Paper Palate

 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 […]

Okay, Spring really is here now. The April issue of Every Day with Rachael Ray has hit newsstands with features like Spring Cleaning Secrets and a cover photo with happy Spring flowers. Can I just say for the record that any magazine with “Bacon Beyond Breakfast” on the cover is a winner in my book?
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I seem to have a special fondness for Australian magazines that I can’t quite explain.  I’ve gushed about Donna Hay before, but in case you haven’t heard of it, I’d like to introduce a new player onto the scene.  Delicious magazine, which publishes a UK edition, and at one point also put out a US […]

Even though I’m admittedly a big fan of Martha Stewart, I have a love/hate relationship with her recipes.  Some work, some don’t, and I know I’m in good company with my success, or lack thereof.  I vividly remember making a Cranberry Upside-Down Cake recipe of hers twice, back-to-back, determined to beat the thing into submission before […]

I subscribe to culinary magazines, buy cookbooks, surf the web for cooking techniques, and read recipes on the back of any box or package of food I purchase.  I look forward to my bi-monthly edition of Cuisine at Home magazine published by August Home.  With a subscription price for the 6 issues at $24.00, it is a little more pricey […]

When I was younger I used to always have the radio on. When I would wake up in the morning, and I would listen to music when I was getting ready for school and work. I remember bopping around the house/apartment/room to the music. I would also always fall asleep with music on softly in […]

I don’t think my friends realize I have a problem.  Or maybe they do and they’re just too nice to say anything to me, but they share eyebrow raises behind my back: “There she goes again.”  I try to hide it, I do.
I am hopelessly addicted to Australian cooking magazines.  Particularly Donna Hay magazine, which […]

The first time I flipped through the March issue of Bon Appetit there was a definite trend in the type of recipes that I gravitated towards.  They were all gooey.  This is actually a feature of this month’s issue entitled Warm, Sticky, Gooey!, but I seem to have found other recipes in the magazine that […]

I am not a procrastinator on all things, but there are some things that I procrastinate with until the last minute. Writing my freelance articles is one example. It seems like my best written articles come to me when I have waited until the very last minute to write them. I do my best work […]

Fifteen meals for less than a fiver, Suppers in Under 30 Minutes, Jamie’s brilliant seasonal recipes, Jill Dupleix’s Big Soups - there’s a lot in this issue (as is the norm).
Being a bit of a sweet-fiend, Britain’s Best Puds was the obvious first stop. The five, complete with full recipes, are Jam Roly Poly, Sticky […]