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Shauna James Ahern likes loves is obsessed with food.  Like so many of us, she has had an on again, off again love affair with food for her entire life; always searching for the answer to what ailed her, and somehow knowing that it lay in right in front of her … on her plate.  […]

My past experiences with baking 100% whole wheat bread have generally yielded loaves that are good for little more than doorstops - dense and heavy.  That’s why I was eager to read bread guru Peter Reinhart’s new book Whole Grain Breads.  Reinhart is also the author of The Bread Baker’s Apprentice which is a go-to book […]

Serious Eats focused its “Cook the Book” series this week on James Beard’s Beard on Food.
The News & Observer reviews Amateur Gourmet Adam Roberts’ new book.
And if you’re interested in his book, Adam’s got a list of his Virtual Book Tour Appearances.
Shauna James of Gluten-Free Girl is starting her own book tour next week.
Matt Bites […]

Amy of Cooking with Amy reviews Yummy Potatoes by Marlena Spieler.
Mommy Chef tried a Kielbasa and Cabbage Skillet from Taste of Home magazine.
Cook & Eat features a recipe for Cup o’ Brownie, adapted from Donna Hay’s Good Food Fast.
Post Punk Kitchen previews two upcoming Vegan cookbooks.
Cooking with the Headhunter adapted a recipe from the November […]

Levana Kirschenbaum is a master chef who is passionate about her work, and it shows.  Her elegance and attention to detail are illustrated throughout Levana’s Table.  This book of enticing recipes and gorgeous photos is a perfect gift for your favorite hostess.  In addition to a collection of great recipes, Levana takes you inside her […]

I’m always on the lookout for new cookbooks. I like referrals from friends, magazines and blogs. I also love top ten lists and editor’s picks. So naturally I am very interested in the cookbooks nominated for the 2007 James Beard Foundation Awards. There are thirteen book categories plus cookbook of the year. Many nominees are […]

As we all know, there are the cookbooks we actually use and then there are cookbooks that look impressive, but actually just take up space on our bookshelves.
Cookbooks by top chefs often fall into the latter category - but not Les Légumes de Mon Moulin by French chef Roger Vergé.
I was pleased to find […]

David Kamp’s The United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet Nation makes for a good light read for anyone interested in the subject of food, its follies and fights in the United States. It glides the decades and personalities of the food world with personal stories, quirky accounts and riffs of all our […]

Comfort can be found in so many different places, in so many different forms for so many different people. We all share one common comfort. Food. That’s not to say that we all find comfort in the same foods. Some of us find comfort in Mom’s mac and cheese, or Grandma’s […]

Some people base their diets on their favorite foods, on specific ingredients that are central to their culture, or on the number of calories they ingest. But food allergies can be an inconvenient deciding factor of their own for a significant number of people (the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases estimates that […]