Paper Palate

I love picking up copies of Cook’s Illustrated on occasion, and it’s even better when they print one of their special edition magazines.  I recently found their Summer Grilling and Entertaining magazine when I was out browsing at the bookstore. What I love about reading their magazines is the detail that they share about testing new recipes - […]

Where has this magazine been all my life!?  As a convert to the Sonoma Diet, Mediterranean-style cooking has become a way of life. I love reading about Mediterranean cooking and especially the Italian versions.
I ran across this magazine at a Whole Foods market this week. Tastes of Italia is a feast for the eyes and […]

Small dishes from the realm where paper meets palate.
In the May/June ’08 issue of Draft magazine, Bruce Paton helps everyone with the often daunting task of what wild food should be paired with each obscure micro-brew. He suggests pairing wild blackberries with Maylon’s Dragoon’s Dry Irish Stout, trout with Mad River Steelhead Extra Pale Ale […]

How do you choose a new cookbook to buy?  For me, sometimes it is pure impulse. I walk by a store display and see something about the cover or title that just grabs me. Once I open the book, I know what I’m looking for – recipes that read like they will taste delicious, instructions and techniques that are clear […]

I am a very visual person. I love to have recipes with photographs … it makes the recipe that much more tempting and desirable. Often times, I will be flipping through a magazine and will fall in love with a photo of a recipe, only to take a look at the recipe and realize that I […]

I was in the west of Ireland last weekend, my excuse? 21st birthday party.  Nope, nothing to do with the European vote, though, as you can imagine, there was a lot of heated discussion fueled by drinks and party food. If I have to describe Ireland in a few words, I would choose “family oriented” and “laid […]

Most of us food lovers grab up whatever magazine we can find with pretty food pictures and recipes. Count me as one of those who spends entirely too much money on my food reading addictions. But sometimes in all the piles of magazines we collect, we run across one that really sparks our interests and […]

Our good friend owns a little English bookshop here in France that she has sadly decided to close. Well, I say sadly because I enjoy visiting her there and will miss browsing through all of the new titles in the cozy, welcoming shop she created.
However…

the closing of the shop means that all of the books […]

With the summer months upon us, I find that I am more interested in lighter meals.  With this in mind, I was very excited when I received the June issue of Cooking Light.  I know I can look to Cooking Light for the lighter-tasting meals that I am craving right now.  One of the things […]

In 1967 the small local chain of convenience stores known as Pronto Markets changed their name and in so doing became the model grocery store of the new millennium. The new name? Trader Joe’s, of course. Today there are over 280 stores in 23 states that feature the best for less. Sure, lots of people […]