An Interview with Amy Houts, Author of Cooking Around the Calendar With Kids Amy Houts talks about her kids cookbook, about the educational value of cooking with kids, her newsletter Preschooler in the Kitchen, writing non-fiction, children’s books, the Culinary…
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Buono Appetito: A Review of Da Silvano Cookbook: Simple Secrets from New York’s Favorite Italian Restaurant
Buono Appetito: A Review of Da Silvano Cookbook: Simple Secrets from New York’s Favorite Italian Restaurant Marchetto has watched food trends come and go, while his Greenwich Village restaurant on 6th Avenue has continued to flourish, attracting the celebrities whose…
A Review of Gabriel Gate’s Weekend on a Plate
A Review of Gabriel Gate’s Weekend on a Plate Gaté has a very delicate prose style, which is both casual and sophisticated, evoking clean white tableclothes, fresh coffee, crusty breads, quality wines, and herb rich meat dishes prepared with care.…
Buxom Cakes and Homemade Sin: A Review of Death By Chocolate Cakes by Marcel Desaulniers
Desaulniers’ prose is nearly as seductive as his way with chocolate. No pedantic, chef-on-high stuff here: Desaulniers writes about baking with a wayward grin, assuring us that cake is not only food for the gods, but that it is, after all, just cake. Made in kitchens just like ours, with chocolate bought in the local grocery, using “conventional” bake ware and regular (not restaurant) ovens, Desaulniers’ cakes are ones we really can bake ourselves.
Superlative Haute Cuisine: A Review of La Cuisine De Joel Robuchon: A Seasonal Cookbook
Superlative Haute Cuisine: A Review of La Cuisine De Joel Robuchon: A Seasonal Cookbook Joel Robuchon is considered to be one of the best chefs in the world. His Paris restaurant Jamin, from which he has recently retired, has been…
Eating on the Run: A review of Survival From the Fittest by Louise Burke, Greg Cox, Nikki Cummings, and Ben Desbrow
The Australian Institute of Sport’s latest cookbook Survival From the Fittest, is the second cookbook in the series, a companion cookbook to their first Survival For the Fittest, and features a range of very easy, quick, and healthy meals, many of which…
A Review of Rosemary Stanton’s Great Food for Men
If you are a serious cook, you will find this recipe book too basic, and will probably know most of the recipes. If, however, you haven’t fully mastered the art of cooking, and are looking for accessible recipes which can…
Taming Your Kitchen: A Review of Donna Hay’s Off the Shelf: Cooking From the Pantry
You know that feeling. It is 5:30pm, everyone is expecting dinner, and you have nothing to cook, no food in the house, and no ideas. Enter Donna Hay, with her bestselling book Off the Shelf. The book contains a range of meals attractive enough for guests, based entirely on simple and readily available cupboard ingredients. If you follow Hay’s advice, and shopping list, you will be prepared for most food situations, including drop in visitors, special occasions, and fast family meals.