Paper Palate

Though some of Ted Allen’s fans may remember him from his days as the restaurant critic for Chicago magazine, most of us know him from stints on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Iron Chef: America, and Food Detectives. But Allen has been a nationally respected food and wine expert since joining the editorial staff of Esquire magazine eleven years […]

One of the hot new genres among nonfiction publications is the “culinary adventure.” The formula is simple really, a chef or restaurant critic takes a vacation where they do nothing but experience wonderful cuisine and along the way they learn a little something about life. Perhaps we should call it Foodie Literature because it is […]

A collection of small dishes from the realm where paper meets palate.

With all of the hullabaloo right now about salmonella tainted tomatoes the good folks at Domino magazine come to the rescue in their August ’08 issue with an article for uses of heirloom tomatoes. For those who do not know, heirlooms are what tomatoes […]

Small dishes from the realm where paper meets palate.
In the May/June ’08 issue of Draft magazine, Bruce Paton helps everyone with the often daunting task of what wild food should be paired with each obscure micro-brew. He suggests pairing wild blackberries with Maylon’s Dragoon’s Dry Irish Stout, trout with Mad River Steelhead Extra Pale Ale […]

My family’s not vegetarian. In fact, my husband and daughter are just this side of partaking in the Caveman Diet. I like to incorporate (okay, sneak) as many vegetarian meals as they’ll tolerate into our diets, but since this isn’t my regular mode of cooking, I find myself stumped once I’ve made the cheese enchiladas, […]

Last January I picked up the issue of Gourmet that was on newsstands because my husband and I were planning a trip to Nashville. The January issue was a collector’s edition about Southern cooking with an article by author Ann Patchett about the food of Nashville.
I didn’t get to Patchett’s article until long after our […]

The last time Alton Brown did a book signing in St. Louis, it was a small enough affair to fill Left Bank Books. My friend Allison presented Mr. Brown with a pair of flame-printed potholders she’d made.  He saw her to-go box, asked what was in it, to which Allison’s husband replied, “It’s her leftover […]

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 […]

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 […]

Author Michael Pollan did a full two years of research in writing his latest book, In Defense of Health.  Throughout the nutrition and health tome, he offers this bottom line, “Eat food.  Not too much.  Mostly plants.”  Sounds simple enough.
In a recent issue of People magazine, he gave a few of his specific tips:
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