Paper Palate

When I was recently given the opportunity to review two copies of Southern Lady magazine for Paper Palate, I jumped at the chance. I am a northern girl - born and raised in New York - and you can’t get much more opposite of southern belle in the United States than that. And in a […]

Summer might be drawing to a close in Australia but you wouldn’t know it from the current weather or from large number of sunny, blue-sky shots in the latest AGT. As if that’s not annoying enough for those of us in the northern hemisphere who are struggling towards summer, you also get plenty of late […]

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I watch only a few shows on the Food Network, two of those being Alton Brown’s “Good Eats” and Paula Deen’s “Home Cooking“. I do not watch the “Paula’s Party” show though, something about that show makes me feel uneasy. I am positively inclined toward […]

When I arrived in France in 1990, learning to cook à la française was a priority. My husband had a (very) few cookbooks, and my American favorites which had crossed the Atlantic didn’t speak the lingo.
Although I have amassed quite a collection of French livres de cuisine over the years, my first cooking teachers were […]

A new issue of Every Day with Rachael Ray is hitting the shelves. I know I sound like a broken record, but this really is a great magazine. There are pictures for every recipe and it also touches on life and home topics in addition to the expected food stuff. So here’s what’s in store […]

Not sure what I was more excited about - the free Bendick’s Dark chocolate or discovering who this months featured blogger is!
I’m devouring a little of the chocolate as I read about Delicious Days, written by Nicole Stich. Delicious Days must be one of the world’s most popular food blogs - lovely design, inspiring content and lovely photos. […]

Packed with quick and easy supper recipes is the latest issue of the Observer Food Monthly. I have tried a couple since publication - Savoy Cabbage With Smoked Bacon and today, Buffalo Mozzarella with Broad Beans and Chopped Lemon Sauce.Both are so easy to prepare and scale down well to just one or two people. […]

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When the Well Fed Network was given an opportunity to review the russel+hazel Recipe Binder Set, I had to try it out. The best way to describe this concept is that it is like Levenger for your kitchen. Instead of messy food splattered index cards that get lost or not used […]

Originally published on Just Baking, and authored by Kristen Doyle.
I will admit… I like the convenience of a boxed cake mix. I am a very busy mom and sometimes Miss Crocker and I get busy in the kitchen together. On those crunched for time days, must have a dessert days, don’t want to use a […]

Wild Weed Pie is penned by Janni Kyritsis, a Greek/Australian chef who has been described as one of Australia’s most innovative and talented chefs. He wowed restaurant-goers when he set up the iconic Sydney restaurant MG Garage in 1997.
The aim of this new book is to allow “European cooks to get a handle on Australian cuisine”.
The dishes […]