Paper Palate

I recently received a copy to review of Discovery of a Continent by Marcus Samuelsson. This particular copy is currently available only at Starbucks and contains nearly 100 recipes from all over Africa, as well as five additional African-inspired Starbucks barista recipes created especially for this book (including a coffee-enhanced Two-Alarm Pumpkin Chili).
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The Food Network’s Robin Miller recently spoke with Cynthia Hubert of my local paper, the Sacramento Bee. As a nutritionist and cookbook author, Miller offered tips on packing healthy lunchboxes for kids (and I guess for adults, too). Here are a few excerpts from the interview and you can check out the whole thing here.
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On my personal blog recently, I mentioned something about cool weather. Since that day, I think I have jinxed things. The temps were back up in the warmer ranges and the cool days we were having are long gone for awhile again. Ahhhh… you have to love Kansas. If you don’t like the weather one day, […]

It seems that celebrity chefs are hawking quite a variety of products lately, doesn’t it?  Everything from olive oils and pasta pots, it’s available.  But just because the product might have a familiar face emblazoned on the box doesn’t mean you necessarily need to fork over your hard-earned dollars.
The October issue of Good Housekeeping magazine […]