Blogs Posts in Cookbooks category; 317 blog posts

Book review: The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Cookbook

There's just something about vintage recipes that catch my interest. I love trying to re-create the types of recipes that I enjoyed as a child. It's not always easy to find good old fashioned recipes any longer. So many of the new [...]

Posted On : Mar, 24 2012 | Comments : 0

Canadian cookbooks pepper James Beard award shortlist

Canadian cookbook authors and restaurateurs have scored a bumper crop of nominations for James Beard Awards, the New York-based James Beard Foundation’s annual food publishing and restaurant industry honours. The James Beard sh [...]

Posted On : Mar, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

Paleo cookbook

If you’re on the quest to restoring and strengthening your wellness, you might be bound to hear about the Paleo diet plan. If you do, you may surely need to think about a good Paleo cookbook to be your guide as you begin out on this [...]

Posted On : Mar, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

New cookbooks reveal the best of Italian comfort foods

The economy is shaky and the political climate is uncertain. We've been facing tough times for a while, and even the most optimistic of us could use some modicum of comfort, at least at the table. These may all be factors contributing [...]

Posted On : Jan, 18 2012 | Comments : 0

Best Blogs That Turned Cookbooks

The year 2010 was big for bloggers — especially post the "Julie & Julia" craze — who made the transition from web blogger to published print author, but 2011 had fewer success stories. While it's probably every b [...]

Posted On : Jan, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Cookbook of the Week: Poulet, When All You Want Is An Honest...

Holiday goose, turkey, duck. All great, but in another week or two, and we'll be happy to get back to that tried-and-true weeknight chicken. Good thing in Poulet: More than 50 Remarkable Meals that Exalt the Honest Chicken there is pl [...]

Posted On : Dec, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

The Seduction Cookbook

"Here's one woman who can tell you how to cook, using romance as the main ingredient."--"Ivanhoe Broadcast News" "These lively recipes, each with a sexy reputation, can turn a meal from sedate to sizzling.&quo [...]

Posted On : Dec, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Cookbook Review: Essential Pepin

The good news about legendary chef Jacques Pepin: he’s still got it. Even better – you can get it. Pepin’s latest, greatest cookbook Essential Pepin features more than 700 of Pepin’s “all-time favorite” [...]

Posted On : Dec, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Why not cookbooks?

Well, there’s no getting away from the season of giving. So, if you’re looking for a perfect holiday gift for your foodie friends, grab these lip-smacking food books and they will thank you no end. These books are written for [...]

Posted On : Dec, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

The global kitchen

Beata Zatorska learned to make pierogi and other Polish recipes in her grandmother’s farmhouse kitchen, in the remote village in the foothills of Poland’s Karkonosze mountains where she grew up. When she returned years later, [...]

Posted On : Dec, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

New cookbooks arrive in time for holiday gift-giving

With the holidays at hand, publishers around the country have released a wide range of new cookbooks they hope will make ideal gifts for friends and family members on yuletide shopping lists. Three of the new cookbooks feature Bay Area cu [...]

Posted On : Dec, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Cookbook review: 'Make the Bread, Buy the Butter,' by Jennif...

In a nutshell: If you've ever wondered if it's worth the time, tears and flour-covered kitchen in the quest to bake the perfect baguette, this is the cookbook for you. Reese, author of tipsybaker.com, explored these topics when sh [...]

Posted On : Dec, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Cookbook review: The Bonne Femme Cookbook

For all the complex, multi-stepped recipes that give French cuisine its daunting reputation, everyday French home cooking is filled with countless utterly simple dishes as perfect and impressive in their own way as the hautest restaurant [...]

Posted On : Dec, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Cookbooks, Epicurious satisfy hunger for new recipes

As you might imagine, I love cookbooks. And I have plenty of them, on all sorts of topics, by all sorts of experts. Rick Bayless on Mexican food, Julia Child for French cuisine, Mollie Katzen and Deborah Madison for vegetarian fare, and p [...]