The Business of Fun

Marco Pierre White is sometimes a slave, sometimes a devil.

Mushrooms Will Save the World

And other findings from Taste^3^ 2007.

The CHOW 13

Our first annual awards, presenting a baker’s dozen of provocateurs, trendsetters, and rabble-rousers.

I just finished reading a wonderful book called Traveler’s Tales: Food, a collection of short travel stories of eating in far off places and experiencing new cultures, with the common denominator being food. The book also...

Eat like the Alpha Hound.

Everything’s been coming up kugel lately. Kugel (literally “potato pudding”) is sort of a baked potato pancake. Its ingredients are simple: grated (using hand or meat grinder, never a food processor) potato...

of our food, cooked and raw, came at once, after we asked for a specific order, and there was literally no room on the table, and we had to ask to have some of it taken away to be brought back later? Wait, I know – we...

That’s not a typo. Like everyone I’ve had a love/hate relationship with Bruni. I’m a third of the way through his book/memoir “Born Round”. Not sure I can stomach the rest of it. Was hoping for...

The book isn’t even written “from scratch” — she used a ghost writer. lol! What could be more Sandy Lee? With people like Ruth Reichl and Anthony Bourdain writing exquisite food memoirs, in truly...

I always looked forward to Molly O’Neill’s column in the NY Times Magazine. I couldn’t wait to read her memoir: Mostly True: A memoir of family, food, and baseball. Her brother, Paul, played for the Yankees. But...

Marcella’s Italian Kitchen is the most useful of her books in my opinion (harp, harp). It’s not dauntingly long, the recipes are superb, and it’s a nice introduction to her style and voice. I met her once very...

The Two Fat Ladies was one of my absolute favorite cooking shows of all time. What a couple of tremendous dames! Why won’t Food Network rerun The Two Fat Ladies instead of the garbage (RR and her evil Latina clone and the...

Padma Lakshmi: Comedienne? Seriously?

Padma Lakshmi is going to be starring in a new NBC food-focused sitcom.

in their shop and cheese from a vendor and eat on a bench, enjoying the view Andorra: -Really, nothing to write about (food or activities). Like a big discount mall with amazing scenery Huesca: -We tried Lillas Pastia. It was okay,...

I seldom put down a book without finishing it, especially if it concerns food in any way, shape, or form, but this is definitely joining the short list of those I have. I find the author’s tone too cutesy by 1000%. It seems...