CookShelfEnter to win a copy of Crumb by Richard Bertinet Richard Bertinet is a gifted chef and teacher. His cookbooks are not only beautiful but detailed and Crumb is no different. It is filled with step-by-step process…
It's inevitable: after searching for just the right recipe, you come to the instructions and find out that it calls for a 9-inch square tin and all you have is an 8-inch pan. Do you a) do the math to change the recipe,…
Last week I wrote about how I failed my fresh produce. You may have wondered what ever became of those two sad, tired ears of corn. The notion of making elotes had swirled around in my head, but these cobs were too far…
What is ruby chocolate? Find out here. In last week's Biscuit episode of The Great British Bake-Off/Baking Show, Priya used ruby chocolate in her Ruby Barfi Biscuit Bars (pictured below). Prue stated it was her first…
We're going to start off this week's review of interesting stories on the sweet side. As an avid jam-maker, the more I learn about this old-school craft the more I realize that I have only scratched the surface of…
The Great British Bake Off is off to a great start. As you know, Netflix is airing the series in the USA three days after the original episode airs in the UK. Last week, I highlighted a few of my favorite pans which…
If you are a fan of the movies as well as a food lover, and if you live in or near Boulder, Colorado, you will love the following news. The seventh annual Flatirons Food Film Festival will take place in Boulder on…
When you start to fiddle with a recipe that is associated with a particular region or group, people take affront. I can't tell you how many times I have witnessed Twitter or Facebook comment fights about subjects like…
It's been a busy year for Samin Nosrat. In the spring she announced that she was writing a follow-up book to Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat; she appeared on the Jimmy Kimmel Live! program and she released a series of watercolor…
The first week of September begins the rush of cookbook releases: Cook Like a Local, Sababa, Two Peas & Their Pod Cookbook, Bigger Bolder Baking, Umami Bomb, Sour, and The Cookie Collection have hit the shelves. We are…
Enter to win a copy of Ethiopia: Recipes and Traditions from the Horn of Africa by Yohanis Gebreyesus and Jeff Koehler If you are in search of a cookbook filled with beautiful photographs of the landscape, cuisine, and…
Cornmeal, grits, polenta: although I have and use all three of these corn products in my pantry, I must confess that I was not aware of the subtle differences between them. That is, until today, when I found an article…
