How to Talk to Boring Relatives at Dinner

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I was a little taken aback by Danny Meyer’s comments in the Sept. 10 New York Times magazine. When asked by Deborah Solomon had he ever eaten at Taco Bell, Meyer responded with this dig: "I went last year for the first time...

Apfelbaum himself was there, serving everyone. Then Solomon's opened down the street, and there was competition. There was Diller’s on McAlister near Filmore...and a few others. Something happened...all of a sudden, by the...

The Complete Asian Cookbook(Charmaine Solomon) 1,000 Mexican Recipes(Marge Poore) A Book of Middle Eastern Food(Claudia Roden) Everybody Eats Well in Belgium(Ruth van Waerebeek-Gonzalez) Texas Home Cooking(Cheryl Alters Jamison and...

The cookbooks I use most are Deborah Madison’s—Vegetarian Cooking for Everyday (and we are not vegetarians!) and the new one about farmer’s market produce. I also rely frequently on the annual compilations...

. How to Cook Everything Veg – my default daily cookbook Vegan Lunch Box – I’ve used tons of her recipes from the web and am waiting for the release of the book The two Greens Restaurant cookbooks by Deborah...

's Italian cookbooks (not JUST a pretty face!) “One Potato Two Potato” (can you guess what it’s about?)Roy Finnamore & Molly Stevens “This Can't be Tofu!” Deborah Madison (of Greens rest. SF)...

's books on Classical Italian cooking; Charmaine Solomon's on Asian cooking (amazing in its breadth); Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child; The Complete Book of Mexican Cooking by Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz; and The...

) The Greens Cookbook (Deborah Madison) Vietnamese books by Pham and Nguyen My favourite UK cookbooks Anything by Elizabeth David, Nigel Slater or Nigella Lawson Fuchsia Dunlop’s oeuvre Ottolenghi, obviously (!) What books did you...

Although I’ve only had it for a few months, I’ve become a HUGE fan on Deborah Madison’s “Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone”. I’m not a vegetarian, but I do love to do creative things with fresh...

Fields of Greens by Annie Sommerville Greens by Deborah Madison Essential of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazan Fields of Greens has been my small go-to cookbook for years. It has lots of delicious stews, pastas and warm...

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