Michael Smith’s Real Food, Real Good (2016)

2016-11-21T12:01:17-05:00

This volume is a fantastic introduction to Chef Michael Smith's oeuvre. The volume opens with "The Real Food Pledge", and although this is the first of his books I've read, I could speak this pledge right along with him: it's as though he's speaking directly from our kitchen. So you

Michael Smith’s Real Food, Real Good (2016)2016-11-21T12:01:17-05:00

Jane Ozkowski’s Watching Traffic (2016)

2016-07-26T10:43:19-04:00

What Jane Ozkowski captures beautifully in Watching Traffic is the very sensation embodied in the debut novel's title: Emily is overwhelmed by motion even while in a state of stillness. Groundwood Books, 2016 It's the summer after high-school gradulation, and Emily is working at a catering company, making egg-salad sandwiches and

Jane Ozkowski’s Watching Traffic (2016)2016-07-26T10:43:19-04:00

Gwyneth Paltrow: It’s All Easy (All Good? All a Lie?)

2016-06-30T13:30:42-04:00

From Amy Sedaris to Alicia Silverstone, celebrities have things to say about cooking and entertaining. Stanley Tucci talks Italian food and Tony Danza contributes to the conversation. Grand Central Publishing, 2016 But Gwyneth Paltrow does not appear to be passing through the territory; she's putting down some roots.

Gwyneth Paltrow: It’s All Easy (All Good? All a Lie?)2016-06-30T13:30:42-04:00

Anjali Pathak’s The Indian Family Kitchen (2016)

2016-05-12T18:00:12-04:00

Beyond its traditional and tasteful cover, Anjali Pathak's cookbook is a bit of a mess...in a good way. Appetite - Penguin Random House True: I love the stylish photographs that often appear in cookbooks, with the serving ware colourful and bold and the table linens complementary and coordinated. But,

Anjali Pathak’s The Indian Family Kitchen (2016)2016-05-12T18:00:12-04:00

On the page, on the screen

2017-07-20T17:55:53-04:00

Back in the days when you taped movies onto video cassettes, I was recording "Anna Karenina" to watch another time, when I turned on the television -- thinking the film was over and the credits would be running past -- and I could not unsee the last few seconds of the story

On the page, on the screen2017-07-20T17:55:53-04:00
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