CookShelfI love to bake, but I consider myself a dilletante when it comes to this hobby of mine. I flit about from cakes to pies to laminated doughs and various types of breads, never spending too much time on any one of them.…
Not so long ago, the word potluck brought visions of mayo-based salads and casseroles left to decompose in plastic-wrapped Pyrex on a crowded table of unidentified offerings. These dishes clearly stated "my creator put…
EYB wants to make your cooking life easier. Our main focus has always been indexing cookbooks and magazines so you can efficiently search your own collection instead of paging through individual indexes. We also aim to…
Martin Morales is an ambassador of Peruvian food and arts. Born in Peru, he left after the Communist terrorist group known as the Shining Path guerrillas threatened his father and has lived in London for over 20 years.…
Cities, regions, and even countries take pride in foods that become irrevocably linked to the location - think Nashville's hot chicken or New Zealand's pavlova. For Sweden, the national dish is Swedish meatballs. A…
At its annual presentation to advertisers of upcoming new video content, the Walt Disney Company announced that it was creating a new online channel and editorial site dedicated to food. The digital brand, called Disney…
Before I left for New York to visit with publicists and attend the James Beard awards with Jane, I had fun baking and photographing this charming set of Mini Round Cocotte with Flower Knobs from Le Creuset. I am not a…
Oscar Wilde once opined that life imitates art much more than art imitates life. But sometimes the latter does happen, as in the case with a recent episode of The Simpsons, the long-running cartoon. In the…
We've just received good news for Ina Garten fans - the Barefoot Contessa announced that she has a new cookbook coming out this fall. Named after Garten's latest program, Cook Like a Pro: Recipes and Tips for Home Cooks…
Yesterday we discussed how Diana Kennedy is showing no signs of slowing down at age 95. Today, in another instance of not resting on one's laurels, we learned that songwriter and Nobel laureate Bob Dylan also has a new…
When you have spent a lifetime immersed in work on a single subject, you might expect that in your later years you would step back and enjoy a quiet, relaxing retirement. Author and Mexican food expert Diana Kennedy…
Jane and Jenny are at the James Beard Foundation awards ceremony in New York City, and live-tweeted the winners of the JBF Cookbook Awards. The first announcement was in the American category, where The Sioux Chef's…
