IACP 2023 Award Finalists
The nominees for the 2023 IACP Cookbook and Media Awards prove that there remain deep reservoirs of culinary knowledge, cultural heritage, and cooking, baking, and drinks techniques to explore. The books cover…
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Does this settle the scone debates?
Scones have been an integral part of afternoon tea in the UK for hundreds of years. The recent coronation of King Charles reinforced this tradition and drove sales of scones up by 120%. Clotted cream and jam sales also…
Food news antipasto
Peeking inside celebrities' kitchens and pantries is a source of fascination for people. It may be so popular because it's a way to relate to the celebrities (they're just like me because they have [insert your favorite…
Increase your cooking intelligence with RecipeIQ
One of the things I miss about the recipe app that I once used (now defunct) is that it quickly calculated nutritional information based on the ingredient list. While there are a handful of websites that offer such…
Brouhaha over burrata
Food writer Tammie Teclamariam (winner of a Best Emerging Voice award from the James Beard Foundation in 2022) stirred a hornet's nest with her recent opinion piece for Grub Street titled "A Big Fat Blob of Boring: Can…
Mourning the loss of Canadian culinary icon Rose Murray
We learned the sad news that Rose Murray, a Canadian culinary icon and celebrated cookbook author, has passed away. Her food writing regularly appeared in Canadian Living, The Globe and Mail and other publications, and…
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In a surprise move, Cher recently said that she is getting into the frozen desserts game with a line of gelatos under the brand name Cherlato. The singer said the launch was years in the making. In the Instagram post…
Some (in the UK) like it hot
In the United States, hot sauce has been a favorite condiment for many years (remember Hillary Clinton talking about keeping a bottle in her purse?), and the love for spicy food has likewise been around for a long time.…
No Famous Chocolate Wafers? No problem.
Nabisco recently roiled home bakers by announcing that they were discontinuing their Famous Chocolate Wafer cookies. People relied on these dark, crumbly cookies for no-bake cakes and crumb crusts, and bakers lamented…
The latest TikTok food fad isn't cool, it's cold
You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream, and then we throw it at each other. If the latter half of that sentence sounds bizarre to you, that's because you have not yet seen the latest TikTok trend where ice…
Will the Le Creuset factory sale live up to the hype?
It was Sea Salt that hooked me. For many years I owned but one Le Creuset item, a 7 quart Dutch oven in white that I purchased as a factory second from a now defunct distributor. Le Creuset's revolving palette of colors…
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GBBO finalist Crystelle Pereira just released her first cookbook, Flavour Kitchen, to rave reviews. She recently sat down with The Independent to discuss life after Bake Off, the decision to quit her day job and focus…