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Edna Lewis, famed southern chef and cookbook author left a lasting impression on the food world. Two months shy of her 90th birthday, and the day before Valentine’s Day she passed away. Her longtime caretaker, Scott Peacock, hosted a feast in her honor at the Atlanta History Center, inviting many admirers and friends. […]

Cupcakes are all the rage these days, and I have to admit I’m a bit of a fan myself. They’re just so little and cute, I can’t resist them, which is why I had to add500 Cupcakes: The Only Cupcake Compendium You’ll Ever Need, by Fergal Connolly to my growing collection of cupcake […]

Released just days ago, Heat: An Amateur’s Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany, by Bill Buford, is sure to be one of summer’s most talked about food books.
Heat has been compared to Anthony Bourdain’s sensational account of his experiences while in the “culinary […]

If the bountiful crop of grilling books out this spring is any indication, it’s going to be a great summer for grilling. Check out these 6 gotta have cookbooks for the grillmaster in you.
The Big Book Of Outdoor Cooking & Entertaining, By Cheryl and Bill Jamison (Morrow, $24.95).
If it’s cooked outside it’s covered in […]

With summer fast approaching, and Memorial Day less than a week away, people will be firing up the grills in unbelievable numbers, making this a perfect time for Charlotte Observers’ Carolina Living section to focus on, what else, but grilling. According to the annual Weber GrillWatch Survey, the foods we grill most often are […]

On a recent trip to Target, I did my usual quick scan of the magazine rack, not expecting to find anything I hadn’t already seen. I was pleasantly surprised when my eyes landed upon a delicious looking cover. Better Homes & Gardens has a Special Interest Publication out this spring titled EAT. […]

Rachael Ray has fast become a household name. It’s no wonder, with four shows currently running on the Food Network, numerous cookbooks, plans for her own talk show in the works. And now her on magazine. All I can say is, move over Oprah, there’s a new media mogul in town!
So, about […]

I’m a self-professed foodie, born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina. For as long as I can remember, I have loved to cook; even as a young girl, too small to actually cook, I was dying to help in the kitchen. To this day, I vividly remember spending hours in the kitchen acting out my […]

I’m a self-professed foodie, born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina. And for as long as I can remember I have loved to cook. I can remember being a young girl, too small to actually cook but dying to help in the kitchen. To this day I vividly remember spending hours in the kitchen acting […]