Overall Rating (based on customer reviews): 4.5 out of 5 stars You must have been in solitary confinement if you’re not familiar with Timothy Ferriss, best selling author of “The 4-Hour Workweek” (it will change your life) and “The 4-Hour … Continue reading →

Overall Rating (based on customer reviews): 4.6 out of 5 stars Hello? Bueller? It’s called “James Beard’s Best of the Best” for a reason. On the James Beard Foundation’s 25th anniversary, this book was born. It puts together the recipients of … Continue reading →

Overall Rating (based on customer reviews): 4.6 out of 5 stars If you truly want to learn to cook, you need this 2009 James Beard Book Award winning book. Sure, you can follow a recipe, but what do you do … Continue reading →

Publishers Weekly’s Mark Rotella explores what makes a best selling cookbook, the demographics of who’s buying, and current cookbook trends, among other topics. Not surprisingly, as Rotella illustrates, among the prominent components for successful cookbook sales is having appeared on … Continue reading →

Overall Rating (based on customer reviews): 4.3 out of 5 stars   Let’s face it, moms (and dads) have been having trouble getting their kids to eat healthy for years. Kids are bombarded with ads for unhealthy foods that have … Continue reading →

Overall Rating (based on customer reviews): 4.8 out of 5 stars Cupcakes are here to stay. These have gone beyond trend to foodie classic. Could be because they are cuter tinier versions of their sugary cake counter parts, or it … Continue reading →

Overall Rating (based on customer reviews): 4.8 out of 5 stars Forget Jagger & Tyler. Bocuse is the real rock star. At 87 years old (he was born February 11, 1926) he does it like no one can. Think  three-Michelin-starred restaurants, … Continue reading →

Meals On Wheels, one of my favorite NGOs, originally began in Great Britain during the Blitz, when many people lost their homes and were unable to cook and prepare their own food. Today in the U.S., Meals On Wheels is … Continue reading →

Pat Bruno, who was the Sun-Times restaurant critic for over 25 years, as well as a cookbook author lost his battle to Glioblastoma multiforme (a malignant brain tumor) on October 30. He battled the disease for three years. He is survived … Continue reading →

In an attempt to capitalize on the explosive popularity of the erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey, an author who writes under the pen name F.L. Fowler, was inspired to write Fifty Shades of Chicken: A Parody in a Cookbook. … Continue reading →

Jim Bostacos hails from New York, and has Greek-Italian roots. This combination is the perfect fit for both his restaurants, Molyvos and Abbocato. His culinary desires seem to be genetic, directly inherited from mom and dad. Chef Bostacos graduated with … Continue reading →

If you were to ask me for a restaurant recommendation in Sonoma, the first restaurant to come out of my mouth would be The Girl and The Fig. I still recall sitting in their outdoor area, next to a fire … Continue reading →

Julia Child was born in Pasadena, California on this day in 1912. Following her graduation from college, Child moved to New York City, where she worked as a copywriter. Later Child actually worked for the OSS during World War Two, … Continue reading →

In 2009, Actress Alicia Silverstone — Clueless, The Babysitter — released The Kind Diet, a guide to vegan nutrition, and launched a related website called The Kind Life. Silverstone, the mother of a 10-month-old son she calls Bear, recently revealed … Continue reading →

Chef, restaurateur, and author Hari Nayak is out to change the world’s perception of Indian food. His current goal is to make it more accessible to the American home cook. His love of food started in his native India, led … Continue reading →

These are some books that are perfect for those looking to get their cooking to the next level. Check Amazon for pricing changes and updates.

Books are part of many people’s lives. It allows them to work on their imaginations and play along with it. Cookbooks are often found in the kitchen, but it is not what best-selling author, Ruth Reichl thinks of it. A … Continue reading →