Cooking, Food, Wine & Spirits

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“Cookfight is an engaging book about what we each bring into our kitchens besides the ingredients. . . . very entertaining.”

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“If this book doesn’t put you in touch with your inner Viking, I don’t know what would. . . . If you buy only one cookbook this season, let it be Fäviken.

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“While the pop-up restaurant may represent the anti fine-dining model, it’s not exactly dining for the 99%. In fact it has created an elitist experience of its own.”

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“. . . will remind longtime cooks why learning about cooking satisfies their souls, and give every cook . . . many reasons to hit the kitchen.”

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“. . . chockfull of revelations that any cooking enthusiast will eat up with a spoon.”

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“. . . a charming book . . . but a bit of a tease.”

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“. . . it is never too late to reinvent yourself.”

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“. . . deserving of a place on a baker’s shelves—even if other pie books got there first.”

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“Intimidating but hardly impossible, these recipes put an exclamation mark on Pie It Forward’s case for the demise of cupcakes.”

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“Fifty dollars for a book as hideously edited/translated as this one? What an insult to readers.

Gorgeous. Unwieldy. Riddled with errors.

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“Because the pizza dough recipe and technique are now widely available online, cooks will appreciate the more unusual toppings and sides that make My Pizza: The Easy No-Knead Way to Mak

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“The joy of Ms. Simmons’ book is in its passionate love of food, a love that transcended everything that got in its way, like a pole-vaulter leaping over the bar. . . .

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“. . . French Bistro is a book worth owning.

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“While not exactly an ‘Introduction to the Wines of Argentina’ book, The Vineyard at the End of the World is nonetheless a good starter book about the wines of Argentina, giving th

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“Once you start, it may be hard to stop. Even a first skim through the book will likely lead to many pages marked for further testing . . .

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“Although The Expert Cook in Enlightenment France covers a time period far removed from our own, the 18th century trend toward simple and more natural food reflects our own time in

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“In addition to interviewing olive growers, harvesters, and processors, Mr.

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“There are so many head-scratching errors in the quantities, oven temperatures, and cooking times that you have to wonder if the book was proofed or the recipes tested before it went to pri

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“The tale of the British in India holds keys to the universal story of colonization.

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“. . . experienced cooks and bakers will enjoy the thrill of working with recipes written like the ones our ancestors cooked from, demanding flexibility and ingenuity.”

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John Besh doesn’t mince words.

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