CookShelfSingle-subject cookbooks are suddenly becoming quite popular. Susie discussed this trend in her blog, Return of the single subject cookbook, giving them a ringing endorsement, " all the things we love about books - the…
Jamie Oliver recently posted on Instagram a photo of all the words he would never say. These include "moist, gush, encrusted, minge, flange, stuffed, gash, and smeared." Actually, Oliver appears to be consistently…
Amazon recently announced an expansion of its online grocery delivery service. Formerly available only in Seattle, it's now expanding to Los Angeles. Basically, the company is offering customers same-day and…
William Sitwell describes himself as "a writer, editor (of [our indexed magazine] Waitrose Kitchen), and presenter who can't stop eating." He talked to us about the unique approach and inspiration behind his new book, A…
We just passed the 4,000 mark in indexed cookbooks! And to celebrate, we have two cookbook giveaways.* This post is to win one of three copies of the first book, A History of Food in 100 Recipes, by our interviewed…
Here are some fun suggestions from restaurant owner Peter Hoffman via the Wall Street Journal. His mission was to "test gear for the ambitious campside cook." He had us at the bio lite stove that generates enough…
Now this is fun - a collection of vintage cookbooks by vintage celebrities (we apologize for the U.S.-centric nature of the post; if any of our other members have some vintage celebrity cookbooks from the U.K. or…
Michael Pollan has long been a rational, non-hectoring voice for eating wisely and sustainably. His Food Rules continue to be quoted widely (including don't eat anything your Grandmother wouldn't recognize as food;…
We may be preaching to the converted, but it's a good idea now and then to remember why we love printed cookbooks (and why buying more isn't a bad thing). So at the risk of being an enabler to all our cookbook addict…
According to Time Magazine, a recent United Nations report states that we will have to eat more bugs to stave off world hunger. In Fight World Hunger by Eating Bugs, Urges U.N., they point out that bugs are a…
We've all heard of fusion cooking - but apparently fused desserts are also a popular item. To recognize their notoriety, BuzzFeed has produced a list of 17 hybrid pastries that they regard as really exciting. Check out…
America's Test Kitchen (which publishes Cook's Illustrated) recently told us to Say Hello to the Best Metal Spatula. Somewhat surprisingly, they propose that a fish spatula is actually the best spatula to use for all…
