Many moons ago, or, to be more precise, just over seven years ago, during July and August of 2012, I started a little “game” based…
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Tag: Biography
Easily the most bizarre book in the gastronomy world I’ve ever read. I’m of two minds (at least) about Observations from the Kitchen by Richard…
Working my way through my reading “pile” (what do we call it these days when it’s electronic?) with a bunch of chef-authored tomes. First up,…
Almost two years ago I reviewed the book Plenty by chef and author Yotam Ottolenghi, and it’s still one of my favorite “go to” books…
Great book by an author who I already liked – Anya Von Bremzen’s Please to the Table is a fantastic resource for the various cuisines…
Did I like the book, did I not like the book? That’s the question. And I have mixed feelings about it. The book – the…
About a year and a half ago I was contacted by the Tom McNamee, author of the newly released biography of Craig Claiborne. He’d stumbled…
“I desire you would use all your skill to paint your picture truly like me, and not flatter me at all, but remark all these…