Turn your 10-12 standard meals into 50 new taste sensations by introducing new spices! No one cooks by spice, yet all the spice books are organized that way. This book gives details on 100 spices, but also lists all the main foods we eat. Under each food, such as corn, ham, rice, etc. is a list of spices that go with that food followed by recipes to cook using that main ingredient. All this is on the same page. It is practical, user-friendly and arranged according to how we really cook.
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Born in Wisconsin and raised in central Illinois, Linda K. Murdock fell in love with Denver on a business trip and six months later had hitched a trailer to her hatchback and headed West. Once in Denver she had a variety of jobs selling ads, doing financial planning and working in the tax department of a gold mining firm. She and her husband started a printing company and from there she learned the skills necessary to put together a book.
Because her husband was allergic to MSG and other preservatives, Ms. Murdock delved into the world of spices and created a unique approach to organizing her research. Not only did she do what all spice books do, which is to list the spices alphabetically, but she organized the book by the foods we eat. It is this practical approach to cooking, by varying the spices in our every day meals rather than our grocery buying habits, that is her strongest appeal. She has recently followed up A Busy Cook's Guide to Spices with A Busy Cook's Guide to Flavor-Packed Cookies and Bars with an emphasis on flavor over frostings. You may see her most recent television interview on her publisher's website.
Although many writers focus on a particular subject, Ms. Murdock prefers writing about what interests her. She reads a lot of mystery series and created a crossword puzzle book called Mystery Lover's Puzzle Book that became the number 3 paperback bestseller in December 2007 for the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. She also has written an insider's book on Colorado for those who want to know the ins and outs of living or traveling there with many historical references. She does occasional articles for the Colorado Blues Society and wrote and researched an article on Frank P. Marugg, The Man behind the Denver Boot for the Colorado Historical Society.
You can stay in touch by subscribing to weekly articles that she does through Ezine Articles. Subjects include how to spice specific foods, how to use coffee grounds for fertilizer and book reviews on recent mystery writers.
