Paper Palate

Thank you so much for making our site a part of your regular routine.  Without you, we wouldn’t be here.  We will be taking a short break to celebrate the holidays with our family and friends, and will resume regular postings on Monday, January 5th (the official kick-off of the annual Food Blog Awards!).
Happy holidays!

Whenever I go on a trip, I like to pick up a book or two to read.  Often I end up with a handful of magazines to read and skip over the books.  Recently, I was getting ready for a trip and while browsing at a local bookstore Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping […]

I happen to be what I like to call organized in a very chaotic way. I have a very deep desire to find my inner organized self. I know she’s in there… she used to be the only self I had but that was all pre-kids/pre-chaos. When it was just me and my little life, […]

Christmas is just a week away, but are you done shopping?  Be honest!  (It’s okay, most of us aren’t.)  In fact, if you are like most people in my family, you will not be done until December 24th…
Are you perhaps procrastinating because you do not know what to get some people on your list?  Are […]

It was a cool, crisp autumn day as I entered one of those ubiquitous chain bookstores in Mobile, AL. I was not there for a cup of java or to knock out a little early Christmas shopping. No, I was there to meet royalty. Well, culinary royalty anyway. Ralph Brennan is yet another of the New Orleans […]

December = Friends, Family, Festivities, Parties, Nibbles, Cocktails, Hors d’Oeuvres, Soirées, Celebrating, Appreciation and Gratitude.

I would like to bestow a heap of gratitude on two women, Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins, the dynamic duo behind The Silver Palate.  They have written many wonderful cookbooks over the years, including The New Basics Cookbook and The Silver […]

At long last, it’s that time of year again, time to recognize your favorite food and drink blogs with the annual Food Blog Awards.  This year, in the interest of the upcoming holidays, we’ve moved our schedule up a bit, so it will not get underway until after the holidays. 
On Monday, January 5th, we will put […]

When Richard Bertinet wrote “Crust,” he wrote more than a book on dough, and I am not referring to the fact that this is a book and a DVD, “Crust” is a holistic approach to bread. This book is like a classroom, it teaches you all you need to know to make all sort of breads: slow breads, sweet breads, even ciabattas […]

I’ve never understood the panic that ensues over the Christmas Dinner. OK, so usually the cook has to cater for more than the usual number as the extended family descends, but why the panic when it is usually just a glorified Sunday Roast? I mean there is even a Turkey Helpline in the UK, for […]

My approach to dinner recipes has shifted dramatically over the years.  When my commute was only ten minutes, and I had no children, dinner preparation could be (and often was) a multi-hour production that involved slow roasting and extensive baking.  Then we moved and my commute was much longer, so I turned to the modern […]