Search Results for 'Kitchen'

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

On Stephanie Izard's Cookbook, 'Girl in the Kitchen'

About two years ago, Stephanie Izard set out to compile 100 of her favorite recipes, adapted for home cooks—goodies like beef stew, braised chicken thighs, and a maitake-laced green bean casserole. “The hardest thing about wri [...]

Posted On : Oct, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

New Indian cookbooks fail to translate in the kitchen

This was supposed to be easy. Test two recent cookbooks: India: The Cookbook, by Pushpesh Pant, and How to Cook Indian: More than 500 Classic Recipes for the Modern Kitchen, by Sanjeev Kapoor, by cooking and comparing a handful of dishes [...]

Posted On : Jun, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

The French Kitchen

Anouchka, Madame Douazan, Great-Aunt Simone. These are not characters from one of Joanne Harris's novels, they are the inspiration for a mouth-watering celebration of French cuisine. For, like Framboise, the heroine of Five Quarters o [...]

Posted On : Jun, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Eva Longoria welcomes all to her 'Kitchen'

Eva Longoria's pampered character on Desperate Housewives might do anything to avoid cooking dinner. But in real life, the actress/restaurateur can't wait to start chopping, boiling and sautéing. "It's very creati [...]

Posted On : Apr, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Historic cook book has guided Paula Beck through kitchen lif...

When I married, the only thing I knew how to cook was corn bread,” Paula Powell Beck said as we talked about the culinary skills she’s acquired during 54 years of marriage. “The first time I tried making gravy was a dis [...]