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The May-June issue of Vegetarian Times has lots of ideas and recipes for seasonal pleasures from healthy adapations of hearty Southern-style family reunion recipes to how to stay in shape while you travel to cool, overnight marinated salads that help you beat the heat (and avoid the stove). 
“Soul-Satisfying Food” is what the family reunion article […]

The title of Gather ‘Round the Table doesn’t tell you that much about the cookbook, does it?  It’s the sub-title that really gives you the 411 - “Menus and Recipes for Casual Southern Meals.”  Published by Taste of the South magazine, this cookbook delivers what it promises.  Here’s a quick sampling of the recipes you’ll […]

I love Domino magazine, a great source of how-to decorating tips, tricks and ideas, peppered with features on entertaining, cooking and green living.  In the June/July issue, one of their columnists headed off for a week of Basic Boot Camp at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York.  She went in knowing only […]

This is my first Jo Stepaniak book … I know, perish the thought!  It is true, I have not yet laid eyes on the Uncheese Cookbook, Vegan Vittles, or any of her other popular cookbooks.  Though I must admit, after this small taste of Jo’s talents in the Food Allergy Survival Guide, I may have […]

When I first saw the inaugural issue of Garden Plate magazine, I picked it up excitedly.  A magazine all about food in New Jersey?  I’m so there.  For those not in the know, New Jersey is referred to as the “Garden State,” so hence, Garden Plate.  Love the magazine’s name.  Everything from articles highlighting specific […]

There’s no doubt that my family’s steak consumption skyrockets in the summer.  It’s just so easy to throw one on the grill and it allows us to avoid adding any more heat in the house.  However, sometimes it’s easy to get in a rut. 
I usually make Korean Flank Steak when I can’t decide what to make, but Sunset […]

In a recent issue of Oprah’s magazine, the topic was “guilty pleasures,” and celebrities from every walk of life weighed in … Thomas Keller, Amy Sedaris, Isaac Mizrahi and Nigella Lawson, to name a few.
One thing about the way Nigella writes, you can instantly recognize her prose.  She has a very specific, romantic, sultry way […]

Global Grub is, apparently, a ‘revolutionary new cookbook’. Well, I don’t know about that, but I do think that it’s a very good offering for the nervous, first time cook.
The book is spiral bound, with sturdy wipe clean pages, so you don’t have to worry about copying out a recipe and taking a piece of […]

I ran into a slight dilemma when I sat down to write my article about the June 2007 issue of Gourmet magazine. I opened up the magazine to find page after page after page torn out. No, my kids did not get a hold of the issue. My husband, who loves to grill, took the […]

Every once in awhile, I just get so happy that I finally learned how to cook. Some people might look at this recipe for French Dip Panini and think: What the heck? That’s so simple! Yeah, it’s a simple recipe, but it was very rewarding.
After a long day, it was great to put a yummy […]