CookShelfIt seems that all of our favorite chefs and food personalities are doing at-home cooking shows these days. From Alton Brown's Quarantine Quitchen, to Samin Nosrat's recently-launched podcast titled Home Cooking, to José…
Yesterday chef and restaurateur David Chang announced that he was closing two of his restaurants for good and moving a third to a new location. Even though Chang has nimbly pivoted to face challenges in the past and has…
Enter our US/CA giveaway to win one of three copies of From Scratch: 10 Meals, 150 Recipes, and Dozens of Techniques You Will Use Over and Over by Michael Ruhlman. When I first received this title, I was gobsmacked. It…
With so many people cooking nearly every meal at home, it is not surprising that we are spending more on groceries. But that higher total you see on your store receipt is not only due to making more food at home, the…
This year has been like no other, it has been topsy turvy, to say the least. It makes sense that my preview posts follow that course. I began with dessert first: pies and then cake, now it's time to get to the main…
Fans of Rancho Gordo know that Steve Sando, the bean evangelist who started the company, knows a thing or two about those humble legumes. Even though the pandemic means that he's working long hours six days a week, he…
Enter our giveaway open to US/UK/AU/NZ to win one of three copies of The Hot Chicken Project: Words + Recipes | Obsession + Salvation by Aaron Turner. "Hot chicken ain't nothing but the truth." Acclaimed Australian chef…
Whether it's out of boredom, a way to relieve stress, or a mechanism to scratch a creative itch, more people have turned to baking over the last few months. People are posting images of their first loaves and others are…
It's been a busy week in the world of food and cookbook authors, so let's dive right in, beginning with a controversy. In an interview earlier this week, food writer Alison Roman's remarks about fellow epicurean Chrissy…
Restaurant closures have idled most chefs, who now are cooking for a very different audience. You might expect that household members would be enjoying stellar meals during lockdown, but it rarely works that way,…
This week, my cousin posted on social media that she had a cake mix fail. It appears that the cake mix she used expired in 2015. I came to the rescue too late with some links sharing one-bowl cake recipes and thought…
It never fails. No matter how many times I remind myself not to touch the handle of the cast iron pan I've pulled out of the oven, I forget and pull my hand away with the makings of a minor burn. Cuts, burns, and other…
