Author Archives for Stuart Reb Donald
Literary Tapas
A collection of small dishes from the realm where paper meets palate.
New Yorker David Gelin publishes a book on Southern BBQ. The 43-year-old Gelin’s opus, BBQ Joints: Stories and Secret Recipes From the Barbecue Belt (Gibbs Smith Publisher, $15.95) is less a book about BBQ recipes and more an exploration of the people who devote […]
Review: Favorite Minnesota Recipes & Radio Memories
As I opened the plain brown envelope that contained my preview copy of Joyce Lamont’s Favorite Minnesota Recipes & Radio Memories (Voyager Press, Minneapolis, MN) I was a little giddy. I am a son of the South and cookbooks of folksy Southern personalities like Fannie Flagg or Paula Deen are always met with anticipation. Often […]
Literary Tapas
A collection of small dishes from the realm where paper meets palate.
Who is Judith Jones? She is only the woman behind some of the most influential cookbooks of all time. Jones is not a chef or Food Network host. She is merely the editor for Marcella Hazan, Claudia Roden, Edna Lewis, Marion Cunningham, and Julia […]
Spring is the Season for Cookbook Awards
Both the IACP (International Association of Culinary Professionals) and the James Beard Foundation have announced their finalists for 2008 honors. Each organization features thirteen categories, like Food Reference/Technical, Americana, and Healthy Focus, for publications printed in 2007.
Many of the publications have made both lists like A Love Affair with Southern Cooking by Jean Anderson and […]
Review: Sweet Melissa Baking Book
For most of us, the first we had ever heard of baker Melissa Murphy was when she took home the grand prize this past year on the Food Network’s Edible Ornaments Contest. But the folks in Brooklyn have adored her devotion to making the finest baked goods in the five boroughs since she first opened […]
