Get ready for some seriously irreverent food writing, here in John Currence’s Big Bad Breakfast. The tell-it-like-it-is personality of Currence, a New Orleans-born chef and restaurateur, is on every page. But, when I talk about irreverence don’t get me wrong. I’m talking about his writing style. His words are irreverent. He has complete reverence for […]
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Love Your Cast-Iron Skillet? Stir, Sizzle, and Bake Your Way Through This Book
Everybody knows how wonderful a cast-iron skillet is for making cornbread, biscuits, cobblers and other classics. We love those recipes. Now, modernist skillet cook, Charlotte Druckman, has kicked it up a notch in her book, Stir, Sizzle, Bake: Recipes for Your Cast-Iron Skillet.
Cooking Solo: The Joy of Cooking for Yourself
Table for one! We loved this idea. Of course food and all its pleasures are meant to be enjoyed around a table with a warm body in every chair. The more the merrier, right? But, after spending time with Klancy Miller’s new book Cooking Solo, you’ll come to realize, as Klancy does, that “preparing a meal for yourself is a special exercise, an unpressured act of creativity, self-care, and validation.”
Never-Ending Summer, The Italian Way
Want to hold on to summer a little longer? How about for months longer? Us too. Cooking teacher and author Domenica Marchetti knows how to make summer’s bounty last—and how to make it last the Italian way. If you love Italian flavors—and preserving fruits and vegetables in interesting (mostly easy) ways, the book Preserving Italy is for you.
The Fix for Busy Cooks
If you find long recipe ingredient lists daunting and twenty minutes of meal prep prohibitive this time of year, we’ve got a fix for you. Or rather, chef and cookbook author Stuart O’Keeffe has the fix. Stuart’s new book, The Quick Six Fix includes 100 No-Fuss, Full-Flavor Recipes (subtitle). And here’s where that fix comes […]
What a Pair! (À La Mode)
Like lots of recipes the dynamic duo of Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough create, the latest ones on my radar are over the top. Over the top. Or on the side. I’m talking about ice cream, of course, and their new cookbook, À La Mode. Subtitle: 120 Recipes in 60 Pairings. Can you imagine? This […]
