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Book Recommendation: The Frugal Foodie Cookbook

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...

Do You Cook From Vintage Cookbooks?

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 ...

Inspiration: Better Homes & Gardens Barbecue

Remember our hot dog buffet post from last week? The graphic from that post came from our new favorite cookbook, The Better Homes & Gardens Barbecue Book. The pages are full of outdoor cooking "te...

Has a Cookbook Ever Changed Your Life ... Or At Least Your Cooking?

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 ...

Good Idea! Use a Chip Clip to Hold Recipes

While we would really like one of these recipe rails, like the one Jennifer's husband built for her, our equipment for recipe holding right now just involves magnets and a fridge. But here's one more ...

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 ...

Chicago Cooking Event: Printers Row Book Fair

The Printers Row Book Fair has become one of our favorite summer events, partially because we can spend hours searching for new and used cookbooks in the stalls. We're guaranteed to find something une...

Kitchen Contemplation: How Many Cookbooks Is Too Many Cookbooks?

I have two cookbooks in my Amazon cart right now and they’re burning a hole right through to my desktop. One I’ve already seen and know I’ll love, the other I haven’t seen but I just know any...

Thursday Giveaway: Win a Copy of Cooking with Shelburne Farms: Food and Stories from Vermont

Giveaway: 5 copies of Cooking with Shelburne Farms: Food and Stories from Vermont Authors: Melissa Pasanen with Rick Gencarelli. Published by Penguin Books. Shop: Available from Shelburne Farms for $...

Store Review: Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks

We admit it. We have a cookbook addiction. Our bookshelves are overflowing, and yet we keep buying them. In New York, our favorite place to feed that delicious addiction is Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks. ...

Thursday Giveaway: Win a Copy of Morimoto: The New Art of Japanese Cooking

Giveaway: Morimoto: The New Art of Japanese Cooking, by Masaharu Morimoto Shop: Available from Amazon for $26.40 Our giveaway today is in honor of the Beard Book Award nominees that we posted below. ...

Design Friday: The Kitchen Sync
International Home and Housewares Show 2008

Laptop, meet the cookbook. We saw the Kitchen Sync design concept several weeks ago, and we were surprised and happy to meet its designer, Noah Balmer, at the Housewares Show. Balmer received an Inter...

What We're Reading: Late February Book Roundup

Yes, we're deep into our Book Club pick, Julia Child's memoirs, but being book-lovers we all have lots more on our bedside tables. Here are a few of the food-related books that we're currently readi...