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The Gourmet Q + A: Richard Wrangham
In his new book, Catching Fire, Richard Wrangham, Ruth Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology at Harvard University, makes the case that cooking was the definitive evolutionary step that made us humans what we...
08.26.09
food + cooking
The Trouble with Julie & Julia
Five years after Julia Child’s death, she’s winning America’s heart again through this movie. Julie Powell is another story.
07.30.09
- Keywords
- film,
- cookbooks,
- julia child,
- julie powell,
- laura shapiro
travel + culture
Book Review: Canal House Cooking
With summer in full swing, it’s the right time for an unpretentious cookbook that will make you feel like you’ve found a couple of new friends.
07.29.09
cookbook club
Book Review: Rustic Fruit Desserts
We’ve found just the cookbook to cure your itch to bake with fruit piled high from your farmers market.
August 2009
travel + culture
A French Critic Looks at French Food
A lot has been written about the demise of this legendary cuisine, but what does an insider have to say about gastronomy in his own country?
07.08.09
- Keywords
- france,
- culinary culture,
- books,
- travel,
- alexander lobrano
food + cooking
New Book on the Block
Even if you think you know it all, Notes on Cooking is likely to have some ideas that will make you a better cook.
06.09.09
- Keywords
- books,
- cookbooks,
- cooking tips,
- cooking + technique,
- john willoughby
food + cooking
The Sweet Life in Paris
Pastry chef David Lebovitz praises the French capital without sugar-coating.
06.05.09
- Keywords
- paris,
- europe,
- books,
- cookbooks,
- alexander lobrano
food + cooking
Tender at the Bone: The Queen of Mold
In the first chapter of her best-selling memoir, Ruth Reichl introduces her mother, a notoriously bad cook who ultimately shaped Reichl’s view of food.
04.09.09
- Keywords
- culinary culture,
- books,
- mother's day,
- ruth reichl
cookbook club
The Gourmet Cookbook Club: 2009 Selections
Here’s your chance to catch up on any of the Gourmet Cookbook Club selections that you may have missed during the year.(registration required)
June 2008
- Keywords
- cookbook club,
- cookbooks,
- books,
- chefs,
- authors
chefs + restaurants
The World’s Greatest Restaurant in 1969
A 40-year-old debate about the best food in the world reveals how our tastes have—and haven’t—changed.
10.06.08
- Keywords
- paul freedman,
- culinary culture,
- restaurants notes,
- books,
- french