Paper Palate

Our good friend owns a little English bookshop here in France that she has sadly decided to close. Well, I say sadly because I enjoy visiting her there and will miss browsing through all of the new titles in the cozy, welcoming shop she created.
However…

the closing of the shop means that all of the books […]

We all agree that a book review is about the book itself. When Feast Bazaar by Barry Vera dropped on my doormat, I thought it might shatter in a thousand and one shards like a mirror would. I had received a colourful mirror. I grew up on Moroccan food; I have images of my gran ”rolling”  couscous. I […]

If you’ve ever wanted to try some new flavours but have been unsure about how to go about it, might I suggest some Indian food? For some people, Indian cuisine conjures up images of long hours in front of the stove and a hot tandoor oven, but that’s not the case if you’ve got Madhur […]

I didn’t come upon this wonderful book in the usual way, which is to say drooling over it in a bookstore or browsing on Amazon. Instead, my sister sent me a forwarded e-mail with the subject line reading something like “Count Your Blessings.” Now I don’t typically open these types of e-mails, but my sister […]

The first thing I noticed as I flipped through The New Regional Italian Cuisine Cookbook by Reinhardt Hess, Cornelia Schinharl and Sabine Salzer was the abundance of beautiful pictures. There is a photo of every single recipe, as well as scenic shots of Italy and close-ups of ingredients. Photos are a major plus in any […]

The title refers to southern American cooking - something about which I know next to nothing. But if someone has written about a love affair with it, it must be pretty good and I was full of high hopes for the book.
Written by Jean Anderson, winner of a James Beard award and contributer to Bon […]

Gifts for the kitchen can easily cross the line, going from a thoughtful gesture to an inappropriate hint.  For the holidays, beautiful cookbooks filled with inspiration should be your theme, leaving the overly practical cookbooks for the domestic chef to acquire on his or her own.  Yet, when purchasing online, or fighting the holiday season […]

This month it’s the Spanish issue, offering readers a ‘Taste of Spain.’ Even Fare Exchange (readers request restaurant recipes) has a Spanish flavour … so let’s start there.
Encasa, in Sydney, kicks things off with arroz negro, a sort of Spanish risotto, flavoured with squid ink and served with aioli. Heading into one of Australia’s emerging […]

One of the biggest questions I receive regarding special diets is “How do I get enough nutrients without … ?”  You fill in the blank.  It always amazes me how dependent we can become on just a few foods.  Two of the most popular items, that are also the most troublesome, are milk/dairy and wheat/gluten.  For […]

I recently received a copy to review of Discovery of a Continent by Marcus Samuelsson. This particular copy is currently available only at Starbucks and contains nearly 100 recipes from all over Africa, as well as five additional African-inspired Starbucks barista recipes created especially for this book (including a coffee-enhanced Two-Alarm Pumpkin Chili).
As soon as […]