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...
The Washington Post | Joe Yonan | Posted 11.11.2009 | Books
It was the broccoli that stopped Judith Jones in her tracks at the White House farmers market, and then again at a Whole Foods Market a half-mile away...
Anne Bramley | Posted 10.15.2009 | Books
While some may prefer to curl up with an actual novel, the food revolution has created a peculiar beast who prefers to savour cookbooks as if they were novels.
Wayne Pacelle | Posted 10.08.2009 | Books
Whether you are a vegan, vegetarian, or committed meat eater, Tal Ronnen's book can help you down the path of higher-quality, good tasting, humane eating.
Michele Kayal | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living
The publishing industry has anticipated the latent need-to-feed that's likely to surface in even the laziest among us as we watch the upcoming Julie and Julia.
Louise McCready | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living
I think the future of cooking is that it will become more traditional, as sane, healthy. Ingredients just get better and better, fresher and fresher.
Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 02.06.2009 | Living
Ten hasn't been in our kitchen long, but it's already muscled out some formidable competition. Soon, I suspect, it will be our go-to cookbook.
Kelly O'Reilly | Posted 12.08.2008 | Style
This is a hardcover version of the perfect mother, a comprehensive encyclopedia poised to become your apartment's version of those dirty old red and white tomes touting butter and beef Wellington that punctuated the holidays of youth.
Elissa Altman | Posted 12.05.2008 | Living
Day after day, night after night, I schlepped along Laurie Colwin's Home Cookin in my bag, and if I found myself stuck on the Number 6 Local, I'd take it out, read it, and laugh.
Karen Leland | Posted 12.04.2008 | Style
It's hard not to like a man (or a cookbook) that so obliviously celebrates the joy of food, and the effort required to make a great meal.
The New Yorker | Adam Gopnik | Posted 11.16.2009 | Books