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Today's Fresh Blogs...| I Am Almost Always Hungry, Cookbook of the Day |
| Published: January 5, 2008, 6:32 am |
| Tags: Cookbook Of The Day, I Am Almost Always Hungry, Lora Zarubin, Lorazarubin, Photography, Recipes, Seasonal Cooking |
| under: Books, Cookbook of the DayLora Zarubin's I Am Almost Always Hungry is a gorgeous book from cover to cover. I've had my copy for going on four years now and while I haven't actually made many of the recipes from the book, I love flipping through it for the section titles almost as much as the pictures (by Tess Traeger) and recipes. One |
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| More Home Cooking, Cookbook of the Day |
| Published: January 4, 2008, 3:08 am |
| Tags: Cookbook Of The Day, Food Essays, Happy Winter Fudge Cake, Laurie Colwin, Lauriecolwin, More Home Cooking, Recipes |
| under: Books, Cookbook of the DayI have a deep and abiding love for Laurie Colwin. I like her novels alright, but I love her two volumes of essays about food and cooking. I read and reread them each a couple of times a year, although for the last year or so I haven't been able to dive into More Home Cooking because I lent my copy to my |
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| Recipes from Home, Cookbook of the Day |
| Published: January 7, 2008, 8:13 am |
| Tags: Calvin Trillin, Chocolate Pudding, Cookbook Of The Day, New York City, Recipes From Home, Recipesfromhome, West Village |
| under: Books, Cookbook of the DayRecipes from Home is shaped unlike any other cookbook I've ever known. It is a thick paperback that is tall and narrow, making it very satisfying to hold because it feels like it comes from another age. As you start to flip through it, you discover that it is filled with childhood pictures of the authors |
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| The American Homes Meals in Minutes, Cookbook of the Day |
| Published: January 6, 2008, 2:22 pm |
| Tags: 1964, Cookbook Of The Day, Cookbookoftheday, Goodwill Outlet, Philadelphia, Portland, Retro Cookery, The American Home S Meals In Minutes, The Bins, Used Books, Vintage Recipes |
| under: Books, Retro cookery, Cookbook of the DayI picked up this magazine-style cookbook when I was in Portland, during my bi-yearly visit to the bins (the as-is Goodwill Outlet in SE Portland that sells nearly everything by the pound) for $.50 (the books are just about the only things that don't go by the pound). My edition of the The American |
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| The Frog Commissary Cookbook: Cookbook of the Day |
| Published: January 11, 2008, 3:18 am |
| Tags: Catering, Cookbook Of The Day, Frog Commissary, Philadelphia, Restaurants |
| under: Books, Cookbook of the DayPhiladelphia, the city I now call home, had its first major restaurant renaissance back in the mid-seventies. Frog, a somewhat fancy restaurant tucked away in an old store front, and its sister eatery, The Commissary, were two of the trail blazers in this rebirth. Both restaurants closed some years ago, but |
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| The Classic Italian Cookbook, Cookbook of the Day |
| Published: January 10, 2008, 4:02 am |
| Tags: Books, Cookbook Of The Day, Italian Food, Marcella Hazan, Marcellahazan, Recipes, The Classic Italian Cookbook |
| under: Books, Italy, Cookbook of the DayThe Classic Italian Cookbook was Marcella Hazan's very first cookbook, first published in 1973. Hazan was born in Italy and moved with to New York with her husband in the mid-fifties. She had never cooked when she lived in Italy, but quickly started preparing meals in order to create the flavors and |
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| The Cookie Book, Cookbook of the Day |
| Published: January 16, 2008, 10:00 am |
| Tags: Cookbook Of The Day, Cookbooks, Cookies, Eva Moore, Recipes, Scholastic, The Cookie Book, Thecookiebook |
| under: Books, Cookbook of the DayLast spring, I took a trip out to my parents' house in Oregon with the primary intention of going through all my stuff from childhood and choosing what I wanted to keep for the future. I was something of a book collector in my youth (who am I kidding, I am still something of a book collector) and tucked away |
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| The Peaceable Kitchen Cookbook, Cookbook of the Day |
| Published: January 17, 2008, 7:43 am |
| Tags: Cookbook, Cookbook Of The Day, Cookbookoftheday, Kate Cusick Easterday, Peaceable Kitchen Cookbook, Recipes, Vegetarian Cooking |
| under: Books, Cookbook of the DayThe Peaceable Kitchen Cookbook, by Kate Cusick Easterday, is sort of a different cookbook from the others I've featured in the past. It isn't glossy or full of drool-inducing pictures. Instead, it is a cookbook built around a philosophy of eating that emphasized that "eating low on the food chain can be a |
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| Cooking for Mr. Latte, Cookbook of the Day |
| Published: January 25, 2008, 3:00 am |
| Tags: Amanda Hesser, Chocolate Dump It Cake, Cookbook Of The Day, Cookbookoftheday, Cooking For Mr Latte, Recipes |
| under: Books, Cookbook of the DayAmanda Hesser's Cooking for Mr. Latte isn't entirely a cookbook. It's a collection of articles that Ms. Hesser wrote for the New York Times about her courtship with the man who became her husband. They are all charming, appealing essays and at the end of each one (this is where the cookbook part comes in), |
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| Super Bowl Week: The Artful Cupcake, Cookbook of the Day |
| Published: January 31, 2008, 12:00 pm |
| Tags: Cookbook Of The Day, Cupcakes, Dessert, Super Bowl Xlii, The Artful Cupcake, Theartfulcupcake |
| under: Books, Cookbook of the Day, Super Bowl XLIIToday is our day for sweet Super Bowl treats and there's nothing like a cupcake for it's finger-friendly, eyes-elsewhere eating. I first came across The Artful Cupcake by Marcianne Miller more than two years ago, when some friends and I were preparing to make 200 cupcakes for a friend's |
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| Cookbook of the Day: Talking with My Mouth Full |
| Published: February 4, 2008, 5:30 am |
| Tags: Bonny Wolf, Cookbook Of The Day, Cookbookoftheday, Food Essays, Food Memoir, Talking With My Mouth Full |
| under: Books, Cookbook of the DayIf you've been paying any attention to the cookbooks I've been featuring here, you may have noticed that I have something of a weakness for memoirs or collections of essays that revolve around food and offer some of the recipes that are mentioned in the writing. Last Friday, while I was up in New York, I |
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| A Tale of 12 Kitchens, Cookbook of the Day |
| Published: February 6, 2008, 9:00 am |
| Tags: A Tale Of 12 Kitchens, Ataleof12kitchens, British, Collage, Cookbook, Cookbook Of The Day, Food Memoir, Jake Tilson |
| under: Books, Europe, Cookbook of the DayLast week, when I visited the Kitchen Arts and Letters bookstore (I do intend to actually write about that amazing store and post some pictures I took while there), I came across a cookbook unlike any other I've ever seen (and that's saying a lot, as I've been reading cookbooks for fun since I was 7). |
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| The First-time Cook, Cookbook of the Day |
| Published: February 5, 2008, 11:30 am |
| Tags: Books, Cookbook Of The Day, Cookbookoftheday, Jane Grigson, Sophie Grigson, The First Time Cook |
| under: Books, Cookbook of the DayWritten by British chef and food writer Sophie Grigson, The First-time Cook is a wonderful way to introduce someone to the glories of the kitchen. While I don't personally own a copy of this book, I did spent some time flipping through it last Friday while I was at the Kitchen Arts and Letters bookstore. I |
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| How I Learned to Cook, Cookbook of the Day |
| Published: February 13, 2008, 2:31 pm |
| Tags: Cookbook Of The Day, Cookbookoftheday, Eric Ripert, How I Learned To Cook, Mario Batali, Rick Bayless |
| under: Cookbook of the DayI've been featuring a lot of books lately that aren't actually cookbooks, but books that are about food, cooking and eating. Today's featured book is no exception. Called How I Learned to Cook, it is a collection of essays by some of the world's most famous and accomplished chefs in which they share some of the |
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| Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day, Cookbook of the Day |
| Published: February 21, 2008, 5:32 am |
| Tags: Artisan Bread, Artisanbread, Baking, Bread, Cookbook Of The Day, Five Minutes A Day, Jeff Hertzberg, Zoe Francois |
| home and they've written a cookbook called Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day devoted to their method. They developed a wet dough that can be kept in the refrigerator for up to two weeks. What you do is simply cut off a chunk of dough and bake it off each day as needed. That way one night you can bake up a larger loaf if you're having guests |
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