CookShelfPoivrade artichokes. Veal kidneys. Gilt-head bream. Mastic crystals. These are a few of the ingredients I've seen as I page my way through hundreds of cookbooks on my long, slow path to holiday roundup. And, though I…
When the whole preserving-canning thing took hold in the cookbook world a few years ago, it seemed to me that it owed its resurgence to an essentially vegetarian source culture - you know, homesteaders and beekeepers…
At first, it was only Julie Powell, blogging her way to stardom as she chronicled her mastery of Julia Child's magnum opus. David Lebovitz and Pam Anderson were out there too. The books food bloggers used to write…
For this month's author profile, we have a glimpse into the three favorite cookbooks of an author currently more in the news for his baked goods: Tom Douglas, winner of the 2012 James Beard Award for Outstanding…
With Nov. 6th one day away, our family has entered the final stages of electoral obsession. Everyone in the family except the 6-year-old has their own electoral map, prompting dinner trash-talk like "Do you really think…
Here in western Mass., we escaped pretty much scot-free - a power flicker or two, and then it was over. The kids went to school this morning. Last year, after the Halloween snowstorm, it was a totally different story.…
Food science seems to have turned a corner for those of us who cook at home. Of course, practical advice has been around as long as there have been cooks - have all your ingredients at room temperature before baking!…
Fall cookbooks have been streaming in over the threshold, and over the weekend I got the call for cookbook roundup. So, this morning I sat on the kitchen floor, where stacks of books have been piling up, and started…
Ah, the restaurants of the 1%. I haven't been inside one since the 1% were more like the 20%, over a decade ago. And though I wasn't part of the 20% even then, I could once in a while visit their culinary haunts. The…
Our favorite time of year! More cookbooks come out at this time of this year than any other, as publishers launch their new releases in time for the holiday season. So to help you start your wish list, here's our…
I've said it before and I'll say it again--the most exciting subject area in cookbook publishing these days is the Middle East (followed perhaps by Southeast Asia). It seems like every week brings a gorgeous new book…
Remember how it used to be with whole grains? You'd go to a natural-foods store asking for farro or spelt, and the assistant manager would say, "how do you spell that again?" And then, if you were lucky, you'd score…
