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COOKBOOKS, DINING | November 10, 2009

Discover Pasta History in the Encyclopedia of Pasta

What a pretty sight! These are pasta made by food historian and food teacher Oretta Zanini De Vita. As you can see, making pasta has so secret for her. She owns vintage pasta tools including a wooden stamp that mints pasta like coins. It is splendid. Encyclopedia of Pasta Oretta Zanini De Vita wrote a 300-page encyclopedia about [...]

COOKBOOKS, DINING | October 5, 2009

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Salty Sweets by Christie Matheson

Balancing salt and sweet is popular with chefs. Simply think of caramels with fleur de sel or molten chocolate cake served with olive oil. I am in the middle of organizing my husband’s birthday party. This year, I decided to try to make a dessert table à la Amy Atlas. Since there will be lot of sweets, [...]

COOKBOOKS, DINING | September 24, 2009

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Let’s make a great cookbook

Good news for home cooks. You can enter a recipe contest every week with a cool winning prize. Harper Studio will publish the winning recipes in the Food52 cookbook. + Food52 cookbook project

COOKBOOKS, DINING | September 6, 2009

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The Appeal of Home Canning and Preserving

Old cooking traditions are hot again. According to an article on the Globe and Mail, the younger generations enrolled in canning workshops. I feel that it is simply a continuation of the grow your own vegetable garden movement and the desire to eat better. My mother was running her own business when I was a kid [...]

COOKBOOKS, DINING

August 17, 2009

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Fresh Mexico by Marcela Valladolid | Book Review

I received a complimentary copy of a new cookbook done by a vibrant and charming woman Chef I met through Facebook. It is filled with simple recipes to feed your family and friends. Marcela Valadolid grew up in Mexico. She lived in California for most of her life and she learned how to cook in Paris. [...]

COOKBOOKS, DINING

July 14, 2009

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Create More Delicious Meals with the Flavor Bible | Book review

Beside mastering cooking techniques, the best way to improve your cooking is by learning how to balance flavor. First, you need to know which ingredients complement each other. You also need to know how flavor develops. This book is filled with tips, guidelines and basic principles that you can use in your own kitchen. For [...]

COOKBOOKS, DINING

June 3, 2009

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No Time to Cook for my Gastronomic Wednesday

This is a recurring topic lately. I worked too hard and by the time I returned home I do not feel like stopping at he grocery store. Ordering in can do a few times but you want more. Tonight, we ate dinner at 10 pm. But I took the time to prepare a quick and [...]

COOKBOOKS, DINING

May 30, 2009

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Late news: Signing for Laura Calder’s Latest Cookbook

It may be too late but I still want to publish the info, just in case. Laura will do two signings for her latest book French Taste at Appetite for Books on today, May 30, 2009. Sadly, there is no words on the time. Apparently, you need to book your presence. To see if [...]

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