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Fri. 05 Jun '09

People

One woman and her 30,000 used cookbooks. When the Cook's Library closed last April, the food community lost one of its most treasured sources for cookbooks. Thankfully... more
Thu. 14 Jan '10

Cooking

Eat Your Books puts your cookbook collection online. Online recipe databases--and the game-changing tools they provide for finding dishes in an instant--have given... more
Fri. 14 Aug '09

Cooking

This new club combines our favorite things: cookbooks and wine. When it comes to book clubs, only one woman's picks have ever mattered. Others tried to capture readers'... more
Wed. 09 Jun '10

Dining

A cookbook that lives up to its promises. These days, most restaurant cookbooks proffer ease and utility and feature weeknight meals that require minimal work. But the... more
Fri. 16 Apr '10

Cooking

A new cookbook leaves us gobsmacked. Like any royalty, cupcakes are an easy target for ridicule and displaced anger. But if anything is going to dethrone the king of... more
Fri. 12 Mar '10

Cooking

Our latest British cookbook obsession. There's something about British cookbooks that has turned us into total Anglophiles. Perhaps it's the tightly cropped photography... more
Wed. 11 Nov '09

Cooking

A new book helps you cook for guests on special diets . The scene is familiar: You invite a crowd over for dinner, only to learn that their diverse dietary restrictions... more
Fri. 30 Oct '09

Dining

Going beyond the standard squash. Pumpkins may be in short supply, but don't let that stop you from jumping into other October finds. Here are a few of our... more
Wed. 30 Sep '09

Cooking

A cookbook legend tackles dinners for one. It's fun to cook for a crowd. But when Americans eat at home alone, many of us--the folks at Tasting Table included--tend to... more
Tue. 04 Aug '09

People

Ani Phyo slips superfoods into dessert. If someone said eating more dessert would be good for you, would you believe them? In her third cookbook, Ani's Raw Food Desserts,... more
Wed. 10 Dec '08

Cooking

Visit Bonnie Slotnick for rare and vintage cookbooks. With Black Friday past and only a couple of weeks left to shop, it's a challenge to find unique, inexpensive gifts... more
Tue. 27 Jul '10

Chefs' Recipes

Rick Bayless simplifies a Mexican classic for home. Authentic tacos al pastor requires a spit, a fire and about 20 pounds of thinly sliced, marinated pork--hardly... more
Tue. 15 Jun '10

Chefs' Recipes

A White House chef brings back a classic. Through decades spent in top kitchens--and in his current post at the White House--pastry chef Bill Yosses has developed an... more
Thu. 20 May '10

Chefs' Recipes

A Southern food guru's secret ingredient. Most biscuit recipes lack the very ingredient that makes the pastry perfectly moist and flaky: lard. Luckily, this flavorless... more
Tue. 04 May '10

Chefs' Recipes

This greens-free salad is a tropical treat. For some, salads are a penitent meal meant to compensate for days of indulgent eating. Not so for Andrew Swallow, the chef of... more
Tue. 27 Apr '10

Chefs' Recipes

A baking master's final word on the classic cookie . Paris-based pastry chef David Lebovitz wanted to call his new cookbook David's Greatest Hits. His publisher quickly... more
Mon. 23 Nov '09

Cooking

Recipes from the Keller, Symon and Peel families--to yours. It doesn't matter how many stars or accolades a chef has collected: Many of his or her best dishes always... more
Mon. 12 Oct '09

Cooking

A new cookbook celebrates Campanile's family-night menus . If you've been to Campanile for fried chicken or beef bourguignonne on Monday nights, you know just how good a... more
Thu. 08 Oct '09

Cooking

The star chef chronicles a new era in NOLA dining. Chef John Besh's new (and hefty) cookbook, My New Orleans, isn't what you'd call linear: Its 16 chapters jump from... more
Tue. 15 Sep '09

Cooking

Food52 puts your recipes in the spotlight--and in a cookbook. They say that “two cooks in the kitchen will spoil the broth,” but that’s not necessarily... more
Thu. 15 Apr '10

Chefs' Recipes

Blue Ribbon's classics come home. New York's venerable Blue Ribbon restaurant has been serving up homey food with a sophisticated edge since 1992, but only now have... more
Wed. 14 Oct '09

Cooking

A DIY guide to your favorite candies, sweets and confections. Had our early experiences not been marred by giant, tooth-shattering popcorn balls, we would have begun... more
Fri. 04 Jun '10

Cooking

Bleeding Heart Bakery's new cupcake cookbook . Roscoe Village's Bleeding Heart Bakery is known for its brightly colored cakes--adorned with lightning bolts and classic... more
Mon. 03 May '10

Cooking

One pastry chef's road to healthy baked goods. Whole-grain baking is often associated with the '70s era of macramé, burnt earth-tone colors and leaden bread... more
Fri. 19 Mar '10

Cooking

Local's cookbook lending library is inspired genius. Food blogs are fine for a quick menu fix or a glimpse of gastroporn, but there's no substitute for dog-eared,... more
Thu. 11 Mar '10

Cooking

What to eat at your next Scrabble tournament . We'll be honest: Initially, the idea of "game night" conjured retro images of our parents playing Pictionary surrounded by... more
Wed. 16 Dec '09

Cooking

The best online sources for vintage cookbooks. From dumplings to celebrity chefs' secrets to offbeat guides to entertaining, this year's crop of cookbooks included some... more
Thu. 03 Sep '09

Cooking

Wheeler's vegan ice creams are dairy-free, but full of fancy. When most people think of "vegan ice cream," they envision a syrupy, gummy substrate of unsatisfying soy... more
Tue. 21 Jul '09

Cooking

Recipes from San Marino's favorite neighborhood bistro. When new restaurateurs need a recipe for success, they need look no further than neighborhood mainstays like San... more
Tue. 05 May '09

Cooking

Master meat at the grill with Adam Perry Lang. Anyone who thought barbecue books couldn't get any meatier hasn't met Adam Perry Lang. The chef-owner of Daisy May's BBQ in... more
Wed. 22 Apr '09

Cooking

A new book celebrates the lives and food of the Original Farmers Market. The sights, sounds and smells at the Original Farmers Market--metal folding chairs scraping on... more
Mon. 03 Nov '08

People

Emily Farris elevates an old budget standby. Living on a budget might be new (and shocking) for some of us, but we could all take notes from Brooklyn-based cookbook... more
Tue. 31 Aug '10

Dining

An exclusive deal at the season's best eating event. For 15 years--long before we received our first CSA delivery or even dreamed of a rooftop farm--Just Food has been... more
Wed. 25 Aug '10

Cooking

The Commonsense Kitchen might be an instant classic. Every now and then, a cookbook appears that is so clear and comprehensive it instantly becomes essential. For us,... more
Fri. 09 Jul '10

Dining

Creative design--and dining--at Ruxbin. To describe Ruxbin as "resourceful" is an understatement. This new, petite Noble Square BYOB is filled with reclaimed and... more
Thu. 08 Jul '10

Cooking

A taste of America's melting pot. Persian herb omelets, Venezuelan asado negro and Chinese scallion pancakes: a combination about as unlikely (and far-flung) as one could... more
Mon. 24 May '10

Cooking

Avoid buyer's remorse with this new cookbook. This time of year, restraint is hard to come by: With so much variety at the market, it's difficult not to pick up a few... more
Wed. 19 May '10

Cooking

A cook's guide to farming at home. Even for those devoted to farmers' market and CSAs, making the jump to growing produce at home is a significant undertaking. However... more
Fri. 23 Apr '10

Cooking

A new cookbook solves the farmers' market conundrum. The vegetable parade is upon us. And with it, we'll admit, comes some anxiety. With the farmers' markets filling up... more
Mon. 12 Apr '10

Cooking

The perfect way to track your food adventures and musings. If you're anything like us, you probably have a Web browser full of bookmarked recipes, a stack of food... more
Tue. 26 Jan '10

Cooking

A cookbook for eating right AND well. There's no shortage of books that proselytize in favor of local and sustainable eating, but few manage to espouse their arguments in... more
Wed. 21 Oct '09

Cooking

Recreate a cultish Chinese dessert at home. The address 3319 Balboa Street in the Outer Richmond has long been a magnet for fans of Shanghainese soup dumplings. Previous... more
Mon. 31 Aug '09

Dining

Five ways to weather the shoulder season. Summer is drawing to a close and though the lingering heat makes it hard to believe, it'll be sweater weather any minute. Here... more
Fri. 28 Aug '09

Cooking

BabyCakes's vegan doughnuts have us deliciously fooled. Who said it's impossible to make a healthy doughnut that tastes as good as the real (fried) thing? We did--and... more
Wed. 19 Aug '09

Cooking

A new book finds the world's holiest food and drink. Bourbon country isn't exactly the Holy Land (unless you worship whiskey), but there, the Abbey of Gethsemani produces... more
Wed. 27 May '09

Cooking

A new book lets you stock your larder with homespun staples . The DIY movement has been taking over the country one hand-knitted scarf at a time. It was inevitable that a... more
Wed. 18 Mar '09

Cooking

A New Orleans bookshop sells the secret to perfect gumbo. Forget roux and "the holy trinity"; when it comes to perfect New Orleans-style gumbo, the secret is in the... more
Wed. 22 Apr '09

Cooking

A New Orleans chef keeps regional dishes alive. In Cajun country, a standard breakfast is cheesy eggs and spicy boudin sausage, chased with dark chicory coffee. Good luck... more
Tue. 03 Mar '09

Cooking

A new cookbook for low-tech bakers. In these strapped-for-cash times, even noncooks are heading into the kitchen to test their culinary skills. It's a state of affairs... more
Wed. 24 Sep '08

People

A new sandwich shop and cookbook from chef Sara Jenkins. This fall is shaping up to be a good one for Sara Jenkins: First, her excellent new cookbook, Olives &... more
Tue. 20 Jul '10

Dining

One chef's signature dish, enjoyed around the world. It started, of course, with an American classic. Now the canned-meat concept has been blighted by a stream of... more
Fri. 28 May '10

Dining

The cream of this month's food crop. In Cannes, films are vying for critics' picks; on TV, the Lakers and the Suns duke it out for the NBA finals; and a few weeks ago,... more
Mon. 24 May '10

Cooking

Good Stuff Eatery shares its trade secrets. Mesclun and bitter greens may dominate the menus at tonier restaurants, but at Good Stuff Eatery, Spike Mendelsohn elevates... more
Tue. 18 May '10

Cooking

Making traditional buckwheat noodles is easier than you think. Like any pasta, dry store-bought soba noodles pale in comparison to freshly made ones. Luckily, the... more
Tue. 27 Apr '10

Dining

Head to the rear of Local for Knead's knockout pastries. Pastry fans, please move to the back of the restaurant. There, at the rear of the new Local: Mission Eatery,... more
Thu. 15 Apr '10

People

A decorated writer looks inward. Within the genre of food writing, there's an occupational hazard of getting overly precious about every leaf of lettuce. But not Kim... more
Wed. 31 Mar '10

Dining

Our favorite finds from the month. If April is the cruelest month, surely March is a close second: The weather plays with our emotions, and heartache follows college... more
Mon. 22 Mar '10

People

Scott Buer brings old-world dry-curing to the Midwest. Wisconsin has long been known for its bustling jerky and brat trade. Now high-end charcuterie has entered the mix,... more
Tue. 16 Mar '10

Dining

Where to eat for the Persian New Year. Day and night become equals this weekend. To honor the vernal equinox and the shift from winter to spring, Persians celebrate... more
Mon. 08 Mar '10

Dining

Become reacquainted with Korean cuisine. A decade ago, New York Times reporter Florence Fabricant declared Korean food an "unknown" cuisine to New Yorkers, and went on to... more
Tue. 23 Feb '10

People

Meet The Southern's Cary Taylor--and cook like him, too. Georgia-born Cary Taylor has spent years in Chicago kitchens, but you can still catch a hint of his Southern... more
Fri. 05 Feb '10

People

A pop-up bakery in an unlikely location. For years, we've turned to the books of culinary scribe Dorie Greenspan for baking inspiration and advice. Now the popular... more
Fri. 29 Jan '10

Dining

Our favorite bites from the past four weeks. January is given over to naming the best: We get the consensus of top acts in movies, football, music and television. To that... more
Tue. 15 Dec '09

Dining

Still setting the standard after a quarter-century. You can throw a wet noodle in any direction in L.A. and hit an Italian restaurant. But that wasn't the case in... more
Thu. 03 Dec '09

Cooking

Sous-vide cooking finally hits home . The turning point in the war against dry chicken and mushy broccoli came in the 1970s, when French chef George Pralus invented... more
Wed. 02 Dec '09

Cooking

Learn how to cook like the pros--in their own kitchens . When you're shopping for the home cook who has everything, a regular gift certificate just won't do. Instead,... more
Fri. 20 Nov '09

Cooking

Help turn a great food idea into reality. If you admired that kid down the street with the lemonade stand but never had the entrepreneurial spirit yourself, don't... more
Tue. 17 Nov '09

Cooking

Barbara Lynch gets a smart soapbox. There are many reasons to genuflect in Barbara Lynch's direction. The accomplished chef has introduced Boston to modern fine dining... more
Tue. 03 Nov '09

Cooking

Persimmons are fall's fruit of the gods. Like pumpkins and gourds, persimmons are a sure sign of fall. The fruit looks like a tomato crossed with an orange, and has a... more
Thu. 29 Oct '09

Cooking

An unlikely pastry chef taps his bayou beginnings . David Guas is an accidental pastry chef. When the New Orleans native graduated from culinary school, he found a job at... more
Mon. 26 Oct '09

Drinks

A new book spotlights the craft-beer explosion. The streets are flowing with artisanal beer these days, so it's about time we understood what we're drinking. Thankfully,... more
Fri. 23 Oct '09

Cooking

A definitive guide to throwing big parties in tiny kitchens. Zora O'Neill and Tamara Reynolds don't place much stock in fancy linens and seating charts. Their idea of a... more
Thu. 22 Oct '09

People

Jamie Oliver: Teach a man to (cook) fish. Most TV chefs have failed--miserably--when it comes to using their celebrity status to help Americans eat more... more
Fri. 21 Aug '09

People

Andrew Zimmerman is back in the spotlight at Sepia . Think of Andrew Zimmerman as a one-man Mediterranean-American melting pot. The Chicago culinary veteran is now... more
Mon. 10 Aug '09

People

Kiss My Bundt's Chrysta Wilson takes the cake . Growing up in the South, Bundt cakes were as commonplace as sweet tea to Chrysta Wilson. So when the community organizer... more
Fri. 07 Aug '09

Dining

An Italian standard turns 25 years young. When Spiaggia opened in 1984, fine dining in Chicago--and across the country--was synonymous with French cuisine. "Italian food"... more
Tue. 04 Aug '09

Dining

Takashi gives Chicago the gift of authentic soba and ramen. Takashi Yagihashi has been holding out on us. He teased us with his noodle cookbook last spring, but has kept... more
Fri. 24 Jul '09

Dining

Three new reads for your beach tote. There's no better time to put a dent in your reading list than during the summer, but die-hard food lovers know that hauling a coffee... more
Wed. 01 Jul '09

Cooking

Enjoy the best of Sfoglia anytime--no reservations required. When chefs Ron and Colleen Suhanosky opened Sfoglia on the restaurant-starved Upper East Side in 2006, they... more
Tue. 23 Jun '09

Cooking

Throw a proper Maine-style lobster bake--anywhere. The water in New England is still a bit chilly for swimming, but no matter: When Yankees get sand between their toes,... more
Wed. 29 Apr '09

People

Taking your Indian food beyond curry. Cookbook author Kaumudi Marathé wants the world to know there's more to Indian food than tandoori, samosas and curry. And... more
Tue. 04 Nov '08

Cooking

Andrew Carmellini brings high-end cooking home. Before chef Andrew Carmellini left A Voce in June to develop his own restaurant, the most popular dish on his menu there... more