In Words, Food, Maya Angelou Reflects on Holidays

For Maya Angelou, the holidays bring family and friends to the table to eat, to laugh. and to one-up each other."This is a time when people get to 'show out,' as my grandmother used to say," says Angelou, poet, memoiris [...]

Posted On : Dec, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

Cookbooks and wine gadgets: A seasonal gift guide for your f...

Thanksgiving is a day devoted to spending time with family and friends. The day after Thanksgiving is devoted to buying gifts for family and friends. If you're wondering what to get the wine lover or budding chef in your life, have n [...]

Posted On : Nov, 25 2010 | Comments : 0

Season's best cookbook picks open up a world of food choices

Forget flashy coffee table books short on real recipes. For 2010, the best cookbooks are big, fat, practical tomes. Here are a select few choices for cooks on your list: The Ocean Wise Cookbook: Seafood Recipes That Are Good for the Plan [...]

Posted On : Nov, 18 2010 | Comments : 0

Win free cookbooks by following The Chronicle Food Section o...

oday, in honor of November, The Chronicle Food & Wine section is holding a very special contest. Anyone who follows Chronicle Food & Wine on Twitter at sfc_foodandwine during this week is eligible to win Volumes One and Two of Th [...]

Posted On : Nov, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Cookbook Corner: 'A Taste of It All: Celebrating the Mood of...

"A Taste of It All: Celebrating the Mood of Food" is a homegrown cookbook by Georgia Manzo Joachim, who has lived her entire life in northern Maine.The book's chapters focus on the mood of a given life event ("Graduati [...]

Posted On : Oct, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

Habitat to host foodie, Mark Bittman

An avid home cook since the late 1960s, Mark Bittman has authored more than 10 best-selling cookbooks, including his "How to Cook Everything" series and 2008's "Food Matters," a no-nonsense volume promoting agricu [...]

Posted On : Sep, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

New cookbook features plane food

Writer Dave Barry once joked that airlines go to great lengths to keep passengers from carrying weapons onto a plane but "then they just hand you a dinner roll you could kill a musk ox with."Singapore Airlines believes airline [...]

Posted On : Sep, 17 2010 | Comments : 0

New cookbook by AP Food Editor J.M. Hirsch: More flavour, le...

Weeknight cooking is no time for nuance. Meals must stand and be noticed. They must cut through the clutter of weekday chaos. And they must do it quickly and without fuss, mess, or toil. It's a simple premise. Let high-flavour ingred [...]

Posted On : Sep, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Whole Foods Diet Cookbook: How to Eat for Health and Taste

I'm the type of person who loves to look through cookbooks and even occasionally buy them but has a far poorer track record when it comes to actually, you know, cooking. So it was a high point for me to make (or help make) two recipes from [...]

Posted On : Jul, 21 2009 | Comments : 0

Title: Light the Fire - Fiery Food with a Light New Attitude...

Now this is one hot little number of a cookbook. Wow! How can you omit salt, cut down on fat, yet increase taste in your meals? Spice it up! From soup to nuts - African Peanut Soup to Sherried Pine Nut Yogurt, here you can find recipes for [...]

Posted On : Oct, 06 2007 | Comments : 0

Title: Light the Fire - Fiery Food with a Light New