CookShelfFirst, let us welcome back the Food News Journal, which everyday publishes links to interesting food items. They've been on hiatus and it's great to see them again. And it's thanks to them that we came across this fun…
The L.A. Times recently asked - and answered: "What happens when Bill Gates attacks world hunger? Chicken-less eggs." In the article, they describe how Gates (founder of Microsoft) is now turning his philanthropic…
The fall baking books are trickling in, and a curious phenomenon seems to be cropping up: baking without a mixer. Yvonne Ruperti's One Bowl Baking is an example. Its promise of simplicity is somewhat disingenuous- one…
We've been reading the tributes to Marcella Hazan that have been published since she passed away yesterday and were struck by some fascinating items about this preeminent teacher of Italian cuisine. First and foremost,…
Among the most notable pet peeves in a kitchen has to be this overlooked description in a recipe: "butter, softened" - and all you have is cold, hard butter. So here's some quick ways on how to solve this problem with…
M.F.K. Fisher's great-nephew Luke Barr has written a book called Provence, 1970: M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, and the Reinvention of American Taste which discusses a time when the esteemed culinarians James…
Over the past several months, we've noticed a number of recipes that suggest roasting fruit to maximize flavor - even restoring flavor in dull fruit. Roasting vegetables - cauliflower, green beans, even tomatoes - is…
We're so pleased to be able to offer a five-book collection of Valentina Harris' great Italian regional cookbooks, assembled in one collection as the Regional Cooking of Italy. In the collection is The Food and Cooking…
Certainly to our U.K. readers, where she is such a well-respected authority on Italian food and food culture, Valentina Harris needs no introduction. For anyone who hasn't met her, she has been writing award-winning…
Today, we're offering a special giveaway just for our members with Australian and New Zealand addresses. The Australian Women's Weekly cookbooks are renowned for their reliability as each recipe is Triple Tested for…
Maybe because my life so often seems like a messy accumulation of loose ends, I'm a sucker for completion in cookbooks. When a cookbook claims to be "complete," I sigh with satisfaction and think "Ahhh...I will never…
Every month Susie Chang reviews new cookbook releases and notes trends in the United States. And she may also occasionally throw in a review of a "not-quite cookbook." And for our non-U.S. members, Jane and Fiona…
