As a former food editor and stylist with Martha Stewart and food director of Ladies' Home Journal magazine, Tara Bench—more commonly known as Tara Teaspoon—knows how to create and showcase gorgeously themed meals for every lifestyle and occasion.
For our November LDS Living Book Club pick, we will be diving into and cooking up a storm with some of the recipes from Live Life Deliciously with Tara Teaspoon!
In her first cookbook, Tara shares more than 120 delicious showstopping recipes that are designed to impress. From leisurely weekend brunches spent over burrata cheese with grilled peaches and orange zest chimichurri to easy weeknight rice bowls with carrot-ginger dressing to a mouthwatering Italian crostata baked tart, Tara explains how to put together and master several special go-to dishes from the culinary capitals of the world to add to your repertoire.
What This Month Holds
- • eBook giveaway on Monday, November 2nd
- • A weekly featured recipe—let's get cooking together!
- • Weekly cooking tips videos with the author, Tara Teaspoon
- • An exclusive Book Club cook-along video with Tara on November 24 to help you prep for Thanksgiving
About LDS Living Book Club
Each month we choose a new book to read together. Joining is easy! Simply follow @ldslivingbookclub on Instagram for reading reminders and details about our live Q&A with the author.
About the Book
In her first cookbook, Tara Teaspoon shares more than 120 delicious showstopping recipes that are designed to impress. The book features a section where she provides a basic recipe that can then be easily transformed into two or three new recipes to make meal planning a breeze for busy weeknight schedules. This book also shows serious foodies how to present food as an interesting and beautiful culinary experience with dishes that taste as delicious as they look. Live Life Deliciously with Tara Teaspoon is available now at Deseret Book stores, DeseretBook.com and on the Deseret Bookshelf mobile app!
About the Author
Tara Bench has spent more than 20 years in the food publishing industry creating recipes and articles, and food styling for various magazines, books, television, and advertising. Most recently she has been the food and entertaining director of Ladies' Home Journal magazine. Prior to working at the Journal, Tara was a food editor at Martha Stewart Living, Kids, and Weddings magazines. She has appeared on the Martha Stewart television show, The Today Show, and on The Food Network as a show judge and contestant.