Paper Palate

I love reading a good novel.  What I love even more is reading something that tugs at my emotions.  I thoroughly enjoy books that incorporate food into the story and are able to tie in food to the character’s emotions.
In The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister, she takes you into the back-story of […]

Have you ever found out the night before that you needed to send in a dessert for the school bakesale?  What about a last minute get together with friends and you’ve been asked to bring something for dessert?  If you are like me, you don’t want to just go to the store and purchase something, […]

Have you ever wanted to know more about how to use vanilla?  Or perhaps interesting ways to use other extracts that you have seen at gourmet shops or high-end grocery stores?  Then, A Century of Flavors is the cookbook for you.
This cookbook is written to be used with the Nielsen-Massey Vanillas, which are made by a […]

There are some food bloggers who have a talent for writing about their life and recipes in such a way that you can’t wait for their next post.  Molly Wizenberg of Orangette is definitely one of those food bloggers.
Rather than put together a traditional cookbook of recipes with the occasional story to go along with […]

When I received a cookbook that was titled Taste This! I was immediately interested to see what was inside.  As I opened the book, I was struck by all of the beautiful color photos of not just a handful of the recipes, but of EACH AND EVERY recipe!  With my love of visual references, this […]

Sometimes you come across a cookbook that is more than a book full of recipes. The Military Wives’ Cookbook: 200 Years of Traditions, Recipes, and Remembrances is a book like that.  Written by Carolyn Quick Tillery, a daughter of a serviceman who went on to serve before becoming a military wife, it is filled with history […]

Attention anyone who enjoys poking around New York City looking for new food finds! Zagat has published the Zagatsurvey 2009 New York City Gourmet Shopping & Entertaining (Zagat New York City Gourmet Marketplace), which gives you the 4-1-1 on all the best places (just over 1800 of them!) to find those interesting ingredients or unique […]

I recently received a copy of Enlightened Soups: More Than 135 Light, Healthy, Delicious and Beautiful Soups in 60 Minutes or Less and was thrilled because not only does the book have some wonderful lightened soup recipes, but it’s written by Camilla Saulsbury.  If you have seen Ultimate Recipe Showdown this season or the previous […]

Now that Spring has sprung, we’ll be switching to our warm weather clothes before we know it.  Many of us have begun increasing our exercise routine and lightening up the foods we are eating.  Betty Crocker has recently added a new cookbook to help with these changes, Betty Crocker Whole Grains: Easy Everyday Recipes.
This latest […]

When I go to the mailbox and I find the latest issue of my favorite magazines there I get very excited.  What is even better is when they feature a favorite ingredient.  This month when both Cooking Light and Everyday Food arrived and had pasta on the cover, I was thrilled!
Everyday Food is that cute little magazine […]