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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 […]

When I was recently given the opportunity to review two copies of Southern Lady magazine for Paper Palate, I jumped at the chance. I am a northern girl - born and raised in New York - and you can’t get much more opposite of southern belle in the United States than that. And in a […]

Summer might be drawing to a close in Australia but you wouldn’t know it from the current weather or from large number of sunny, blue-sky shots in the latest AGT. As if that’s not annoying enough for those of us in the northern hemisphere who are struggling towards summer, you also get plenty of late […]

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I watch only a few shows on the Food Network, two of those being Alton Brown’s “Good Eats” and Paula Deen’s “Home Cooking“. I do not watch the “Paula’s Party” show though, something about that show makes me feel uneasy. I am positively inclined toward […]

When I arrived in France in 1990, learning to cook à la française was a priority. My husband had a (very) few cookbooks, and my American favorites which had crossed the Atlantic didn’t speak the lingo.
Although I have amassed quite a collection of French livres de cuisine over the years, my first cooking teachers were […]

I’ve always been a little intimidated by the idea of cooking Japanese food (I’m very good at eating it though!). Part of this is because my parents have a Japanese friend who is a wonderful cook. He produces food which looks fantastic, tastes fantastic and takes him an age to prepare. I have no problems […]

I often wonder how chefs stay fit. Between all the taste-testing in coming up with new recipes, and just the general act of being around food all the time, it’s got to be a teensy bit of a challenge. Mini-mogul Rachael Ray recently sat down with Shape magazine to give the low-down on how […]

The February Vegetarian Times is packed with articles and recipes for just about everyone. 
Like nutrition news:  Check out the articles on conquering food cravings, the latest superfoods and the “new” quick-cooking whole grains. 
One example is the article on “The New Superfoods.”  Authors Shane Speer and Carolynn Carreno explore the background, super powers and usage recommendations for the Brazilian […]

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 […]

Starting this weekend, Chinese communities around the globe will begin celebrations of the Chinese New Year. Parades will be held featuring dragons dancing through the streets while the crowds clang cymbals and pop firecrackers.
While the parade sounds like fun, another way to usher in a prosperous year is to enjoy good food. There are no […]