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The November issue of Everyday With Rachael Ray is filled to the brim with holiday.  Rach and her staff have packed this issue full of everything from holiday inspired recipes, to great gift ideas and three wonderful destinations perfect for your next winter getaway. 
One thing I really dig about each issue of Everyday is the Centerpiece of […]

Do you think it’s true that many of today’s top selling food magazines feed our eyes more than our stomachs? According to Ingredients For Success, an article published recently in the New York Post, some of today’s most successful magazines are not much more than glossy show pieces. The article all but butchers […]

In time for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is in October, comes the recently released book:In Great Taste by Evelyn Lauder, who founded the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF), in 1993. In Great Taste is a beautiful, full-color cookbook featuring more than 100 recipes, that draws on Mrs. Lauder’s years of experience working […]

Each month’s issue of Everyday with Rachael Ray recommends a newly released or soon to be released food-related book. In the latest issue Rachael recommends Red, White, And Drunk All Over: A Wine Soaked Journey from Grape to GlassRed, White, and Drunk All Over. The book profiles interesting characters of the international wine […]

The October issue of Everyday With Rachael Ray is as jam-packed with great recipes and entertaining ideas as ever. In this issue, Rach and her hubby, John, hang out with Rob Thomas (of the famed Matchbox 20 group), along with his gorgeous wife, Marisol. See how the couples became fast friends and spend a cozy […]

According to the now very famous book, French Women Don’t Get Fat: The Secret of Eating For Pleasure, the trick to keeping that girlish figure is to enjoy sensible pleasures. Meaning, if you’re going to indulge in that decadent cheesecake at lunch then have a salad for dinner or take the stairs instead of […]

If you have a sweet tooth, I mean a real sweet tooth, then you must check out Retro Desserts: Totally Hip, Updated Classic Desserts from the ’40s, ’50s, ’60s and ’70s . I’ve been lusting over the book for a while now, but for some reason, when it came time for baking or making […]

You may recognize comedian Amy Sedaris from television, she’s appeared in Sex In The City and Strangers with Candy, the Comedy Central show she created and starred in. She’s even been on the Late Show with David Letterman and Oprah. Or, if you’re a New Yorker, you may have eaten some of her […]

Have you ever gone to the deli, or your local cheese shop (if you have one) looked at all those cheeses and had no clue what to buy? Well then you need to get a copy of The Murray’s Cheese Handbook: A Guide To More Than 300 Of The World’s Best Cheeses when […]

“When life gives you lemons … be grateful.” I can’t take credit for that quote, I must give that to Kathleen Purvis, food writer and editor for the Charlotte Observer. She said it, and I have to agree with her.
I just love lemons, from the smell right down to the turn-your-mouth-inside-out tartness. I suppose […]