Turning dinner-making into a dance
Home cooks often put a lot of pressure on themselves to cook a "proper" dinner. Making sure the meal is balanced and that all of the elements are work together can be a chore, adding stress to what should be a…
2017
Eat Offbeat: The Cookbook
Eat OffBeat is a New York food business that delivers authentic and home-style ethnic meals that are conceived, prepared and delivered by refugees resettled in NYC. As I've stated on numerous occasions, I have a passion…
March Cookbook Previews - Part II
Cookbook Madness continues. My first preview post celebrating March releases shared books with international cuisines, no-waste cooking and healthier options subjects. Today, I highlight Melissa Clark and Deborah…
A new name revives interest in an old kitchen staple
One of the most popular food trends of late is bone broth. Chefs and bloggers tout it as a superfood with a long list of health benefits ranging from treating arthritis to healing dry skin. Ten cookbooks in the EYB…
Grown & Gathered - Cookbook Giveaway
Grown & Gathered: Traditional Living Made Modern by Matt and Lentil Purbrick shares the couple's growing, gathering, preserving and cooking secrets. It is a guide to traditional skills in a modern world whether you have…
2017 IACP Cookbook Award winners announced
The IACP announced the winners of its cookbook awards at a ceremony held last night in Louisville, Kentucky. Vivian Howard's Deep Run Roots was the evening's biggest winner, notching up wins in three categories (Chefs &…
Provence to Pondicherry - Tessa Kiros
Provence to Pondicherry: Recipes from France and Faraway from the incomparable Tessa Kiros is pleasure wrapped in words and photographs. Tessa's books are journeys to glorious locales filled with beautiful people and…
Cookbook Giveaway - Provence to Pondicherry
Provence to Pondicherry: Recipes from France and Faraway from the incomparable Tessa Kiros is pleasure wrapped in words and photographs. Tessa's books are journeys to glorious locales filled with beautiful people and…
A film about pioneering chef Jeremiah Tower set to debut
Film buffs who are food lovers, mark your calendars. There is a new film titled Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent that chronicles the life of pioneering chef Jeremiah Tower, one of the most controversial and…
How to Hygge -Signe Johansen
How to Hygge: The Secrets of Nordic Living by Signe Johansen ushers the Scandinavian lifestyle trend right into our homes. Hygge (pronouced "HOO-gah") is effortlessly orchestrating normal everyday events into special…
Cookbook Giveaway - How to Hygge
How to Hygge: The Secrets of Nordic Living by Signe Johansen ushers the Scandinavian lifestyle trend right into our homes. Hygge (pronouced "HOO-gah") is effortlessly orchestrating normal everyday events into special…
The changing face of food writing
Since the age of Apicius, the art of writing about food has waxed and waned in popularity. It's probably never been more fashionable than it is now, says writer Bryan Curtis. He notes that in this era of food bloggers,…