Paper Palate

When I saw the cover of Sweet Melissa Baking Book, my mouth watered. The confectioner’s sugar topped dessert looked too good to be true. And when I later read the book (during my breaks at work), I was intrigued. I love author Melissa Murphy’s style. Her brief tidbits with each recipe really make the book […]

The latest issue of Bon Appetit came in the mail on the same day that I happened to buy a bottle of POM (you know, that pomegranate juice that everyone seemed to be talking about and using, um, yesterday — yes, I am a little behind on that trend). So anyway, it just seemed like fate […]

Sometimes a story is just too good to ignore. This is one of those stories. When I read it in the New York Post, I just had to share.
Christopher Woods, 29, a Manhattan, NY, resident is suing the maker of Boost energy drinks. Why? Because after drinking Boost to gain weight in June 2004, Woods sustained a severe […]

When I was recently given the opportunity to review two copies of Southern Lady magazine for Paper Palate, I jumped at the chance. I am a northern girl - born and raised in New York - and you can’t get much more opposite of southern belle in the United States than that. And in a […]

This holiday season there are a wealth of books on the horizon for you to give to all the food lovers in your life. These books are all scheduled for release sometime between now and mid-December or have come out very recently so they are hot, hot, hot! and pretty certainly not already in the […]

Histories of some of the most loved and revered drinks are the topic of this week’s Hump Day Horizons. Wine and champagne are popular holiday-time (ok, popular anytime) drinks. These new books offer wine and champagne lovers a glimpse into their origins.
These could also make great holiday gifts.
Champagne: How the World’s Most Glamorous Wine Triumphed […]

With Thanksgiving just days away, the Hartford Courant has a wealth of recipes and advice on making your holiday stuffing. But they don’t just stop there. Tips on turkey roasting, potato mashing, cranberry saucing, wine pairing and other Thanksgiving-esk topics are available too. Lots of them.
There’s even a recipe for pumpkin pudding (basically the pie […]

‘Tis the season, right?
Hump Day Horizons is contemplating entertaining this week. Why? Hello! Look at the statement above! With the American Thanksgiving right around the corner, and Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanza and New Years shortly following, this is a popular time of year for entertaining. Holiday party invites will be hitting your inbox and crashing into […]

I love when I find newspapers highlighting some of the many wonderful cooks around the blogosphere. It’s so heartening to know that people are noticing the great things that are happening in our global food community. For me, food blogging started as a way to branch out into a type of writing that I am […]

Hump Day Horizons this week decided to check out what’s coming out for the gluten-sensitive cooks and readers, or those who avoid it for whatever reason.
It wasn’t that long ago that gluten was a strangely unfamiliar word for many people. But these days research, publicity and word-of-mouth has helped spread news of this thing that […]