Edible Gems - Sorbet / Ice Cream / Granita Edition

The Kitchy Kitchen - Raspberry Pink Peppercorn Sorbet / A Cozy Kitchen - Salt Honey Ice Cream / A Cozy Kitchen - Mexican Chocolate Chili Ice Cream / Sprouted Kitchen - Peppermint Ice Cream / Gourmande in the Kitchen - Triple Coconut Sorbet / Yummy Supper - Pomegranate Granita

Edible Gems - Drink Edition

The Boys Club - Plum Blackberry Cobbler / Pretty Plain Janes - Candied Grapefruit Cocktail / The Kitchy Kitchen - The Backyard Cocktail / For Me, For You - Summer Drinks / A Cozy Kitchen - Satsuma Orange Margarita / Julie's Farm Table - Blackberry Gin Fizz

Edible Gems - Popsicle Edition

Two Loves Studio - Blueberry and Orange Icy Pops / A Cozy Kitchen - Cherry Lambic & Cream Popsicle / Smitten Kitchen - Butterscotch Pudding Popsicles / Take a Megabite - Watermelon Lemonade Ice Pops / La Lovetta - Old Fashioned Bourbon Cherry Popsicles / Crepes of Wrath - Vietnamese Coffee Pops

Edible Gems - Bright Edition

Crepes of Wrath - Meyer Lemon Curd / A Cozy Kitchen - Spicy Cucumber Margarita / That's So Michelle - Maple Blueberry Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting / Love & Olive Oil - Hibiscus Mango Sorbet / Dolcetto Confections - Kiwi Sorbet / Martha Stewart - Vanilla Cupcakes with Fruit Glaze

Edible Gems - Cookie Edition

Averie Cooks - Dark Chocolate Dark Brown Sugar Cookies / My Name is Yeh - Peppermint Marshmallow Sandwich Cookies / A Cozy Kitchen - Key Lime Pie Cookies / Butter Me Up, Brooklyn! - Maplesnaps / Butter Me Up, Brooklyn! - Animal Crackers / Take a Megabite - Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Edible Gems - Another Eat with a Spoon Edition

Pinch of Yum - Double Chocolate Oatmeal / Joy the Baker - Banana, Walnut & Chocolate Cookie Cake / Melody (Gourmet) Fury - Chocolate Hazelnut Souffle / A Cozy Kitchen - Mocha Granita / Cafe Fernando - Chocolate Ice Cream / Bakers Royale - Banana Bread Pudding

BOOKS - April / May

Book time.

Note - I discovered so many picture books during the last two months that I'm going to do a separate post devoted to them.

[edit - here's that picture book post.]

[Also, here's a link to the December / January / February / March book post and here's all the other previous book posts.]

Some of the books I enjoyed reading in April and May (an odd mix) -

We Killed: The Rise of Women in American Comedy by Yael Kohen / Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier / No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy / Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life: Volume One by Bryan Lee O'Malley / Everything is Perfect When You're a Liar by Kelly Oxford / The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey / Housekeeping vs. the Dirt by Nick Hornby / A Sport and a Pastime by James Salter

Now all the awesome-looking (non-picture-book) books I found during the last two months (aka - books I plan to read someday)....

My Dirty Dumb Eyes by Lisa Hanawalt

How to Boil an Egg by Rose Carrarini

Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted and All the Brilliant Minds Who Made The Mary Tyler Moore Show a Classic by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong / Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Critical Reading of the Series (BFI TV Classics) by Anne Billson / Strippers, Showgirls and Sharks: A Very Opinionated History of the Broadway Musicals That Did Not Win the Tony Award by Peter Filichia

Artists' Textiles 1940-1976 by Geoff Rayner, Richard Chamberlain and Annamarie Phelps

Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach

Ranch Houses: Living the California Dream by David Weingarten and Lucia Howard, photography by Joe Fletcher / Hello Nature by William Wegman

The Book of Palms by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius

Flimsy Little Plastic Miracles by Ron Currie, Jr.

Hello World: Where Design Meets Life by Alice Rawsthorn / Decorative Art 50s / Eames Design by John Neuhart and Marilyn Neuhart / Jacqueline Groag: Textile & Pattern Design 

The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer

Forty-One False Starts: Essays on Artists and Writers by Janet Malcolm / How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare by Ken Ludwig / Daily Rituals: How Artists Work by Mason Currey

Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley

Pancakes: 72 Sweet and Savory Recipes for the Perfect Stack by Adrianna Adarm / Crackers & Dips: More than 50 Handmade Snacks by Ivy Manning, photographed by Jen Altman / Smoke & Pickles: Recipes and Stories from a New Southern Kitchen by Edward Lee

Avedon Fashion 1944-2000: The Definitive Collection

The Dinner by Herman Koch / Zebra Forest by Adina Rishe Gewirtz / Unnatural Creatures stories selected by Neil Gaiman

Alastair Morton and Edinburgh Weavers: Visionary Textiles and Modern Art by Lesley Jackson

Mermaid in Chelsea Creek by Michelle Tea

Barnaby: Volume One by Crockett Johnson / Bad Machinery: The Case of the Team Spirit by John Allison

That's Disgusting: Unraveling the Mysteries of Repulsion by Rachel Herz / Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality by Jacob Tomsky

Edible Gems - ... to eat with your hands

Kitchen Runway - Chili Lime French Fries with Cotija Cheese / Hungry Girl Por Vida - Beer Battered Pickles / Always With Butter - Baked Onion Rings / I Am A Food Blog - Triple Cooked Fries / Food for My Family - Homemade Potato Chips with Avocado Ranch Dip / A Cozy Kitchen - Portobello Fries with Basil Aioli (I cannot express how much I love these things)

Edible Gems - ....with some green involved

Bev Cooks - Steak with Pesto Gnocchi / Smitten Kitchen - Pasta with Garlicky Broccoli Rabe / Eats Well With Others - Pasta with Garlic Scapes Pesto, Sugar Snap Peas and Ricotta / Jenny Steffens Hobick - Pesto Shrimp Pizza / A Cozy Kitchen - Garlic Parmesan Top Knots / Butter Me Up, Brooklyn! - Spinach and Feta Scramble

Edible Gems - Pancakes

Smashed Raspberry Chocolate Chunk Pancakes at Joy the Baker / Peanut Butter Chocolate Swirl Pancakes at Naturally Ella / Tiramisu Pancakes at Steamy Kitchen / Lemon Raspberry Pancakes at Baked Bree / Berry Silver Dollar Pancakes at Une-deux Senses / Coffee Pancakes at A Cozy Kitchen

Edible Gems - Fried

Sorry if you're one of those (crazy and/or healthy, ha) people who don't ingest fried things...

Avocado Fries at A Cozy Kitchen / Potato Rings at Spoon Fork Bacon / Spiced Lime Fried Chicken at Ceramic Canvas / Fried Plantains at A Cozy Kitchen / Apple Rings at How To: Simplify / Fish & Chips at Notions & Notations of a Novice Cook

Edible Gems - ... that happen to be green in color

starting in the upper-left corner and moving clockwise - Kiwi Capiroska Cocktail from Spoon Fork Bacon / Avocado Pesto Pasta at A Cozy Kitchen (this stuff is SO FREAKING DELICIOUS!) / Key Lime Pie Mojito at Daydreamer Desserts / Garlic Potato Rounds with Pesto and Shaved Avocado at Confessions of a Redhead / Lemon Broccoli Pasta at Katie at the Kitchen Door / Edamame Dip at Aggie's Kitchen