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Posts tagged “Cookbooks”

Mini Meal Planners and Recipe Jotters from Briones & Co.

We get many requests for good recipe cards and recipe organization solutions; it seems like many of you are still searching for the perfect system. Well, these two organizers we just found may not be ...

The Art of Eating, No. 79: Ed Behr's Most Essential Cookbooks

Ed Behr, editor for one of our favorite food quarterlies The Art of Eating, has attempted something few of us are brave enough to do: he has voluntarily whittled his cookbook collection down to the ni...

New Web Resource: Cookstr

There's a new game in town. And we think it may give Epicurious and Food Network a run for their money. And what's that? These guys are missing an "e" in their name? Funny, we here at The Kitchn could...

Omnivore Books on Food
San Francisco

Omnivore Books on Food is a new bookstore in San Francisco. Housed in a former butcher shop in Noe Valley, they specialize in books about food, particularly vintage and hard-to-find books....

Publisher Spotlight: Persephone Books

Among the most treasured items on our bookshelves is a collection of volumes from Persephone Books. Elegant in their simplicity, these little volumes have identical dove-grey jackets and lovely endpap...

Cookbook Recommendation: Pie: 300 Tried-and-True Recipes for Delicious Homemade Pie

A few years ago, my mother gave me this cookbook that's proven to be indispensable. Called Pie: 300 Tried-and-True Recipes for Delicious Homemade Pie, this collection of 300 recipes and step-by-step ...

Thursday Giveaway: Ten by Sheila Lukins

Giveaway: Five copies of Ten: All the Foods We Love and 10 Perfect Recipes for Each, by Sheila Lukins and published by Workman Find it: Buy through Amazon, $13.57 Yesterday we reviewed Sheila Lukins'...

Thursday Giveaway: A Platter of Figs by David Tanis

Giveaway: Five copies of A Platter of Figs, by David Tanis and published by Artisan Find it: Buy at Amazon, $23 Inspiring, approachable, drop-dead gorgeous. That was Sara Kate's sum-up in her review ...

Thursday Giveaway: Organic Marin

Giveaway: Five copies of Organic Marin: Recipes From Farm To Table, published by Andrews McMeel Publishing Find it: Buy through Amazon, $18 The just-released Organic Marin: Recipes From Farm To Table...

Home Cooking: Improvised Cookbook Holder

Our new kitchen is slightly bigger than the last one, but it's still short on precious counter space. This just means there are more opportunities to improvise! ...

Thursday Giveaway: Serving Up the Harvest

Giveaway: Five copies of Serving Up the Harvest: 175 Simple Recipes Celebrating the Goodness of Fresh Vegetables by Andrea Chesman, published by Storey Publishing Find it: Buy Serving Up the Harvest f...

From The Email: A Few Toys for Barbecuers

A version of this post was originally sent to our email subscribers on July 17. To receive Sara Kate's weekly email, sign up in the column to the left or click here. Something tasty will arrive in you...

Thursday Giveaway: Recipe of the Week: Ice Cream

Giveaway: Five copies of Recipe of the Week: Ice Cream: 52 Easy Recipes for Year-Round Frozen Treats by Sally Sampson, published by Wiley Find it: Buy it at Wiley for $16.95. When it comes to desser...

Thursday Giveaway: The Perfect Scoop by David Lebovitz

Giveaway: Five copies of David Lebovitz's book The Perfect Scoop: Ice Creams, Sorbets, Granitas, and Sweet Accompaniments, published by Ten Speed Press Find it: Buy The Perfect Scoop at Amazon for $16...

Recipe Review: Vietnamese Rice Noodle Pho

We've had this recipe from The Splendid Table's How To Eat Supper earmarked for a while. Given the dreary weather we've been getting all along the East Coast, we thought a bowl of noodles and tender b...

Web Resource: Vintage Cookbook

Have you ever wanted to find a cookbook from your grandmother's or great-grandmother's generation? Or maybe a cookbook that's out of print, from a restaurant long gone, or from a cultural generation ...

Thursday Giveaway: The New Steak by Cree LeFavour

Giveaway: Five copies of The New Steak: Recipes for a Range of Cuts plus Savory Sides by Cree LeFavour Find it: Available at Amazon.com for $14 Steak is not the most popular "eating-in" cut of meat t...

Look! A Trader Joe's Cookbook

You probably know that we're pretty big fans of Trader Joe's. We often give you recipes and recommendations from their stock of cheap-yet-"gourmet" products. Their inexpensive cheeses, chicken broth, ...

From The Email: 5 Cookbooks for Gardeners, Harvesters and Lovers of Vegetables

A version of this post was originally sent to our email subscribers on May 16th. To sign up for our weekly email sign up in the column to the left or click here. This month, we've been touting garde...

Thursday Giveaway: Grill Every Day Book and Apron

Giveaway: 5 copies of Grill Every Day: 125 Fast-Track Recipes for Weeknights at the Grill Find It: Book available through Chronicle Books for $24.95 We're excited to have Diane Morgan, author of Gril...

Cookbook Review: The Splendid Table's How to Eat Supper

So many cookbooks leave us in the dark wondering why do we have to add salt here or why does this need to sit overnight. Not this one! This is a cookbook for the people. It's written with the Splend...

Recipe Review: Daniel Leader's Ricotta Bread

Like an ant to the picnic, we couldn't resist trying out another bread recipe from Daniel Leader's book, Local Breads, this past weekend. We had such success making baguettes last time, so we thought...

Good Food With Evan Kleiman: Weeknight Meal Tips

Cooking a weeknight meal at the end of a long day can sometimes feel like a tall order. We're tired and most likely hungry, and picking up the phone for take-out feels like a much better option than ...

Memorial Day Giveaway: 101 Sangrias & Pitcher Drinks

Giveaway: 101 Sangrias & Pitcher Drinks by Kim Haasarud, published by Wiley Find it: Buy at Amazon, $11.53 How could we let our Memorial Day cocktail bash go by without a mention of sangria, that...

Entertaining: Q&A with Jessie Saunders, author of The Two of Us...and Friends

Jessie Saunders knows what it's like to cook and entertain in a tiny kitchen. For years, she and her husband lived in a small apartment in New York's Greenwich Village, where, she says, "If everyone ...