Cookbooks

Why We Read Cookbooks

The New Yorker | Adam Gopnik | Posted 11.16.2009 | Books


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...

Julia Child Editor On Cooking For One

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...

Savouring the Book

Anne Bramley | Posted 10.15.2009 | Books


Anne Bramley

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.

The Conscious Cook: Hit the Spot with Healthy and Humane Foods

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 10.08.2009 | Books


Wayne Pacelle

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.

Julia Lite, Coming to a Stove Near You

Michele Kayal | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living


Michele Kayal

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.

Francophile Food Critic and Cookbook Author Patricia Wells on Writing, Cooking, and Running

Louise McCready | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living


Louise McCready

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.

Ten Recipes for Each of Your Favorite Foods: Could this Be America's New Go-to Cookbook?

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 02.06.2009 | Living


Jesse Kornbluth

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.

Martha Stewart's Cooking School

Kelly O'Reilly | Posted 12.08.2008 | Style


Kelly O'Reilly

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.

Once in Love with Laurie (Always in Love with Laurie)

Elissa Altman | Posted 12.05.2008 | Living


Elissa Altman

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.

Simon Hopkinson Scores with Second Helpings of Roast Chicken

Karen Leland | Posted 12.04.2008 | Style


Karen Leland

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.