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Must Read: Pestos, Tapenades, & Spreads
Much like PartySugar, I'll be paying special attention to the oft-neglected starters when I host this year's Thanksgiving meal. I've not yet determined what they'll be: should I serve soup? Dip in a bread bowl?
Start Giving Thanks Early This Year
The turkey is cooked, the gravy is steaming and the cranberries are waiting to pop. Just before families dig into their fruitful feast, they sit down to give thanks for the past year's blessings. Instead of waiting until the end of the month, start a new family tradition and have everyone start writing down things they are thankful for at the dinner table every night leading up to the festivities.
How Many Kitchen Tips? Try 834!
The folks at Cook's Illustrated really know their way around a kitchen. Not only do they have great recipes and fantastic ideas, but they've got an assortment of kitchen tips too. In fact they've got 834 of them and lucky for us they've put them in their book 834 Kitchen Quick Tips.
Healthy Book Alert: New Good Food
If you own tons of cookbooks, but somehow just never manage to cook yourself a meal, then New Good Food might be the book you need to get a homemade meal on the table. Margaret M. Wittenberg, who is not only a self proclaimed avid cook, a VP for Whole Foods, and authority on natural and organic foods as well as sustainability, wrote this book to inspire cooking.
Summer Reading: Vegetarian Cooking For Everyone
When I think of August, I think of lazy afternoons sitting around trying to catch up on my summer reading. For some of us summer reading means chick lit or memoirs, but for me it means cookbooks and food adventures. In fact, I believe that some cookbooks are actually worth crawling into bed with!
Summer Reading: On Food and Cooking
When I told YumJimmy that we were spotlighting a new book every day in August, he told me to make sure that I mentioned Harold McGee's On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen. When it was first published over 20 years ago, it instantly became a success. Many people even consider it to be like an encyclopedia.
Let's Dish: What's Your Favorite Cookbook of All Time?
Since I just quizzed your knowledge of classic cooking works, I figured I'd go full circle: Whether it's battered and old or trendy and new, I'm curious to know what your most beloved kitchen book is. I have so many, it's hard to pick, but among them, I love the Bon Appétit Cookbook for its exhaustive collection of American recipes, and Ten by Sheila Lukins for its thoroughly tested instructions, as well as On Food and Cooking by Harold McGee. Even though the last isn't technically a cookbook, it's a great resource for understanding the chemical interactions between food ingredients, and the science behind various cooking methods.
Yummy Links: From Tony Bourdain to Shake Shack's Burger
- Has Anthony Bourdain lost his coolness? — Huffington Post
- Turn string cheese into bloody fingers for Halloween. — Food Wishes Video
- How does food affect your dreams?— Chow
- 5 books every cook should have.
Sugar Bits — Gwyneth Paltrow to Write Cook Book
- Gwyneth Paltrow will publish her first cook book next year, My Father's Daughter. It will focus on "the importance of togetherness at mealtime, emphasising that cooking for your family is the ultimate expression of love" and won't include macrobiotic. — Telegraph
- Jade Goody has been given some hope after learning that her cancer has spread, as she starts a two-month course of Hycamtin, a new "miracle drug".
YumSugar Gift Guide: Books for Cooks
My sister is a big reader — she always seems to have her nose shoved into a book — that is starting to develop a larger interest in cooking. That's why this year I'm thinking about getting her one of the many wonderful cookbooks and memoirs that have recently hit the shelves. If you've got a reader in your family — or someone who just loves cookbooks — take note, there are some great gifts to be found.
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