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...
"I'll have mine straight up - and green." Times have changed and the choices keep growing. With all the newly available organic spirits on the market, the eco-conscious drinker now has plenty of s...
I'm a busy working college student so this is what happens. I have made the best of my "kitchenette" but it is definitely in need the cure. (aubreylane in Santa Cruz, CA) One thing that keeps popping...
There could not be more perfect timing for the recently-released The Frugal Foodie Cookbook: Waste-Not Recipes for the Wise Cook, though I'd like to argue that this book could be an useful tool in any...
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...
Portuguese food is a new interest for us. We have been increasingly fascinated by Portuguese wines, which much of the same character and value of Spanish wines, and so we've been also very interested ...
When I was a kid, I used to read all my mom's Gourmet magazines and flip through her collection of Time Life Foods of the World. The photographs of food and faraway places lit up something inside me ...
It's something akin to a culinary lunar eclipse that at the moment we're all immersed in the celebration of Julia Child, Sheila Lukins of Silver Palate fame died of brain cancer. Julia's gift to the k...
If you're the type of cook who needs to know why onions make us cry and gets curious about the molecular structure of melting sugar, then this is definitely the book for you. It has become our #1 refe...
Not only has Mastering the Art of French Cooking become a top seller again almost 50 years after its publication, a first edition is now going for more than $900.00 on eBay! (Original selling price: ...
One of my favorite things to do when traveling, especially internationally, is go to a bookstore or newsstand and hunt out local food magazines. It's a great way to find some local or regional recipes...
Here's a great question from Erin. Can you help her? I'm about to move to an area where decent Japanese food is a long way away, and was wondering if the readers had any suggestions for a Japanese hom...
About five years ago, I lived at a hot springs resort tucked deep in the San Lucia Mountains of Central California. During the winter months, it was a full-on Zen practice temple and in the summer mo...
Martha has a new cookbook, and it's all about cupcakes. Regardless of your feelings about these handheld treats—super cute and delicious or a fad that needs to fade—they are a fun dessert for p...
Back in the day, back before you could pick up a bottle of balsamic (OK, make that 'balsamic') vinegar and a sack of arugula at almost any corner bodega, back when parmesan cheese was only available ...
Here's a great question from Neha about a potentially confusing little note in many recipes. She writes: I'm hoping you can explain to me what the term "divided" means. I see it in recipes referring t...
Yesterday we asked you about the things that are inspiring you in the kitchen. In response, Susan wrote in to say that her new kitchen computer has been very inspirational lately! Read on to see what ...
Shirley O. Corriher's first book, CookWise, graces many of our bookshelves and is a much-used resource for solving kitchen mysteries and avoiding cooking pitfalls. In BakeWise, Corriher puts the magni...
Here's a great question from reader Laura. She writes: I love to cook, and my boyfriend is really interested in learning. I try to teach him things as I think of them, but I'm no cooking instructor. H...
Every time we see a new cookbook by a top chef featuring recipes from their high-end restaurant, we feel torn. We're drawn in by the possibility of recreating a fantastic restaurant meal in at home, b...
This is question we've asked ourselves a few times as we've flipped through cookbooks. Do we gloss over text and gravitate towards the recipes that are pictured? Does it make us more wary of trying a ...
We have always gotten lots of questions related to cooking for a crowd, but lately the topic seems to have gotten hotter. These days, so many of us are choosing to entertain in with friends rather tha...
We've been slowly savoring this book for several weeks now, reading a few lovely snippets before bed and poring over recipes during breakfast. It's started to feel like a constant companion - always r...
While reading Ten Things I love: Jennifer's Sturdy Tools over the weekend, we noticed the caption for the photo of her cookbook stand. Jennifer wrote, "Currently it's holding my latest cookbook checke...
Do your kids help out with the cooking in your house? Whether they're toddlers or teenagers, Beth Sheresh thinks that there are lots of ways that kids can contribute in the kitchen - not to mention th...
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