Paper Palate

March’s issue of Food & Wine magazine is dubbed the Special Kitchen Issue and reviews a variety of small appliances, giving the top three in each category.  The appliances reviewed are blenders, convection toaster ovens, deep fryers, food processors, hand mixers, juicers, and panini presses. I feel like I’m missing out here because I only have […]

I love Coastal Living magazine. As someone who is firmly planted in the Midwest, receiving my Coastal Living magazine every month is like a miniature getaway in my mind. I can browse through the gorgeous beach homes, read the stories of life in coastal towns, and dream and wish my day away.
One thing I never […]

The annual Italian Special issue from Delicious, full, as you would expect, with Italian dishes.
So what do I make first - a classic English dish, Scotch Woodcock with Asparagus. It’s an Edwardian or Victorian dish whose peculiar name’s origin has long since been lost. Basically though, it is just creamy scrambled eggs with anchovy, which might sound […]

 
One of my least favorite things to do is wait on the checkout line at the supermarket.  I especially hate it when I pop into the express lane with my basket containing three items and the person in front of me has just loaded a cart full of groceries onto the conveyor. What’s up with that?  What […]

 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?
This […]

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 […]