Your neighbor’s famous sticky buns or great Aunt Martha’s paprikash may be what come to mind when you think of great home cooking. But made-at-home fare is elevated to a new level in Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs’ Food52 Cookbook: 140 Winning Recipes from Exceptional Home Cooks (William Morrow, $35). Think Moroccan carrot salad with ...Read More
A brand-new cookbook is as exciting for a foodie as a new pair of shoes is for a clotheshorse. The smell, the feel, the look of them are almost as alluring as taking them for a test-drive. But like truly good shoes, a good cookbook should be stunning and practical. David Baratz, USA TODAY These ...Read More
Posted: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 1:09 pm | Updated: 1:35 pm, Wed Nov 23, 2011. Gifts for someone who likes to cook are not too hard to find. There always is something new to help make life easier in the kitchen. If you are tired of giving gadgets, you might want consider buying a cookbook. ...Read More
DANIEL ROLAND/AFP/Getty Images A woman reads a cookbook at the book fair in Frankfurt, western Germany on October 13, 2011. When e-books first came out, we worried if actual books would go away. They survived. Can the same be said for cookbooks? This holiday season, try whipping out your tablet – not that dusty cookbook ...Read More
[unable to retrieve full-text content] New cookbooks to tempt your tastebudsThe ProvinceThe recipe for this Nut Crusted Chicken Breast with Lemon and Thyme is excerpted from Cooks Illustrated Cookbook, which would make a great gift for the foodie on your list. A brand-new cookbook is as …
There have been so many wonderful cookbooks arriving on bookshelves that it’s difficult to know where to start. I decided to celebrate a few here this week for those wanting ideas for holiday cooking and continue the list next week. The beauty of cookbooks is they don’t just offer the buyer wonderful new ideas for ...Read More
If you’re into Texas cooking or just like to peruse good cookbooks, here are some new Texas volumes that have hit the shelves: “The Homesick Texan Cookbook” by Lisa Fain, a seventh-generation Texan now living in New York City, is a gorgeous, full-color 350-page tribute celebrating “the bounty and joy that is Texas cuisine” (Hyperion, ...Read More
If you’re into Texas cooking or just like to peruse good cookbooks, here are some new Texas volumes that have hit the shelves: “The Homesick Texan Cookbook” by Lisa Fain, a seventh-generation Texan now living in New York City, is a gorgeous, full-color 350-page tribute celebrating “the bounty and joy that is Texas cuisine” (Hyperion, ...Read More
Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s restaurant empire spans the globe. Todd English has won four James Beard Foundation awards. Ferran Adria deploys advanced chemistry in turning meat to foam and salt to air. Heston Blumenthal poaches desserts in liquid nitrogen. But what do they really want you to know about them? They’re regular guys, ordinary cooks, too. Just ...Read More
Sharjah:Annie Pinoy loves to cook. She says she’s not particularly good at it even though she does most of the catering for her seven friends in the apartment they share on the Sharjah Corniche. Between the communal cooking and the lower shared rent, the retail clerk enjoys a good quality of life and can send ...Read More