Food and Wine Archive

John Besh: Cooking from the Heart: My Favorite Lessons Learned Along the Way - I have been married a number of times. My wives have nothing in common. Except this: They all read cookbooks in bed. And not casually --- they read cookbooks as

‘wichcraft: Craft a Sandwich into a Meal — And a Meal into a Sandwich - Tom Colicchio is on television so often that I can’t quite picture him actually having a day job. In fact, he does, and he’s both innovative and successful. There are

“Game Changers” (“Someone asked me, ‘How could you get as strong as an ox without eating any meat?’ And my answer was, ‘Have you ever seen an ox eat meat?’”) - When was the last time I encouraged to watch something on Netflix? Never. But I encourage you to stream "Game Changers." Why? Because I read Nate Herpich's article, ‘Game Changers’

1,000 Foods To Eat Before You Die: A Food Lover’s Life List - Mimi Sheraton, once the restaurant critic (the first female restaurant critic) of The New York Times, is the ultimate authority on food. It’s easy to be flip about what she’s created

A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table - A book that begins with a father, surveying the dinner table, remarking, “You know, we eat better at home than most people do in restaurants” --- how can you not

A Twist of the Wrist: Quick Flavorful Meals with Ingredients from Jars, Cans, Bags, and Boxes - Nancy Silverton is one of the last chefs in the world I would have expected to write a cookbook that urges you to use prepared foods. Worse,

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life - Just as Barbara Kingsolver and her family were leaving their beloved Arizona home, the local authorities made an announcement. It was fine to drink the water,

At Blanchard’s Table: A Trip to the Beach Cookbook - Melinda Blanchard is a home-taught cook, not a trained chef. That seems to make all the difference, because Blanchard's Restaurant is apparently so remarkable that Caribbean-bound foodies go

At Elizabeth David’s Table: Classic Recipes and Timeless Kitchen Wisdom - I have such a schoolboy crush on Melissa Hamilton and Christopher Hirsheimer, the team that produces the Canal House cookbooks, that I reflexively pull their recipes. But no one is

At Home with May and Axel Vervoordt: Recipes for Every Season - So I get this beautiful --- no, make that gorgeous --- cookbook. With the most spectacular photographs I’ve seen in ages. But when I flipped through it, I felt like

Baking Chez Moi: Recipes from My Paris Home to Your Home Anywhere - READER MAIL: "The pineapple recipe --- great launch for whadawegot improvising. Got a grocery-store pineapple (which I never buy because I remember eating sun-warmed, macheted pineapple in a Hawaiian field).

Barefoot Contessa Parties! by Ina Garten - Of late, my wife's bedtime reading has been Ina Garten's 'Barefoot Contessa Parties!' She is not the first woman in my romantic history to read cookbooks as

Between Meals - In 1926, A.J. Liebling had graduated from college and bungled his first job as a reporter in Providence, Rhode Island. It seemed to his father that this was a good

Bistro Cooking - Last week I went to a friend's home for dinner, my first dining experience in a private space in 18 months. The pre-dinner chat was delightful; all four of us

Bistro: French Country Recipes for Home Cooks - A bistro is your neighborhood local. It's where you go when the other choice is take-out. It's a home-cooked meal served by mom and pop --- though not, happily, your

Breakfast, Lunch, Tea - If I were in Paris now, you could find me having lunch at Rose Bakery, 46 rue des Martyrs. It's my favorite restaurant in Paris --- and I've never been there. But

California Cooking and Southern Style: 100 Great Recipes, Inspired Menus, and Gorgeous Table Settings - Carolyne Roehm introduced me to Frances Schultz, who sent me a copy of The Bee Cottage Story: How I Made a Muddle of Things and Decorated My Way Back to

Canal House Cooking Number 8: Pronto - Christopher Hirsheimer and Melissa Hamilton went to Italy, and all I got is this terrific cookbook. For those who are new to Canal House, a quick history. They call themselves “home

Canal House Cooking Volume 4 - “A beautiful woman is an invitation to a happiness she alone can fulfill.” Proust said that. And without bastardizing the master, I think that can be said about beauty in a

Canal House Cooking Volume 6: The Grocery Store - Everything’s “authentic” now. That is, we’re seeing more and more “real” people in advertising. Men who look like Sam Shepard. Women with the grit of Edie Falco. Not hard to understand