BLOG TOUR: Warm Up Your Winter: Holiday Hot Chocolate and Cider Recipes w/Laura Powell

About the Author

Laura Powell grew up in the Salt Lake Valley. She gained a passion for cooking from her mother and created her own recipe book as a young girl along with participating in a summer cooking program through the Deseret News. She began her blog, realmomkitchen.com, in April of 2008 as a way to showcase her passion for cooking. Since then, realmomkitchen.com has turned into her own small business. Laura continues to reside in Utah with her husband and 3 children.

About the Book

Snuggle up next to the fire! While winter rages outside, nothing beats a steaming mug of hot chocolate or cider. Warm up Your Winter includes delightful recipes like Classic Hot Cocoa, Pumpkin Pie White Hot Chocolate, and Hot Caramel Apple Cider. Also included are topping recipes and ideas on how to serve up a hot beverage bar for an unforgettable holiday get-together.

Author of Real Mom Kitchen, Laura Powell brings you a collection of recipes sure to get you toasty on even the coldest evenings. Don’t just survive the winter—warm it up! 

Visit Laura at http://realmomkitchen.com/ or view her blog tour schedule at http://blog.cedarfort.com/blog-tour-warm-up-your-winter-holiday-hot-chocolate-and-cider-recipes/

REVIEW: Warm Up Your Winter by Laura Powell

Date:                         8/29/13

Title:                         Warm Up Your Winter

Author:                    Laura Powell

ISBN 13:                   978-1-4621-1204-3

Pages:                      26

Publisher:               Front Table/Cedar Fort

Cover:                      Paperback

Rating:                    3 Stars

I receive this book as a part of the Cedar Fort review program. Honestly, I can say this is not a

book that I would have bought on my own.  Although the recipes in this book are good recipes, I’ve seen them elsewhere, either in other cookbooks or on the internet and have actually made some of these myself.

On the other hand, the one recipe that was unfamiliar happened to be the very first recipe: Nutella Hot Chocolate. I absolutely loathe Nutella, however, my husband loves it, so I will try the recipe for him. Nutella? Who knew?  The only other exception to the rule was Caramel Apple Drink. I think I’ll try that one as well.

Because this book almost seems like a pamphlet of recipes, I would love to see, in the future, a book from the author that includes these recipes in a much larger recipe book, perhaps with other holiday recipes to include meals and desserts. Just a thought.

“I received a free copy of this book from Cedar Fort, for my honest review. The opinions expressed here are my own.”