Among the nation’s most respected authorities on Mediterranean food, Nancy Harmon Jenkins has turned her attention to the culture and practice of making olive oils in the region. We ate and loved her remarkable pesto, and we encourage you to check out her recipe for Olive Oil Chocolate Walnut Brownies. Jenkins divides her time between […]
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Meatless All Day: Recipes for Inspired Vegetarian Meals
While she’s not a vegetarian, Dina Cheney decided those who are deserve veggie-centric food that delivers pure pleasure, or as she calls it, “A party in the mouth.” Meatless all Day is new and it has accomplished its mission, chock full of inspired vegetarian dishes that will not leave you wanting more. Her recipes include […]
The Slanted Door
Now in its 20th extraordinary year, The Slanted Door in San Francisco is a legend. In his new cookbook, owner and chef Charles Phan delivers some recipes requiring unusual ingredients from Asian markets, but he also features recipes we can all make, using supermarket ingredients, including his famous Spring Rolls, Spicy Tuna Tartare, and Vietnamese […]
School of Fish
I’ve had the pleasure of eating Ben Pollinger’s food several times at Oceana in New York City. He is expert with a piece of fish, and on more than one occasion I would encounter someone else in the restaurant who clearly felt the same way — Paul Newman, who loved a good meal. Pollinger, with […]
Hickory Daiquiri Dock
You have to be a devil to create a book of easy cocktails for parents with young kids, and do it riffing on classic nursery rhymes. That’s what Tim Federle has done in Hickory Daiquiri Dock; it’s a riot. Federle says, “Two of my favorite pastimes are reading to my baby nephew and making a […]
Downtown Italian: Recipes Inspired by Italy, Created in New York’s West Village
Here’s the thing… sometimes cookbooks by chefs can be, well, cheffy. Chefs have staff chopping and dicing and cleaning. They think nothing of making a rabbit stock to suffuse a dish. The good news is that we often learn from their books, if not in practice, then in theory. The bad news is that their […]
