Why We Read Cookbooks
We say "What's the recipe?" when we mean "How do you do it?" And though we want the answer to be "Like this!" the honest answer is "Be me!" "What's th...
We say "What's the recipe?" when we mean "How do you do it?" And though we want the answer to be "Like this!" the honest answer is "Be me!" "What's th...
Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living
The 60 cookie recipes in the Christmas book are models of clarity -- and diversity. There's a full-color, full-page picture of every cookie. Rose's instructions are idiot-proof.
Big Girls, Small Kitchen | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York
I would wholeheartedly recommend using this recipe to enhance your next batch of blondies with treats, cut up into pieces, of course, if not bite-sized already.
Tina Traster | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living
The sweet yeasty aroma rising from the blessed creation stimulated my salivary glands and my memory. As I reached toward the loaf to tear off an end my husband tapped my hand as though I were an impetuous child: "No," he said, "You've got to wait for it to cool." I really was back in the kitchen with grandma, being taught the virtue of patience.
Huffington Post | Posted 11.09.2009 | Comedy
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Sharon Glassman | Posted 08.27.2009 | Style
Running a business is not a fairytale. And fun is the exception to the rule, even when your bricks and mortar are chocolate and visual cute.
Amy Ephron | Posted 01.23.2009 | Living
Jamie Oliver thinks "fruit is lovely", he uses words like "drizzle" and you sort of feel like he's in the kitchen with you. We're going to try a version of a recipe from his new book at out Christmas dinner as one of the desserts.
Huffington Post | Johanna Smith | Posted 01.18.2009 | Green
Baking is perhaps the quintessential holiday activity. Not only can you share your sweet treats with visiting loved ones, but you could potentially ev...
Lisa Lacy | Posted 01.18.2009 | Green
Pumpkin cheesecake is one of my favorites, so I saved it for last. I make it every year and it seemed like the ultimate vegan challenge with a dairy product right there in the name.
Lisa Lacy | Posted 01.17.2009 | Green
Sure, I'll whip up a chocolate pecan tart for a friend's end-of-the-year get-together, but I am generally immune to the December cookie bug. This year, I jump on the cookie bandwagon.
Lisa Lacy | Posted 01.15.2009 | Green
I really wanted to write names on some of the vegan cookies I was handing out and it seemed simple enough to create a vegan version -- I just had to find a replacement for those egg whites.
Marilyn M. Machlowitz | Posted 12.27.2008 | Style
Home-cooking may be on its way to becoming an oxymoron. It may only be Baby Boomers like me who still feel a smidge of guilt at not doing it all ourselves.
Andrea Chalupa | Posted 12.23.2008 | Living
Instead of passing on giving gifts this year, employ some meaningful strategies that will make you and your loved ones happy.
The New Yorker | Adam Gopnik | Posted 11.16.2009 | Books