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New Book to Publish Julia Child's Letters

Fans of Julia Child will have something to look forward to this fall. According to the New York Times, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will publish a new book comprising more than a decade of correspondence between Child and the writer and editor Avis MacVicar Read More...

Posted Wednesday, March 17, 2010 5:35 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Books, History, News & Gossip, Josh Friedland

Traditional Irish Cooking in the Modern Kitchen

Just in time for St. Patrick's Day, two of Ireland's most prominent chefs are releasing new cookbooks. Favorite Food at Home: Delicious Comfort Food from Ireland's Most Famous Chef is by Rachel Allen, who in addition to writing cookbooks, teaches at the Read More...

Posted Wednesday, March 10, 2010 5:56 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Recipes, Cookbooks, Books, chefs, Lauren Salkeld, Family Fare

Tuscan Kale II: Now Co-Starring Carrots

While e-bantering with my Grocer the other day, I mentioned I was off to the Greenmarket and he e-scorned back: "Kale." As if that's a four-letter word. I felt incredibly lucky to come home with a tiny bunch of the best kind, cavolo nero, for $3 (organic) Read More...

Posted Wednesday, February 24, 2010 12:01 PM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Books, cooking, Organic, products, eat local, Commenters, Budgets, Farmer's Market, Green Market, Regina Schrambling, Quick & Easy, Josh Friedland

Under the Piemontese Fog: An Old Cookbook Reads Like New

I have a weakness for quirky cookbooks and a serious soft spot for Piemonte, the region of northern Italy best known for truffles and Barolo and other luxuries. As my friend Rolando Beramendi says, when it comes to food, the Piemontese make the Tuscans Read More...

Posted Monday, February 15, 2010 12:10 PM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Cookbooks, Books, History, Budgets, slow food, Regina Schrambling

Get heart healthy with cherries and win a copy of The O2 Diet book by Keri Glassman

If you’re interested in learning how high ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) value foods like cherries can help keep your heart healthy, go to the Cherry Marketing Institute’s website at 1 p.m. EST, Wednesday, February 17th, for a live heart-healthy.. Read More...

Posted Monday, February 15, 2010 3:24 AM from This Mama Cooks! On a Diet | 0 Comments

Filed under: Contests, Books, diet, Dieting and Weight Loss Tips, ORAC

Chinese Cooking for the Lunar New Year

The Year of the Tiger begins Sunday, February 14, and here in New York City, there will be activities for residents and visitors alike, including a fireworks show and a dumpling-making workshop. But for me, a walk through the packed streets of Chinatown Read More...

Posted Friday, February 12, 2010 12:43 PM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Recipes, Cookbooks, Books, holidays, cooking, Esther Sung, Chinese

Easily Feed a Crowd With Jambalaya

If my cranial sieve is trustworthy, the last time I made jambalaya was nearly half a lifetime ago, in my short-lived stint as an independent caterer while I was in restaurant school. I cooked it from Paul Prudhomme's then-revolutionary "Louisiana Kitchen" Read More...

Posted Wednesday, February 10, 2010 12:08 PM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Books, holidays, cooking, Parties, entertaining, chefs, epicurious, Budgets, Regina Schrambling, Quick & Easy

Recipes for Celebrating Mardi Gras

In honor of Mardi Gras we spoke to two chefs with serious ties to New Orleans. John Besh was born in the area and now runs six local restaurants (August, Lüke, Besh Steak, La Provence, Domenica, and the American Sector) while David Guas is a New Orleans-born Read More...

Posted Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:47 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Recipes, Books, holidays, entertaining, chefs, menus, epicurious, Lauren Salkeld

Nut Oil for Scallops: Like Butter

Nut oil is one of the luxuries I have to afford. It's like the honest cook's truffle oil: really potent, but the flavor and fragrance are natural. Usually I ration tiny amounts in vinaigrette, but at lunch this week at the dazzling home of my "French Read More...

Posted Friday, February 05, 2010 9:02 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Cookbooks, Books, Seafood, cooking, products, Budgets, Regina Schrambling, Quick & Easy

French Macarons: The Other Sweet for Valentine's Day

If your sweetheart loves chocolates, Lauren's coverage of Valentine's Day chocolates won't disappoint. But if your darling's not into chocolates, perhaps French macarons (also sometimes known as "macaroons") will hit the spot. These treats are my favorite Read More...

Posted Friday, January 29, 2010 12:07 PM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Blogs, Books, cookies, gifts, Esther Sung

Ice Cream: Almost Instant Gratification

Michael Pollan's "Food Rules" is the best $11 you can spend right now; the advice is quick and smart and often witty (punny, too: "silence of the yams"?) One of the only things I took exception to was his assertion with No. 39, "Eat all the junk food Read More...

Posted Friday, January 29, 2010 9:11 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Books, ice cream, products, Budgets, Housewares, Regina Schrambling, Quick & Easy

A review of the Eat-Clean Diet Recharged by Tosca Reno

I’ve enjoyed dipping into The Eat-Clean Diet Recharged: Lasting Fat Loss That's Better than Ever over the past couple of weeks. Tosca’s philosophy is that we need to eat the way nature intended – lean protein, complex carbs, and healthy... Read More...

Posted Friday, January 29, 2010 12:55 AM from This Mama Cooks! On a Diet | 0 Comments

Filed under: Cookbooks, Books, Dieting and Weight Loss Tips, Eating Clean

Talking Food Rules with Michael Pollan

Michael Pollan's Food Rules is the perfect book for time-pressed foodies who need to stick to the straight and narrow. We all know what we should be buying and eating to keep the world and ourselves in good shape, but it doesn't hurt to get a friendly, Read More...

Posted Monday, January 25, 2010 8:59 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Books, eat local, Joanne Camas, News & Gossip, Family Fare, food and drink

Beans and Greens, Dandelion Style

Hooray for small victories. Just as I was about to lose my mind, I finished the first draft of my new manuscript for the next book. To celebrate, I opened the fridge and made lunch. I sauteed some dandelion greens... Read More...

Posted Thursday, January 21, 2010 4:03 PM from Rancho Gordo: Experiments from my mostly New World kitchen and gardens | 0 Comments

Filed under: Books

Recipes for Self-Loathing: A Hilarious (if Twisted) Valentine's Day Gift

Does your take on Valentine's Day tend more toward rising bile than sickly sweet celebration? If so, a new cookbook will be right up your alley. Eat Your Feelings: Recipes for Self-Loathing is a hilariously dark exploration of all the possible situations Read More...

Posted Thursday, January 21, 2010 2:38 PM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Books, holidays, Sarah Kagan

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