Jerry Seinfeld on Coffee
Apparently Jerry Seinfeld loves the Morning Edition show on National Public Radio, and just decided to call in one morning to discuss coffee. He is a relatively recent convert to coffee, having only started to drink it…
2013
Is cooking school worth it?
One of the most prestigious culinary schools in the U.S. - the Culinary Institute of America or CIA - recently experienced a student revolt. About 20 percent of their bachelor candidates (4-year students) walked out to…
April 2013 Cookbook Roundup
Every month Susie Chang reviews new cookbook releases and notes trends. And she may also occasionally throw in a review of a "not-quite cookbook." We're arranging for similar roundups like Susie's for books published in…
An Interview with Karen Stabiner
We recently chatted with Karen Stabiner. Stabiner, a renowned food journalist, just spent two years with Michael Romano to create a new cookbook, Family Table: Favorite Staff Meals from Our Restaurants to Your Home. The…
Specialty kitchen tools - which do you toss & which do you keep?
Food Republic recently ran an article dealing with specialty tools, "Spring Cleaning: 5 Outdated Kitchen Tools You Should Toss Right Now." To some degree, we found the list surprising, since of the 5 tools they mention,…
Who's easy now?
Here's the quote that caused the trouble, from a recent story I wrote about preserved lemons: "Preserved lemons can take a month - certainly not less than two weeks. By that time, I've put aside my North African…
Foolproof Hollandaise in 2 minutes
Last month we published An honest to goodness foolproof way to poach an egg - which became one of our most highly viewed blogs. That blog pointed to a video from Kenji Alt at the Serious Eats Food Lab on, obviously, egg…
Mark Bittman interviews Michael Pollan
In his recent New York Times column, Mark Bittman chatted with Michael Pollan about Pollan's newest book, Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation. This isn't a cookbook - in fact, it only has four recipes -…
R.I.P. Cupcakes
We're sad to announce the demise of one of our favorie food fads - the cupcake. Three separate news sources have published obituaries. The first is from no less an unimpeachable source than The Wall Street Journal. In…
Chefs' favorite knives
The Kitchn recently pointed out this article from details.com, which asked six chefs to name their favorite knives: April Bloomfield, Marc Forgione, Jesse Schenker, Stuart Brioza, Chris Shepherd, and Stephanie Izard.…
Julia Child comes to life in a new, different type of app
Since many of you enjoy our occasional notices of interesting food-related apps, we wanted to alert you to one that Random House, the long time publisher for Julia Child, has issued - it's a unique app that is far more…
Food as comfort and solace
It felt strange to be driving in to Boston yesterday, the day after the terrible bombings at the Boston Marathon finish line. It was a gorgeous spring day, traffic was light but there was an edgy feeling, not helped by…