcover bound editions, in 2019. Created exclusively for Ars Poetica Designs, by Lisa Careau, both volumes feature her still life food photography that corresponds with each dish, specially developed in her kitchen.

(An additional collection of general recipes is also featured below)

Please enjoy these two cookbooks, which were released in 2019 as hardcover bound editions. Recently, each title was digitized for the APD viewership's enjoyment. Both editions contain original recipes, which feature corresponding still life food photography, all produced from Lisa Careau's kitchen. Below is an additional gallery of recipes, post-cookbooks, which will be ever-expanding over time. Click on any of the photos in the gallery below to link with the recipes.

Confections of a Sweet Tooth

A collection of crave-worthy treats

Hanging the Moon

from hearty soups to

satisfying pasta dishes...

General Recipes

Maple Sugar-glazed Carrots

In both of my cookbooks, the idiom, "gilding the lily", appears at the end of every recipe. It's my riff on an old phrasal verb traceable back to Shakespeare's time, which essentially means to further enhance something that's already beautiful.

FIND THE RECIPE HERE:

Switchel (aka: Ginger Drink)

During the long Labor Day weekend, if you've been driving through rural New England, you've likely observed farmers harvesting the final cutting of hay for the season.

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Bev's Excellent Potato Salad

Potato salad is one of those versatile side dishes of which there are countless versions. It seems I've practically tried them all, but there's one that has reigned supreme for me for decades.

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My Oh Mey(er) Lemon Pie

With just the right amount of tang, this little gem of a pie comes together in a snap, and is suitable for all levels of baking knowhow.

FIND THE RECIPE HERE: