Baked: Regional Desserts
On the eve of the release of their latest book, Baked Elements, Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito, the authors and proprietors of Baked, a favorite…
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Morning Glory: a taste of Vietnam
Sometimes food is the quickest way to a getaway, especially in the cooler months when next summer’s vacation seems a long way away. Last week…
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Weekend Reading
A couple of weeks ago, I was at the Housing Works bookstore where I happened upon the out -of-print, first US edition copy of James…
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Weekend reading
This is cheating a little, as I won’t be starting to read this book as much as finishing it – I’ve been trying to savor…
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Weekend reading
Cooking + ‘spying’ are two of my favorite reading subjects so, I’m excited to see what this new book about the Childs, based on unclassified…
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Gerard (and Dorie’s) mustard tart
It’s Friday and I’m visiting the family in France so what better occasion to start off my participation in French Fridays with Dorie (FFwD). S&H…
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The flavour thesaurus
A great new book that I picked up at Daunt last week is The Flavour Thesaurus, literally, an encyclopedia of tastes, textures and food combinations….
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White asparagus vs green asparagus
When my friend Cathelijne last came to visit, she brought me a great book called the Flavors of Holland. It is filled with history, anecdotes…
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Claudia Roden & the main course
Ready for part two? I don’t know what took me so long but I finally got Claudia Roden’s The Book of Jewish Food. It’s such…
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Sorrel and leek pancakes from Judith Jones
Sometimes worlds collide and I kind of love it. Over the weekend in France, I finally got to read Judith Jones’s Tenth Muse, which was…
