Archive for October, 2008

Cookbook Review: ‘The Cooking Ladies’ Recipes from the Road’ (Contra Costa Times)

Friday, October 31st, 2008

The following review is by a reader who was given a cookbook from this newspaper. The included recipes were selected and prepared by the reader.If you would love to take a road trip but don’t have the time, just grab a copy of “The Cooking Ladies’ Recipes from the Road” and make your way through

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Correction: ?Some Heavy Reading, Recipes Included? (New York Times)

Friday, October 31st, 2008

An article last Wednesday about recent cookbooks, including one by Ferran AdriƠ, chef of the restaurant El Bulli in Spain, misidentified the city in which the restaurant is located. It is in Roses, not San SebastiƔn.

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Seasonal, organic recipes from Californian chef Alice Waters (Guardian Unlimited)

Friday, October 31st, 2008

The original trailblazer in organic food, Alice Waters, shares some tasty recipes from her new book

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Home cookin': Lopez Restaurante uses old family recipes and … – Monterey County Herald

Friday, October 31st, 2008
Home cookin': Lopez Restaurante uses old family recipes and
Monterey County Herald, CA - 12 hours ago
I admire the Lopez family's bold goal to provide authenticity, and here we have a nice family following a mother's recipes from Michoacan.
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Recipes for Health Spinach Salad With Seared Shiitake Mushrooms – New York Times

Friday, October 31st, 2008
Recipes for Health Spinach Salad With Seared Shiitake Mushrooms
New York Times, United States - 15 hours ago
This series offers recipes with an eye towards empowering you to cook healthy meals every day. Produce, seasonal and locally grown when possible,
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Pepperidge Farm(R) Frozen Garlic Bread and Prego(R) Italian Sauce … – MarketWatch

Friday, October 31st, 2008
Pepperidge Farm(R) Frozen Garlic Bread and Prego(R) Italian Sauce
MarketWatch - 15 hours ago
"These are delicious, easy-to-prepare recipes; it's like eating the meals we serve at the restaurant, only in the comfort of your home," said Marion Scotto,
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More marvelous mac 'n cheese recipes – Seattle Post Intelligencer

Friday, October 31st, 2008
More marvelous mac 'n cheese recipes
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Oct 29, 2008
After the 2008 Tillamook Mac and Cheese Recipe Contest, the judges all said a few words about the six finalist dishes we had just enjoyed.
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Hot Springs sister act join forces for restaurant (Rapid City Journal)

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Sometimes, two heads are better than one. And Rebecca Christensen and Elizabeth Wiley have had their heads together in the kitchen since they were little kids. The stepsisters, both graduates of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y., are the cooking wizards behind the acclaimed Blue Vervain Restaurant in Hot Springs.

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Pier W sous-chef Jack Ahern employs precision, creativity to make food memorable (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Lynn Ischay/The Plain Dealer Jack Ahern likes everything about the restaurant business, from the front of the house to the back. “Cooking is not a solo sport,” he says. TASTEMAKER If he hadn’t become a chef, Jack Ahern might have…

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Conspicuous Consumption – People’s Poll (Metro Times Detroit)

Friday, October 31st, 2008

BEST NEW RESTAURANT Maria’s Comida 11411 Joseph Campau, Hamtramck; 313-733-8406 Mexican food on Hamtramck’s Polish strip? It might have sounded odd a decade ago, but among our readers it has a serious following.

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