In the News

Parent Company of Food Network to Launch New Cooking Channel

Scripps, the parent company of the Food Network, has announced that it will launch a new Cooking Channel in 2010.  With primetime Food Network shows sliding into the “entertainment” category, they realize that their offerings are not for serious cooks anymore (remember the original MTV - it was actually about music videos?).  They will be [...]


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Kitchen Finds

Dress Up Your Cupcakes with Cupcake Couture

Cupcakes are all the rage now, with cupcake bakeries popping up everywhere and young couples serving cupcakes at their weddings instead of the traditional cake.  So why not get in on the cupcake fun at home?  Bella Cupcake Couture has fun cupcake wrappers for every occasion.   Plus the creator of the company, Carrie Middlemiss, [...]


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Book Shelf

David Lebovitz’s Best Desserts

David Lebovitz, the former pastry chef at Chez Panisse and food blogger, has just had his latest book released and it looks like a must have for the adventuresome baker.  “Ready for Dessert” contains some creative new recipes - peanut butter and jelly linzertorte, persimmon cake with cream cheese icing, banana souffles, fresh fig and [...]


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Video

So You Think You Know How to Make Pesto. . .

This charming video of  Chef Paola Laboa at Farina shows how to make their perfect pesto with exceptional ingredients and lots of heart.  Don’t bother getting out your Cuisinart.


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Alice Waters: “Most of What We Eat is Not Real Food”

 

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Alice Waters, creator of Chez Panisse and The Edible Schoolyard Project, was the pioneer of cooking with local ingredients decades ago.  In this interview with Spiegel Online International, she talks about the importance of kids learning how to eat real food and why she believes eating locally is possible wherever you live.

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