Archive for the ‘Bookshelf’ Category
Edible South Florida launch
Edible South Florida celebrated the launch of its first issue today at Whole Foods. Run and edited by Katie Sullivan, the quarterly magazine is part of Edible Communities and it chronicles local foods, farmers, growers and chefs. For those of you who like me haven’t previously lived somewhere with an Edible magazine, we’ve apparently been [...]
An evening with Ruth Reichl
On Monday night I had the opportunity of listening to former Gourmet editor-in-chief Ruth Reichl as she spoke to an audience of fans and food enthusiasts at the Miami Book Fair. Her stop in Miami was the last of the book tour promoting Gourmet Today, a collection of 1,000 recipes developed over five years by [...]
Ruth Reichl at the Miami Book Fair
Save the date. Former Gourmet editor Ruth Reichl will discuss the “new culinary landscape” at the Miami Book Fair, which kicks off next Sunday, Nov. 8. You can hear Reichl, whose latest book Gourmet Today is a compilation of Gourmet’s best recipes, on Monday, Nov. 9 at 6 p.m. at Miami-Dade College’s Chapman Center. Admission [...]
Alice Waters in Miami today
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Alice Waters, known for her Berkeley, California restaurant Chez Panisse and her passion for using organically grown, seasonal food will be at Books & Books in Coral Gables tonight to promote her new book The Art of Simple Food: Notes, Lessons, and Recipes from a Delicious Revolution. I recently bought the book and it’s a [...]
What’s cooking at the Miami Book Fair this weekend?
Don’t miss these tasty reads at the Miami Book Fair this weekend.
Saturday, November 10
10 a.m.
Table 8 Chef Govind Armstrong reads from his first cookbook, Small Bites, Big Nights: Seductive Little Plates for Intimate Occasions and Lavish Parties. He’ll be joined by Top Chef judge and model Padma Lakshmi, who in her second cookbook Tangy, Tart, [...]
Eating in exile – Gourmet goes Latin
For the past two days, I’ve been reveling in the latest issue of Gourmet magazine the Latino America issue. If it weren’t for Elise of Simply Recipes and her Puerto Rican friend Maria, I might have missed it, but I’m glad that, albeit late, I learned about it and got my hands on a copy. [...]
How chefs learned to cook
Last night a friend surprised me with an advance copy of How I Learned to Cook: Culinary Educations from the World’s Greatest Chefs (release date October 17). Good timing considering I’ll have time to read on my flight tonight. I’m flying to Chicago for the weekend to visit college friends and also stopping by Milwaukee [...]
