Tag Results

Two Alternative Magazines for the Food-Obsessed

Hitting my local newsstand, it’s not hard to find the usual suspects vying for your attention, featuring the sexiest food photography to make you forget you just had lunch. Saveur, Everyday Food, Bon Appetit,…

Read More

Posted by: on Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
Categories: Meditations | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments »

The Traditional Cookbook; Not Quite Done Yet

The computer has slammed the oven door on the souffle of traditional publishing. Even the cash cow cookbook market has not been immune to the deflation. Juggernaut publishers such as Chronicle struggle to cook up new ways…

Read More

Posted by: on Monday, May 9th, 2011
Categories: Meditations | Tags: , , | 1 Comment »

Used Cookbook Haul

Yesterday  I wandered the rainy streets of Kits sipping my first taste of Thomas Haas chocolate and ended up at the Salvation Army. I always look for used cookbooks that cover a particular ethnicity or from the…

Read More

Posted by: on Sunday, January 31st, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: , , , , , | 3 Comments »

Dining during a recession = better home cooking

When I watched Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares UK Special this past January, he didn’t hold back about some of his own successful restaurants suffering due to the credit crunch. That was true for dining…

Read More

Posted by: on Thursday, November 26th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments »

In this case, yes looks are everything.

I would be quite remiss if I failed to write about food books that DO include visuals, whether it be sumptuous food photography by the likes of John Sherlock & Quentin Bacon or excellent how-to, step-by-step demos…

Read More

Posted by: on Friday, February 6th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments »

??