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Eat Me: The Food and Philosophy of Kenny Shopsin - When Kenny Shopsin died, he got the Great Eccentric Obituary --- "Brash Owner of a Quirky Restaurant" -- in The New York Times, which is simple justice. He ran the
Eating Delancey: A Celebration of Jewish Food - I was to have dinner with two French women. “You choose the restaurant,” they said. A no-brainer: I chose Katz’s Deli. We ordered pastrami sandwiches at the counter, gobbled samples
Eating to Live - Food prices rose about 4% in 2007, and just as money starts getting tight for many Americans, food prices are expected to rise another 4% this year. But
Everyday Harumi - Harumi Kurihara is almost unknown in America, but in Japan, she’s a household name --- literally. Like: 52 shops in department stores. Like: 12 cafes and restaurants. Like: books and
Everyday Indian: 100 Fast, Fresh and Healthy Recipes - If we are thinking about healthy food with lots of flavor, we gravitate to the cuisines of China and Japan. They use meat, but chopped and sliced and diced so
Feed the Resistance: Recipes + Ideas for Getting Involved - One of the suggestions Timothy Snyder offers in On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century is that armchair activism isn’t enough. “Power wants your body softening in your
Five Ways to Cook Asparagus (and Other Recipes): The Art and Practice of Making Dinner - Just when you think you will never need another cookbook --- you have Julia Child and Marcella Hazan and Patricia Wells and Canal House Cooks Every Day and V Is
Food Is the Solution: What to Eat to Save the World: 80+ Recipes for a Greener Planet and a Healthier You - We seem to have reached a point when simple decency has become a radical political act. You and I, we are decent people. We may not know how to deal with
Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual - If you got in on the ground floor, you chewed every page of The Omnivore’s Dilemma, (464 pages, $8.00 at Amazon). If you were a second responder, the first Michael Pollan book
French Women for All Seasons - What will probably destroy America is not misguided foreign policy, crushing debt or our insistence on building bombers rather than schools --- it's fat. Go to any
Heart of the Artichoke and Other Kitchen Journeys - My wife used to be Somebody in the New York fine dining world. As for me, one of the only two jobs that’s required my daily presence was as a
Hedgebrook Cookbook: Celebrating Radical Hospitality - A reader recently complained, “What’s with all these cookbooks? Please get back to real books.” Dude, I’d love to. The problems are: 1) The cookbooks I’ve reviewed this fall are terrific
Hemingway and Bailey’s Bartending Guide to Great American Writers - Hemingway & Bailey's Bartending
How to Drink Like a Billionaire: Mastering Wine with Joie de Vivre - The first time I had lunch with Mark Oldman, I didn’t return home until 4 PM. My wife’s reaction: “No way you were having lunch with a man for three
Hungry for Paris: The Ultimate Guide to the City’s 102 Best Restaurants - Dollar skidding, plane fare soaring --- it's not likely I'll be having dinner in Paris any time soon. But that doesn't mean I can't eat in Paris by proxy. Naturally, the
I heard this from a cow: “Vegetables would like a word with you” - The Weekend Butler included David Remnick’s conversation with John Kerry, who’s off to a climate summit in Europe to try to lower the temperature. It included this: KERRY: There’s a lot
In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto - What's better for you --- whole milk, 2% milk or skim? Is a chicken labeled “free range” good enough to reassure you of its purity? How about “grass fed” beef? What form
Is Thomas Keller’s Roast Chicken the Greatest Ever? - In 1994, Thomas Keller took ownership of The French Laundry in Yountville, California. Fame followed quickly. He has since opened Per Se, Bouchon, Bar Bouchon, Bouchon Bakery, and Ad Hoc.He
Italian Easy: Recipes from the London River Cafe - This cannot be. There must be some mistake. We are promised "easy" and it is. They say "simple" and they deliver. What are the hidden flaws? Let's look. Start with the introduction.
Italian Family Dining - Artists are often ahead of their time. In the case of Edward Giobbi, this also included his cooking. Back when no one used imported spaghetti, he swore by Italian brands.
