Welcome to the first book of the summer season of our cookbook club! Our first book is the most recent edition from the UK’s Nigel Slater, Greenfeast: Spring, Summer. Our theme this season is Summer Vegetables – perfect for a time when local farmers’ markets are thriving, and maybe even your home garden. I’m feeling inspired.ContinueContinue reading “cookbook club: Greenfeast: Spring, Summer”
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savor the season – summer cookbook club starts soon!
from the farmers’ market or your own garden to your table… with a little help from these amazing books The spring cookbook club, Classic to Modern, was such a huge hit that we’re going to make a regular thing of it! The summer cookbook club begins on May 26, 2021 (register here!). I’ll be leadingContinueContinue reading “savor the season – summer cookbook club starts soon!”
cookbook club: The New York Times Cooking No-Recipe Recipes
Cookbooks and kitchens are the heart of many great adventures. Last week our spring cookbook club, Classic to Modern, ended our journey with a return to the present. Over the course of 4 books in 8 weeks, we time traveled from the days of Edna Lewis to Sam Sifton’s contemporary approach to creating delicious meals. In between, weContinueContinue reading “cookbook club: The New York Times Cooking No-Recipe Recipes”
cookbook club: Classic Indian Cooking by Julie Sahni
Cookbook club: Classic Indian Cuisine by Julie Sahni
cookbook club: Plat du Jour by Susan Herrmann Loomis
I’d say the spring cookbook club is off to a great start! In our second meeting, we talked French comfort food and life in France with award-winning author Susan Herrmann Loomis as we cooked to her latest book, Plat Du Jour: French Dinners Made Easy. https://kitchenartsandletters.com/product/plat-du-jour/ Plat du jour means daily special. These are the dishes handwritten onContinueContinue reading “cookbook club: Plat du Jour by Susan Herrmann Loomis”
cookbook club: The Taste of Country Cooking by Edna Lewis
Welcome to the first book of our spring cookbook club! Our first book of the series is: The Taste of Country Cooking by Edna Lewis. But, before digging in, I want to thank Kitchen Arts & Letters bookstore and The 92nd Street Y in NYC. Their beloved live program, Talks & Tastes, had to go virtual and they made it happen in theContinueContinue reading “cookbook club: The Taste of Country Cooking by Edna Lewis”
join the (cookbook) club
I’m about to do something I’ve wanted to do for YEARS! Confession: I’m a food and drink book addict. OK. Maybe you’re not surprised at all by that. My home is literally wall-to-wall cookbooks, food history books, and a library’s worth of wine and spirits books. They make me happy. And when I’m happy, IContinueContinue reading “join the (cookbook) club”
Accidental Food Writing
One of the most memorable pieces of food writing is said to be Proust’s description of a madeleine from Remembrance of Things Past – quite possibly the most unintentional pieces of food writing out there. Actually, there’s very little about the madeleine in there, it’s mostly about the tea if anything, but that’s not how it’s remembered. (ForContinueContinue reading “Accidental Food Writing”