Paper Palate

 A collection of small dishes from the realm where paper meets palate.

• Who is Judith Jones? She is only the woman behind some of the most influential cookbooks of all time. Jones is not a chef or Food Network host. She is merely the editor for Marcella Hazan, Claudia Roden, Edna Lewis, Marion Cunningham, and Julia Child, to name a few. Ms. Jones has had a 50-year career editing the cookbooks that have transformed the American palate. At 83, she has published a memoir of her culinary work, The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food (Knopf).
• Condé Nast releases the beta of TasteBook, a remarkable new site that allows you to compile your favorite recipes from partner sites like Epicurious.com and Gourmet to make your own custom hardback cookbook of your favorites. You can even add your own recipes. Drop by tastebook.com for more information.
• The new Bon Appétit has an article penned by Weber’s grilling guru Steven Reichlan that introduces readers to the foods of the Yucatan.  The article is fascinating and the recipes that accompany are spine-tingling. More importantly the article illustrates that Mexican food is more than crunchy tacos and refried beans. The entire issue is travel oriented, including articles about dining in Ireland, Morocco, and several for dining in France. Drop by the web site and add one of Reichlan’s recipes to your TasteBook collection.