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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

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

Cookbook review: 'The I Love Trader Joe's Around the World C...

In a nutshell: People love Trader Joe's for its attractive prices and its interesting variety of prepared products that help make tasty cooking at home a little easier. Who hasn't been saved on a busy weeknight by one of the groce [...]

Posted On : Nov, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Cookbook review: Scholarly authors serve up Middle Eastern d...

Long before the stories of 1,001 Arabian Nights were told by Scheherazade to save her life from the murderous King Shahryar, women have told stories. Leila Salloum Elias and Muna Salloum join the tradition with "Sweets of Araby: Ench [...]

Posted On : Nov, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Facing Beauty: Painted Women & Cosmetic Art by Aileen Ribeir...

"A beautiful woman is a temptation built over a sewer.” From a 14th-century handbook for Dominican preachers, this is one of many startling quotations in Aileen Ribeiro’s absorbing new book. Worth getting just for the lus [...]

Posted On : Nov, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Cookbook review: Heartland

As the weather gets colder, I turn to comfort food. The term “comfort” includes a lot of sensations – soups that warm my hands as I hold the bowl, beef roasts that remind me of school night meals as a kid, and tasty dess [...]

Posted On : Nov, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Cookbook review: 'Momofuku Milk Bar' by Christina Tosi

In a nutshell: Momofuku Milk Bar is a quirky New York City bakery that's an offshoot of chef David Chang's acclaimed Momofuku, where pastry chef Christina Tosi first started making whimsical desserts that had diners clammering for [...]

Posted On : Nov, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Cookbook review: Cook’s Country Blue Ribbon Desserts

Probably like most home bakers, I spend a lot of time trolling for recipes that look like winners. So you can imagine my excitement when the Monitor’s food editor approached me with a review copy of “Cook’s Country Blue [...]

Posted On : Nov, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Cookbook Review: Southern Biscuits

My bookshelves are filled, overflowing really, with mouthwatering cookbooks. It's rare that a single topic cookbook makes the cut to earn a permanent spot in my kitchen. Who needs a cookbook solely focused on one type of dessert, like [...]

Posted On : Sep, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

The Purveyor Reviews: Cooking With Vodka Blog

At The Purveyor we appreciate fine food almost as much as we like great wines, spirits, champagnes and cocktails. There is of course a fine tradition of not only enjoying alcohol along side food but actually using it as a key ingredient.& [...]

Posted On : Aug, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Review: eBook Secrets Exposed

If you want to make a lot of money with your own eBookand you only read one book on the subject in the next12 months, I strongly recommend that it's 'eBookSecrets Exposed' by Jim Edwards and David Garfinkel. [...]

Posted On : Jul, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

The Dana Guide to Brain Health: A Practical Family Reference...

Dana Press kindly sent us a couple of books. One of them, The Dana Guide to Brain Health: A Practical Family Reference From Medical Experts, is our topic today. We are impressed by what Dana is doing to insert neuroscience findings and im [...]

Posted On : Jul, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Cookbook Review - Heartland: The Cookbook by Judith Fertig

The other day, I was lucky enough to pick up a recent cookbook from my local library. Titled "Heartland: The Cookbook", author Judith Fertig brings us a delightful collection of down-home favorites perfect for savoring the bount [...]