http://paperpalate.net Food and wine in magazines and newspapers, cookbook reviews Fri, 09 May 2008 05:30:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'd be lying if I said photography isn't important in a cookbook for me. The truth is that I enjoy savoring the photography of a good cookbook almost as much as I enjoy savoring the recipes. The Minnesota Homegrown Cookbook delivers beautiful photography, interesting stories, and tasty recipes. This coffee table-worthy ... http://paperpalate.net/2008/05/09/the-minnesota-homegrown-cookbook/ Pure Food by Christine Cushing is a book that offers a wide variety of dishes that focus on freshness and flavor. The recipes are straightforward and emphasize using seasonal ingredients in a way that suits them best. The layout is clean and the photos are bright and inviting. The book begins with ... http://paperpalate.net/2008/05/08/pure-food/ A collection of small dishes from the realm where paper meets palate. New Yorker David Gelin publishes a book on Southern BBQ. The 43-year-old Gelin's opus, BBQ Joints: Stories and Secret Recipes From the Barbecue Belt (Gibbs Smith Publisher, $15.95) is less a book about BBQ recipes and more an exploration ... http://paperpalate.net/2008/05/07/literary-tapas-2/ Okay, I admit it.  I love Top Chef!  Its one of my "must see" TV shows of each week.  I watch for the drama, the cheesy preening of the Cheftestants, the snarky guest judges, Padma's outfits, and, of course, the food.  The show is in the midst of its fourth season ... http://paperpalate.net/2008/05/06/fideos-with-clams-and-saffron-from-top-chef-the-cookbook/ I'm feeling far from summery - there is a huge black cloud drawing up that has made my loft so dark I need the lights on and it's only 2 in the afternoon! Still the recipes in the June issue of Delicious at least give some indication that summer is on ... http://paperpalate.net/2008/05/05/delicious-magazine-june-2008/ Three new cookbooks have come my way. Actually one is getting on a bit, one is quite new but I've seen it mentioned on several blogs already now, while the last is so new it's not actually been printed yet! For me the visual is the key to liking a cookbook. ... http://paperpalate.net/2008/05/02/ingredients-odyssey-and-foie-gras-three-new-cookbooks/ As I opened the plain brown envelope that contained my preview copy of Joyce Lamont’s Favorite Minnesota Recipes & Radio Memories (Voyager Press, Minneapolis, MN) I was a little giddy. I am a son of the South and cookbooks of folksy Southern personalities like Fannie Flagg or Paula Deen are ... http://paperpalate.net/2008/05/01/review-favorite-minnesota-recipes-radio-memories/ “Is there any more? The rice was really good.” Coming from The Husband, this is high praise indeed.  He thinks he makes better rice than I do. He probably does, but geez, it takes him f-o-r-e-v-e-r. So I was pretty happy to be getting rice praise from him on this new recipe. It comes from ... http://paperpalate.net/2008/04/30/peruvian-style-fried-rice/ When the weather starts to get nice, my husband's grilling hand gets itchy. Actually, scratch that -- the weather doesn't even have to be that nice. However, when the weather does get nice, his urge to grill is almost overpowering. I'm not the biggest fan of grilled foods (with apologies to Paper Palate's ... http://paperpalate.net/2008/04/29/food-wines-grilled-sour-cream-marinated-shrimp/ The weather here in Kansas City is finally gorgeous. We have been having sunny, mid-70-degree days. Those of you who have been with me for a while know how thrilled this makes me. I have made no secret of my detest for winter, so finally having days that are as ... http://paperpalate.net/2008/04/28/rachael-rays-tex-mex-corn-chip-chili/