September 22, 2005

Barefoot Contessa Parties!

by Ina Garten

Here is a book that lives up to its subtitle—great ideas that really are easy to do on your own and really are fun. Ina Garten, of the Barefoot Contessa fame, has lots of experience with parties, those she’s catered from her specialty food shop, and many of her own at her East Hampton home. Ina Garten really delivers on.....

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Posted by Editor Carol on 09/22/2005
Categories • Celebrity Chef, Restaurant • Entertaining, Occasions
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September 19, 2005

The New American Chef

by Andrew Dornenburg, Karen Page

The premise behind the innovative book by award-winning cookbook authors Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page is that American cuisine today is really a culmination of many cuisines that have influenced cooks and chefs.....

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Posted by Editor Carol on 09/19/2005
Categories • Reference, Professional • Regional, International
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September 18, 2005

The Complete Book of Pasta and Noodles

by Editors of Cook's Illustrated Magazine

No cookbook collection is complete without a decent reference book for pasta, one of the most loved and versatile of all foods. The Complete Book of Pasta and Noodles by The Editors of Cook’s Illustrated Magazine is a standout in the crowd. This book is one part cooking course, one part kitchen reference.....

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Posted by Editor Carol on 09/18/2005
Categories • Specialty, Misc
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Biggest Book of Slow Cooker Recipes

by Better Homes and Gardens

One-pot meals have always been our idea of the ultimate in comfort meals and convenience, and slow cookers or crockpots have found their way into trendy cook shops and our kitchens once again.....

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Posted by Editor Carol on 09/18/2005
Categories • Tools & Techniques
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September 16, 2005

Flavor

by Rocco Dispirito

Star of the television reality show The Restaurant, Rocco DiSpirito brings together his zest for full-flavored food and living in one neat, colorful package. Before he was a television star, DiSpirito was a much lauded chef of the critically acclaimed Union Pacific Restaurant in NYC. The recipes.....

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Posted by Editor Carol on 09/16/2005
Categories • Celebrity Chef, Restaurant
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September 09, 2005

Tyler Florence’s Real Kitchen

by Tyler Florence

Bold, Unfussy, Irresistible, Real. That’s Tyler Florence’s philosophy towards food and how he introduces readers to his first cookbook, Tyler Florence’s Real Kitchen. Fans of Florence’s Food Network show, Food 911, where he rescues home cooks.....

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Posted by Editor Carol on 09/09/2005
Categories • Celebrity Chef, Restaurant
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The Mushroom Lover’s Mushroom Cookbook and Primer

by Amy Farges

The Mushroom Lover’s Cookbook and Primer is an “in-store field guide”, reference book, and cookbook rolled into one, and is written by someone who knows her mushrooms well. Amy Farges has been selling wild and exotic mushrooms through New York City.....

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Posted by Editor Carol on 09/09/2005
Categories • Gardening, Wild Food
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September 04, 2005

Cooking at Home with The Culinary Institute of America

by Culinary Institute of America

Known as the Harvard of cooking schools and credited with having “changed the way Americans eat” by the James Beard Foundation, the Culinary Institute of America has trained a slew of culinary professionals and upon graduation each one would be clutching a well-worn copy of their class “bible”.....

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Posted by Editor Carol on 09/04/2005
Categories • All Purpose, General • Tools & Techniques
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