CookShelfAnne Willan. founder of La Varenne cooking school in France, has a new book out - The Cookbook Library which reviews the history of recipes and cookbooks over the last several centuries. She has an interesting article…
As reported in the New York Times, a new website, The Braiser will go live in a couple of weeks with constant coverage of "chefs who have cultivated a worldwide reputation". It will be interesting to see if they can…
You may remember a month or so ago there was a controversial article in the New York Times by Julia Moskin regarding the ghostwriting of cookbooks. Indignant responses were fired from Gwyneth Paltrow, Rachael Ray and…
As a night owl myself (as anyone who gets emails from me after midnight EST knows), I could really relate to Susie's article on NPR Kitchen Window. For those people who have more energy and brain-power at night than in…
Cookbook author Denise Vivaldo is the owner of more than 1,000 cookbooks and the author of several herself. In her article today in the Huffington Post she explains why holding a cookbook in her hands is so important to…
Paula Forbes at Eater produces a major round up of all the new cookbooks being published in the next few months. Can't say I spotted any major trends but as usual in the summer there are books on grilling, ice pops, and…
The food world is abuzz with negative reactions to the theories on food and eating out, put forward by Tyler Cowen in his new book 'An Economist Gets Lunch' and in an article in The Atlantic. In addition to the buzz on…
Dianne Jacob of the Will Write for Food blog interviews Doc Willoughby, Executive Editor of the Cook's Illustrated and Cook's Country magazines. He explains how they test recipes (over and over and over) and shares his…
Jeremiah Tower, the founding chef at Chez Panisse and the founder of the legendary Stars restaurant in San Francisco, has now retired from professional cooking. But he is still writing and reading and he shares in…
Debbie Koenig has a new cookbook out Parents Need to Eat Too. In the Huffington Post today she explains why she is quitting her job (well almost) as chef to her fussy 5 year-old son.
I just saw a funny tweet where chef Andrew Carmellini owns up to the important role his co-writer played in the writing of his two cookbooks. If only all cookbook "authors" were this honest. Though in full disclosure,…
Gwyneth Paltrow has added her voice to the chorus of cookbook authors denying they use ghostwriters. It is interesting though that her book My Father's Daughter was used to illustrate the article in the New York Times…
