Cookbook Reviews
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Book review of "Tips Cooks Love" Photo
Foodies will naturally gravitate toward this book: "Tips Cooks Love" by Rick Rodgers and Sur La Table (Andrews McMeel Publishing, $15). In fact, unless they're food professionals, most cooks will appreciate the knowledge served up in this stubby (read: easily portable) book. more
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Book review: 'Tea & Crumpets'
We have the seventh duchess of Bedford, Anna Maria, to thank for feeling a bit hungry late one afternoon in the summer of 1840. more
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Book review of "Get Cooking"
What it is: Mollie Katzen hopes to rectify one of the basic dichotomies of modern times: People are becoming increasingly interested in foods from around the world but are cooking for themselves less and less. Her new book has a mission as clear as its title: "Get Cooking:... more
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Tour of Southeast Asian cuisine via eclectic cookbooks Photo
The culinary tag "Southeast Asian" has cachet in American foodie circles even though it has not yet achieved the all-purpose buzzword status of "Mediterranean" (though I seem to recall that someone has invented a "Southeast Asian turkey burger"). Books about the food of this vast and complex... more
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Cookbook Review: The Spice Kitchen
The Spice Kitchen (Interlink Books, 2009, $29.95) by Michal Haines . more
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Cookbook review: 'The New Portuguese Table'
Stretching from the Minho River on its mountainous northern frontier with Galicia to the dry Algarve in the south, Portugal occupies most of the western coast of the Iberian Peninsula. And though it once ruled half of the world, it has enjoyed far less of the culinary limelight than its neighbor,... more
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Open up a world of Moorish flavor Photo
Chef couple -- Samuel and Samantha Clark -- spent some months traveling around Spain and Morocco in an old camper van. They simply drove around and went to markets and cooked with people they met along the way. more
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The Cake Guy shares his secrets of success Photo
A cookbook can change your life. Two years ago I reviewed one called "Southern Cakes," which did just that. more
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The green movement rethinks the way we cook
In today's world, eating represents much more than enjoyment and nourishment. Increasingly, food is being viewed through a new lens: how it affects the environment. more
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'What We Eat When We Eat Alone' by Deborah Madison Photo
When the dinner bell rings and there's no one but you to hear it, is it cause for celebrating with a steak and a glass of wine? Or for whining your way through a bowl of cereal standing at the counter? more
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Worth savoring new book: "Tasting Beer"
Do you know how to taste, really taste and evaluate, what you're drinking? more
