of the great writers of our time. Another wonderful read by a great contemporary Latin American author is Aphrodite: A memoir of the Senses by Isabelle Allende. It is 2/3 luxurious reading and 1/3 cookbook. Another book in the...

Strange theme restaurants are hotter than ever.

for two things: 1. there’s a fast food korean joint downstairs. authentic it’s not but there were a mountain of grilled shortribs that i looked longingly at. i miss nyc k-town. unfortunately the line was about 20 deep....

Anybody else reading this? It’s a memoir / essay collection / cookbook from Kenny Shopsin, proprietor of Shopsin’s in NYC (you may have heard about their hundreds of items long menu from Calvin Trillin). I’m...

memoir titled Climbing the Mango Trees. I recently purchased two good collections – the anthology American Food Writing edited by the wonderful Molly O’Neil and Alone in the Kitchen with An Eggplant. Lots of good food...

I have always been a huge fan of JP. I recently recorded a marathon of his newer series"More Fast Food My Way" and I was reminded of why I think he is in a class by himself. His recipes though simple, are beautifully presented....

It’s getting time to make the Christmas list, and I’m trying to get a handle on which food-related books to ask for. So far I see that Bourdain has a “companion” book for No Reservations...but not a lot...

everyone’s food, saying she doesn’t like feeling as if she’s at a buffet. Her style is to figure out what she wants and eat it herself. I found the article to be amusing and interesting reading. She skillfully...

learned a little about Filipino food from trying restaurants and comments from friends. Your personal essay is adds a lot to my understanding. You may find that between the main contenders for Filipino food around Roosevelt and...

, service as an art, these are the things we crave when we dine out, just as much as we seek food artistry. We cannot but recommend Gary Danko, his cheese cart and his staff, his food and his decor. But we probably won’t...

Edna Lewis of course was the doyenne of Southern food, but I also have a cookbook I love called "Cleora’s Kitchen, the Memoir of a Cook" by Cleora Butler. It’s filled with wonderful stories and recipes from her eight...

's insights on her own life, at least in her memoirs, outweigh what she has to say about food. Ruhlman is a useful hack with a bad case of unquestioning chef worship. Bill Buford is a fantastic writer – his book on soccer...

Is “eat local” the same kind of challenge in California as it is in Michigan?

Julie Powell may have blazed the food blog-to-book trail when she signed a contract to write her memoir Julie & Julia, but the path is quickly becoming well tread as more and more bloggers are getting book contracts

and Sapphires – Ruth Reichl In her third memoir, Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise, Reichl focuses on her life as a food critic, dishing up a feast of fabulous meals enjoyed during her tenure at...