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As I was perusing the New York Times on Wednesday, I came across this OpEd piece by Nora Ephram: “The Lost Strudel.” The author traces a dish that she once ate frequently in New York, cabbage strudel, and how, after she stopped eating it every day, she could no longer find it. The little Hungarian […]

A Crossover Holiday Tradition:
This year, the first night of Hanukkah falls on Christmas Day and a brisket is a great meal to serve your guests, whatever their religion. Brisket is a mystery to many home cooks, but it’s simple once you get your bearings. The brisket is a tough and muscular cut of […]

The second canapé recipe I tried from Olive’s December issue advertised the same time requirements as the aforementioned Prosciutto & Cranberry Stuffing Balls. The time estimate was a lot more accurate for this recipe however, and the results were in a totally different class:

Parmesan Parsnip Twiglets
45 minutes
These can be made ahead and reheated. They’re not […]

December’s Olive offered a slew of inventive canapé recipes and I decided to test them out by trying a couple of differing complexity, but similar advertised time requirements. I seldom follow recipes, but for this I stuck religiously to the instructions – here are the results, taste-test reactions and my conclusions on the first recipe:

Prosciutto […]

Around this time of year, most newspapers and food magazines put out lists of their top cookbook picks for the discriminating reader.
And while each list is unique, if you read enough of these gift guides, a pattern will emerge.
You will see some titles appearing over and over again. Whether this is the result […]

I thought that for my first post on the topic of UK newspaper coverage on food, I had better set the scene - explain a bit about which are the key papers and who are the most influential writers. Unlike my future posts, I won’t be reviewing what’s been written this week (although if […]

Greetings from the UK and best wishes for the festive season to you all! My name’s Christina Nevin and I’ll be covering what’s hot, cold and lukewarm in the magazine food press from this part of the world for “The Paper Palate”. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to email me.
“Olive” December 2005 […]

The editors of Fine Cooking Magazine started a tradition last year of putting out a special holiday edition of their magazine in addition to the usualDecember/January issue.
I suppose this allows them to really pour their creativity into holiday goodie recipes while still leaving room for their usual entree-heavy lineup; it is a good system […]

I moved to New York City for the food. When I’m not trying out new restaurants, I’m cooking at home in a microscopic kitchen. Most of my waking hours are spent planning my next meal. I’m also an avid reader - I have a huge weakness for glossy food magazines and the […]

If you are anything like me, your mailbox begins to fill with a trickle of catalogs from here, there and everywhere at the beginning of November. By this time in December, the trickle becomes a torrent of paper, ink and staples that threatens to overtake your desk, endtables, magazine basket and recycling container. (You -do- […]