We hadn't even moved beyond the cover before we were reaching for our measuring cups and mixing bowls. We can't remember the last time we felt such a strong call of "Must make this!" in reaction to si...
I recently got into a conversation about the notion that "cooking with kids" is hokey and doesn't belong in a tasteful food publication. I hear the point, but I think it's because so much of what's pr...
Some of the best cookbooks, in our opinion, are ones that inspire beyond their specific recipes. They offer readers a fresh look at familiar ingredients as well as new ones, teach new ways of approach...
We love a book with a good story and a worthy social cause behind it, but even more than that, we love a great collection of recipes. Soup recipes, in particular, these days. We found all of these thi...
After seeing Faith's delectable post about making maple syrup taffy à la Little House in the Big Woods, I was compelled to pull down my battered copy of The Little House Cookbook and pore over the re...
When Jim Lahey's recipe for no-knead bread first hit the New York Times, it sparked a massive bread-baking phenomenon. It was incredible to see so many people excited about bread and baking at home! L...
Here's one more book in our list of books to consider as gifts this holiday. This last book is one that I want to devour, but I am forcing myself to nibble it instead — short, delicious essays, ...
When you hear the word dumpling, what does it make you think of? Asian pot stickers? How about tamales, ravioli or bread pudding? Well according to the authors of The Dumpling, those all fit into t...
Our look at some recent books that would make great gifts for cooks this Christmas continues with the latest from young star chef Marcus Samuelsson. New American Table is a love song to Samuelsson's a...
What's better than a fresh pastry still warm from the oven on a cold winter morning? Maybe only one you've made yourself! If learning how to make homemade pastries was on your to-do list this winter, ...
"If you're a parent, you don't have time to read cookbooks. That's why we wrote this one." That's how Hugh Garvey and Matthew Yeomans start their new book. It's a pretty good way to sum up this slim, ...
We've been working our way through a few more books that we think would make good gifts this holiday season. Here's the next in our lineup: the gorgeous, mouthwatering pages of Pasta Sfoglia. "Sfoglia...
It's high season for new cookbooks and good food reading. Sara Kate and others of us from The Kitchn have been doing our best to keep up with this year's new books, giving you tastes and peeks inside ...
Cookbook authors Jeff Hertzberg and Zoë François of our beloved Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day are back with a whole new collection! This book focuses on loaves made with whole wheat ...
The Canal House Cooking is a series of beautifully produced cookbooks that you can either subscribe to or purchase individually. Right now there are two volumes. Volume I is for Summer and Volume II...
"When we eat together, when we set out to do so deliberately, life is better, no matter your circumstances. Whether it's a sad or difficult time, whether it's an ordinary-seeming day, or whether it's...
Call us geeks, but cookbooks are one of our favorite things to give - or receive! - during the holidays. It's a gift that literally keeps on giving! This gorgeous cookbook from the editors of Real Sim...
We were flipping through Dam Good Sweet, a new cookbook about New Orleans-style desserts, and stopped dead in our tracks when we saw this. So gorgeous! And a perfect alternative to pie for Thanksgivin...
This time of year sees perhaps more mixed dining than any other time of year — and by mixed, of course, we mean vegetarian-vegan-gluten-free-with-omnivore dining. Thanksgiving and holiday partie...
When books come home with me for review consideration, our daughter often is the first to crack the spine and peruse the photos for something that appeals. Recently when I brought home Peter Reinhart'...
About five years ago, filmmaker Douglas Gayeton began recording foodway traditions in the town of Pistoia, Italy for a project he was doing with PBS. While most Pistorians had never heard of Slow Foo...
Paging through Lidia Bastianich's new book, Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy: A Feast of 175 Regional Recipes (Knopf), it's obvious that the notion of a locavore is not a trend but rather a given i...
If you think grits are, indeed, glorious, then this is a book for you. But even if you're not sold, hear us out. This book veers way off the breakfast path, with recipes for savory polenta main dishes...
Gesine Bullock-Prado, the sister of the famous actress Sandra Bullock, spent ten years in the belly of Hollywood, heading up her sister's production company before she chucked it all to move to Mont...
There was a time when "going vegan" seemed like condemning yourself to a diet of brown rice and textured vegetable protein - with carrot sticks for dessert. Vegan cooking has come a long way since the...
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