Cookbooks We Love presents reviews of cookbooks by celebrity chefs, famous restaurants, popular cooking personalities, plus Food Network and TV cooks. Included are cooking and cookery book offerings by some of the most famous culinary names in print and on television including Ina Garten (Barefoot Contessa), Julia Child, Sara Moulton, Gida Delaurentiis, Jamie Oliver, Rachel Ray, Martha Stewart, Nigella Lawson, Mario Batali, Alton Brown, Maya Angelou and more. These outstanding cooking books combine excellent recipes, quality production and solid entertainment.
How to Be a Domestic Goddess is not only about baking, but also about enjoying being in the kitchen; about taking sensuous pleasure in the entire process and relishing the outcome. The “domestic goddess” has to maintain her (or his) cool when faced with pastry of course; but with Nigella’s guidance…..
Posted by Editor Carol on 10/02/2004
As founding chef at California’s famed Chez Panisse, chef at San Francisco’s Stars, Jeremiah Tower has often been named in food circles, the Father of California cooking, and one of America’s greatest chefs. In Jeremiah Tower Cooks he presents a selection of his signature deluxe, extraordinary, yet somehow approachable dishes for home cooks…..
Posted by Editor Carol on 09/14/2004
Baking with Julia (written by Dorie Greenspan) features hands-on baking with recipes and techniques that teach you how to make great breads, pies, cobblers, cookies, cakes, and pastries—both sweet and savory. Bakers will find simple to stunning…..
Posted by Editor Carol on 08/21/2004
The Babbo Cookbook is Mario’s biggest yet, filled with 150 recipes that have redefined contemporary Italian cooking. Some of the most inspired (and acclaimed) Italian food in the country, certainly New York City (which is saying a lot), is served at Babbo Ristorante…..
Posted by Editor Carol on 08/17/2004
Chef Michel Nischan substitutes standard chef flavoring enhancers such as butter, cream, and saturated fats with vegetable juices, olive oil, and other healthful alternatives to create dishes that are bursting with crisp flavor and goodness. Taste Pure and Simple offers a wide array of elegant, restaurant-inspired, and robust dishes…..
Posted by Editor Carol on 08/04/2004
Rachael Ray’s 30-Minute Meals 2 is the companion cookbook to her television show on the Food Network. Ray’s approach is simple, straightforward and fun…...
Posted by Editor Carol on 07/04/2004
In Chez Panisse Vegetables, Alice Waters and the cooks of her famed California restaurant Chez Panisse have selected 250 of the most irresistible and delightful recipes for 40 of their favorite vegetables—most are readily available fresh and locally at some time of the year. Waters has conveniently arranged each featured vegetable in alphabetical order…..
Posted by Editor Carol on 05/04/2004
Everyday Greens is the first Greens book in a decade, and author Annie Somerville, executive chef since 1985, has written the most accessible cookbook yet. This is sophisticated, meatless cuisine packed with satisfying flavor. Greens cookbooks are well loved for sophisticated and creative vegetarian cuisine…..
Posted by Editor Carol on 05/04/2004
A deserving winner of a 2003 IACP award, this first book from Judy Rodgers presents favorite dishes from her San Francisco restaurant and plenty of insight into how you can recreate the magic in your own kitchen. Some of the recipes are labor-of-love intensive, with the end result—as in her signature dish, Zuni Roast Chicken with Bread Salad…..
Posted by Editor Carol on 05/04/2004
Winner of the 2003 James Beard Award, Best Reference Book. The host of the Food Network’s “Good Eats” presents a no-nonsense tutorial on kitchen science. In this, his first cookbook, the popular kitchen host presents shiny new cooks with an instruction manual…..
Posted by Editor Carol on 05/02/2004
The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook is one of those rare pleasures where a cookbook offers up as much style as it does substance. Author Ina Garten believes that “Food is not about impressing people… it’s about making them feel comfortable.” This philosophy
Posted by Editor Carol on 04/29/2004
For home cooks wanting more on the slightly sweet side, Nancy Silverton’s Pastries from the La Brea Bakery is the follow-up to the popular Breads from the La Brea Bakery…...
Posted by Editor Carol on 04/04/2004
Nigella Bites is the companion cookbook to Nigella Lawson’s popular TV series. The show, and consequently the chapters in the book, are arranged according to the sort of cooking that we might want to do, depending on our life, our timetable, and our mood. This is the food she cooks for her herself…..
Posted by Editor Carol on 03/02/2004
Cook some classic dishes with two professionals for the price of one book. Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home is the companion volume to a public television series hosted by Julia Child and Jacques Pepin. Julia and Jacques have their own distinct opinions and approaches to cooking…..
Posted by Editor Carol on 02/28/2004
In this companion to the National Public Television Series, Lidia Bastianich shares her warmth, expertise, childhood stories and 200 authentic Italian recipes. Lidia’s Italian Table is overflowing with glorious Italian food, highlighted by Lidia’s personal collection…..
Posted by Editor Carol on 02/07/2004
A great collection of favorites taken from master baker Nancy Silverton’s Sandwich Nights at Campanile, her award-winning restaurant. Some new ideas for sandwiches such as Bacon, Avocado and Watercress plus Asparagus, Poached Egg, Prosciutto and Fontina share space with old favorites like the Croque Monsieur…..
Posted by Editor Carol on 02/04/2004
This is a collection of robust and intensely flavorful dishes to prepare when you want to pull out all the stops and impress your dinner guests. There are about 200 dishes in this popular volume from Todd English…..
Posted by Editor Carol on 01/29/2004
America’s Test Kitchen is the hit public television show filmed in the offices of Cook’s Illustrated Magazine just outside of Boston. Here the editors develop recipes, rate cookware, taste-test ingredients, and perform science experiments—all in the name of good cooking. Let them figure out for you the secret to fudgey brownies and 90-minute roast turkey….
Posted by Editor Carol on 01/28/2004
From Art Smith, Oprah Winfrey’s personal chef, comes a unique cookbook with more than 150 recipes to strengthen bonds between loved ones. Winner of the 2002 James Beard Cookbook Award for General category, Back to the Table aims to bring families back to the table and back to each other. Having spent most of his lengthy culinary career…..
Posted by Editor Carol on 01/04/2004
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