Welcome back to Blanket Fort Broadcasts, recorded in our homes during quarantine! In this installment, we’re bringing you some of our favorite recipes and baking-centric reads available for free online and through Portsmouth Public Library’s digital collection. Items marked with asterisks are available in hard-copy form through our curbside pickup service.

 

Featuring:  Andrew (Youth Services Library Assistant), Gretyl (Supervisor of Youth Services), MaryJo (Circulation Library Assistant), Michaela (Emerging Technologies Librarian), and Poleena (Reference Library Assistant)

 

The Complete Baking Book for Young Chefs, edited by Molly Birnbaum*

 

Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazi* 

 

Bloom by Kevin Panetta and Savanna Ganucheau 

 

It’s Alive with Brad from Bon Appetit

 

The Great British Baking Show from PBS (seasons 1-5 on Hoopla) 

 

Meal by Blue Delliquanti with Soleil Ho* 

 

Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat, read by the author (Overdrive/Libby) 

 

Home Cooking podcast from Samin Nosrat and Hrishikesh Hirway

 

No Kimchi for Me! By Aram Kim 

 

Bilal Cooks Daal by Aisha Saeed and Anoosha Syed

 

Relish by Lucy Knisley* 

 

Pretend Soup and Other Real Recipes: A Cookbook for Preschoolers by Mollie Katzen and Ann Henderson*

 

*Available from Portsmouth Public Library through our curbside pickup service.