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Category Archives: Books I Love and Loathe.
Eating Their Cupcakes, Eating My Words.
I finally– finally– found myself able to sit back, relax, and enjoy a fucking cupcake. Continue reading
Posted in Books I Love and Loathe.
Tagged cookbooks, cupcake phobia, cupcakes, robicelli
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My Calabria: My Rosetta Stone
About a month ago, I received an email from a woman named Roberta Klugman asking me if I remembered the conversation we’d had more than a year ago about an upcoming cookbook called My Calabria when she came to lunch … Continue reading
Posted in Books I Love and Loathe.
Tagged Calabrese cuisine, cookbooks, fried peppers, My Calabria, Rosetta Constantino
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Liberace’s Sticky Buns
Today, thanks to the magic of Twitter, I learned that the Liberace Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada is closing. All those years of visiting Sin City and I never once bothered to go to that damned museum. I always said … Continue reading
On My Shelf: Ready for Dessert
According to David Lebovitz, “Each year, hundreds of cookbooks are released, which means that inevitably, many must go to make room for the new.” One look through his latest book Ready for Dessert (his original title idea was David’s Greatest … Continue reading
Posted in Books I Love and Loathe.
Tagged cookbook, David Lebovitz, food porn, Ready for Dessert, review
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Swish Steak: Camp Food
Yes, Swish Steak. Among my cookbooks, there is a recent acquisition I consider to be the jewel in my crown– a must-have for anyone who fancies herself (or, of course, himself) Queen of the Kitchen: The Gay Cookbook by Chef … Continue reading
Posted in Books I Love and Loathe., Celebrities, Meatness, Savories
Tagged cookbooks, gay, gay cookbook, lou rand hogan, Recipes, swish steak, swiss steak
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On My Shelf: I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti
If the way to a man’s heart is truly through his stomach, Giulia Melucci has tried every trick in the book. Or, at least in her book, I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti. As the title might imply, she’s … Continue reading
On My Shelf: The Sweet Life in Paris
There are myriad guidebooks to Paris: Pudlow, Michelin, and Lonely Planet, to name a few and all of them worth the money. They tell you where eat, where to stay, and what to see. And then, of course, there are … Continue reading
On My Shelf: The Food of a Younger Land
From Mark Kurlansky, the author of Cod and Salt, comes The Food of a Younger Land (Riverhead Books: 397 pages, $27.95)– “A portrait of American food before the national highway system– before chain restaurants, and before frozen food, when the … Continue reading
Omnivore Books on Food
Today’s post is short and sweet, but I do mean sweet. Two weeks ago, Omnivore Books on Food quietly opened its doors in Noe Valley. When I found out about it from a friend of mine who is much hipper … Continue reading
Posted in Books I Love and Loathe.
Tagged book store, Events, noe valley, omnivore books on food
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