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 [...]

It’s that time of year again - the compilation by Holly Hughes of the best food writing of the year.  This volume contains 50 essays  - some from the usual suspects (Ruth Reichl, Colman Andrews, Alice Waters) but some delightful lesser knowns like Monica Bhide.

From the unbeatable team of Christopher Hersheimer and Melissa Hamilton comes their gorgeous self published cookbook, Canal House Cooking. Christopher, besides being one of the founding editors of Saveur magazine, is the outstanding food photographer behind many wonderful cookbooks, including Lydia’s Family Table and the beautiful A Platter of Figs.  Melissa has worked as an editor [...]

This book was a long time coming.  The Big Sur Bakery sits unpretentiously just off Highway 1 in California, along some of the most gorgeous landscape in the country.  The bakery not only serves outstanding pastries and other homemade goodies but they also bake terrific pizzas in their wood fired oven and serve amazing dinner [...]

From the genius that started  the Craft restaurants in New York, Tom Colicchio shares his secrets to great sandwiches.  He should know - his ‘wichcraft sandwich shops are widely popular and focus on outstanding ingredients.   His new book includes recipes from breakfast sandwiches to dessert sandwiches.

Written by award winning blogger Shauna James, Gluten-Free Girl is her account of finally being diagnosed with celiac disease and learning how to eat all over again.  The book is full of wonderful stories and recipes.  James is an excellent writer, which anyone familiar with her blog will know, and she even ends up marrying [...]

Chef Bryant Terry’s new cookbook, “Vegan Soul Kitchen: Fresh, Healthy and Creative African American Cuisine” has just been released and promises to be a must have for health conscious cooks.  He describes himself as an “eco chef” and hangs out with Alice Waters.  There’s an incredible range of dishes from Succotash Soup to Jamaican Veggie [...]

The long awaited memoir from Molly Wizenberg, the author of the blog “Orangette”,  is finally here.   In “A Homemade Life”, Molly takes us through the journey of her life from the death of her father to her journey to Paris to her marriage to a young man who started off as a fan of [...]

 
Two weeks before graduating from college, Adrienne Kane suffered a paralyzing stroke.   In this moving memoir, she recounts how she slowly recovered by cooking for her loved ones and eventually creating a new life for herself as a food writer, recipe developer and caterer.  Cooking and Screaming: Finding My Own Recipe for Recovery.  Published [...]

“The Minimalist”,  Mark Bittman, in his new book, Food Matters, describes how he lost 35 pounds by adopting a diet he calls “Vegan Until 6″.   The New York Times columnist  consumes no animal products or junk food until 6:00. His new book describes the impact that eating so much meat has made on [...]