Two exceptional food authors are coming to town for the Chef's Collaborative National Sustainable Food Summit, each armed with an extraordinary new (and hefty) book from the far ends of the food spectrum. I am deeply engrossed in both this week. Diane Morgan, a prolific food … [Read more...] about Friday Reads: Roots & Meat
Paperback goes on sale today!
It's official: the paperback of The Kitchen Counter Cooking School went on sale today. I'm pretty psyched about it being made available in paperback as this opens up the message of the book to a wider audience, plus more book clubs are likely to read it. I've had amazing feedback … [Read more...] about Paperback goes on sale today!
Friday Reads: Why food still matters
If I told you Mark Bittman visited Seattle Wednesday to complain to a packed auditorium about the prevalence of UFOs in America, you'd probably think the food writer had gone batty. But Bittman wasn't bemoaning spaceships or alien invaders. He was talking about unidentifiable … [Read more...] about Friday Reads: Why food still matters
Auditions for Kitchen Circus
Kitchen confident home cooks, heads up! Kitchen Circus is holding open auditions for amateur home chefs. Audition information at http://kitchen-circus.com and submissions are due September 21, 2012. Kitchen Circus is hosted by my pal, Thierry Rautureau, the French chef featured … [Read more...] about Auditions for Kitchen Circus
Friday Reads: Our Rescue Dog Edition
If Mike ever thought he wanted a threesome with a young blonde, I don't think this is what he had in mind. About a month ago, Mike and I adopted an 18-month-old rescue dog we named Maddy who had been picked up by animal control in Yakima. Although the rescue organization thought … [Read more...] about Friday Reads: Our Rescue Dog Edition
