
Cookbook Giveaways · Recipes
June 3, 2025 · Jenny
Enter our US/UK giveaway to win one of two copies of For the Love of Lemons: Italian-Inspired, Sweet and Savoury Recipes by Letitia Clark. Please note the author's events that we have shared on our Calendar. I'm…

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June 2, 2025 · Darcie
Samin Nosrat shared news with her followers: she is moving to Substack with a newsletter called a grain of salt. Nosrat is "looking forward to building a vibrant community focused on cooking, gardening, reading, and…

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May 31, 2025 · Darcie
When I was growing up, finding out what leftovers were available in our refrigerator was like a treasure hunt. That's because we used plastic tubs from margarine, cottage cheese, Cool Whip, and other ready-to-eat foods…

Cooking Tips
May 30, 2025 · Darcie
Fresh or dried? Bronze cut? Long, tubular, or flat and folded? With eggs or without? There are many questions to answer when choosing the kind of pasta to use in a particular dish. With hundreds of pasta shapes…

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May 29, 2025 · Darcie
I have been called an overthinker, and my husband says that choices are bad for me. Both of these are truths that I must painfully admit. Ruminating over even the simplest of decisions can result in analysis paralysis,…

Book News
May 29, 2025 · Jenny
Now in its 28th year, Taste Canada / Saveurs du Canada has announced the longlist of 69 cookbooks in the running for its culinary writing awards. The Awards are presented to outstanding Canadian cookbooks in both…

Food Biz People
May 27, 2025 · Darcie
Amanda Hesser, one of pioneering website Food52's founding members, announced in her newsletter that she is stepping away from the company. She will focus on her Substack Homeward in which she is chronicling her home…

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May 25, 2025 · Darcie
Eating at the French Laundry is a bucket-list item for many food lovers. While it may not have risen to that level for San Francisco Chronicle restaurant critic Mackenzie Chung Fegan, it was still going to be a…

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May 24, 2025 · Darcie
There is a glut of onions right now in the US (and in India, too). Due to a combination of bountiful harvests and a dip in demand, the supply of onions is currently high. That should, in theory, lead to lower prices for…

Cooking Tips
May 23, 2025 · Darcie
When you buy fresh produce, especially items that are loose in bins, you don't know what (or who) it has been in contact with, so you wash it before using. There are new products on the market that claim to be able to…

New Cookbooks
May 22, 2025 · Jenny
May delivers a load of grilling/barbecue books, a new collection of vegan focused books from Workman (Make It Plant-Based!) and other titles such as a bakery cookbook from Canada and more. Our 2025 Cookbook Preview Post…

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May 22, 2025 · Darcie
When you are in your 20s or 30s, a pub crawl is often a weekend activity, jaunting from bar to bar with friends to enjoy a pint or a cocktail. This doesn't always seem like fun when your 30s (or 40s) are in the rearview…