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• Books for Boozers: Jill DeGroff's Lush Life: Portraits from the Bar

  When a young woman named Jill left New York in 1979 and moved to Hollywood, she didn't plan on meeting a husband or having kids or becoming a central player in the cocktail revival. Thirty years later, Jill DeGroff, a co-founder of the Museum of the American Read More... Posted Monday, November 23, 2009 2:07 PM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Cocktails, Books, art, James Oliver Cury

• Blogger Raphael Kadushin's Epicurious Epi-Log Post to be Featured in a Best Food Writing Book

  Eater noticed that Epicurious was among the sites featured in a new compilation of best food writing. We are pleased to confirm that Raphael Kadushin's post about "The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie I've Ever Had" appears in the Best Food Writing 2009 (Da Read More... Posted Monday, November 16, 2009 12:04 PM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Blogs, Books, websites, Weblogs, James Oliver Cury, Raphael Kadushin

• What I Ate in Barcelona: Triumphs, Tragedies, and Travel Advice

  Pundits have been declaring that Spain is the new France for years. That modern chefs look to Spanish cuisine for culinary innovation. I wanted to taste some of this revolution so I packed up my bags and flew to Barcelona in late October. I knew my trek Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 10, 2009 2:02 PM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Restaurants, Travel, Eating out, Fruit, cakes, Coffee, street food, Travels, James Oliver Cury

• Chef Recipes from Our Epicurious Entertains Event

  Last month, Epicurious hosted its first Epicurious Entertains NYC event. The 5-day food extravaganza included dinners prepared by Mario Batali, Daniel Boulud, Paul Liebrandt, and Marco Canora, plus the Ultimate NYC Lunch Break, a day of football and barbecue Read More... Posted Friday, November 06, 2009 6:07 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Recipes, Cocktails, kids, chefs, epicurious, James Oliver Cury, Tanya Wenman Steel, Lauren Salkeld, Family Fare

• Periodic Table of Condiments, Cupcakes, Candy, and More

  The Atlantic Food Channel links to a Periodic Table of Dessert (above). This reminded me of several other food-focused periodic tables. Behold, a mini-roundup: Periodic Table of Condiments Periodic Table of Cupcakes Periodic Table of Candy Periodic Table Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 03, 2009 7:26 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Candy, Science, Dessert, Condiments, Wacky, James Oliver Cury

• Gadget Watch: Recipe Readers and Cooking Tablets Coming Soon?

  Everyone wants to know what the next big thing will be in gadgetland. Could it be a tablet? A rival to the Kindle? A new hybrid device that borrows from cell phones or the iTouch? And how will it enhance my cooking, gosh darn it? The savvy shoppers at Read More... Posted Monday, November 02, 2009 10:38 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: cooking, gadgets, appliances, products, kitchen tools, James Oliver Cury, News & Gossip, Science & Technology

• Reactions to Eating Animals, Jonathan Safran Foer's New Book

  The debate continues: Is eating meat morally suspect? Here at Epicurious, we're not taking an official stand, but I felt it my duty to share the latest musings on the topic. Specifically, there's a new wave of vegetarian flag-waving thanks to the imminent Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 28, 2009 10:58 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Vegan, Vegetarian, Farming, James Oliver Cury, News & Gossip

• Learning to Speak Spanish, One Food at a Time, with Rosetta Stone

  I leave for Spain today: the culinary capital of the world. Foodie paradise. Home of tapas. Specifically, I'll be in Barcelona (no time for Rioja, sadly). To prepare for the trip, I studied the language using Rosetta Stone and am happy to report that Read More... Posted Saturday, October 24, 2009 5:17 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Travel, products, James Oliver Cury

• Bid Against Hunger, with Kelly Choi and a Lot of Celebrity Chefs, Raises $700,000

  The do-gooders at City Harvest are used to dealing with big numbers: They collect more than 20 million pounds of excess food from restaurants, grocers, corporate cafeterias, manufacturers, and farms. And then they deliver the food to more than 600 community Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 21, 2009 12:10 PM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Restaurants, charity, James Oliver Cury

• Coke and Corona Unveil New Cans, Pot and Frog Found in Other Cans

  I read about two new developments in the world of canned beverages this morning. And, upon further investigation, I discovered that there's a whole world of exciting can news. Coke unveiled its new smaller-sized, 90-calorie cans (story via Fit Sugar). Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 20, 2009 7:20 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: drinking, Wacky, James Oliver Cury

• How Do You Define Holiday Flavors?

  Every year the spice/herbs/seasoning company McCormick attempts to identify "emerging flavors" in an annual forecast. Of course, these will ultimately be flavors they sell. Still, the idea is provocative. Can anyone really define "holiday flavors" and, Read More... Posted Monday, October 19, 2009 9:19 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: holidays, Reflections, seasonal, James Oliver Cury, Top 10 Lists

• 5 Things You Should Know About Pumpkin Ale

  Questions you might be asking yourself in October if you pay attention to the beer selection at your local market: What is pumpkin ale? When did it become so darn popular? And do they really make beer out of squash? History America is the land of DIYers Read More... Posted Monday, October 12, 2009 1:17 PM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Beer, drinking, History, James Oliver Cury

• Four New Booze Books: On Gin, Tequila, Prohibition, and Forgotten Cocktails

  Funny: The most contemporary takes on cocktails today almost always end up looking backward at what has come before. Gary "Gaz" Regan (author of "The Joy of Mixology") opines on gin, Karl Petzke (a James Beard-Award winning photographer tackles tequila, Read More... Posted Friday, October 09, 2009 1:27 PM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Cocktails, Books, Spirits, drinking, History, James Oliver Cury, food and drink

• Chef Marco Canora Identifies the Most Intimidating Patrons (Video)

  Editor-in-Chief Tanya Steel interviewed chef Marco Canora (Hearth, Terroir), at the Epicurious Entertains NYC pop-up event last week. The question: What dinner guest scared you the most? Find out who chef Canora name drops in the video below. For use Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 07, 2009 2:03 PM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Restaurants, chefs, James Oliver Cury, Tanya Wenman Steel

• Mario Batali Describes His Ideal Last Meal (Video From the Epicurious Entertains NYC Event)

  Remember when we asked you to send us questions (via Twitter and blog comments) for Mario Batali? Well, after cooking a spectacular dinner in our pop-up space, he finally took a few minutes to respond to reader queries as presented by editor in chief Read More... Posted Monday, October 05, 2009 10:51 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Events, movies, James Oliver Cury, Tanya Wenman Steel