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Cookbook Reviews

The Lee Bros. Bring Their Charleston Kitchen to Austin

Lavishly praised by such food luminaries as Gabrielle Hamilton and Ruth Reichl, The Lee Bros. Charleston Kitchen (Clarkson Potter, $35, 240ppg.) is a standout among this year’s cookbooks. Read More | Comment »

10:30AM Tue. May. 14, Kate Thornberry

Texas Cookbook Authors Out of the Kitchen, Into the Bookstore

Texas cookbook authors have been especially prolific this year. BookPeople (603 N. Lamar) provides recognition for two books from authors with local ties by hosting former Austin Chronicle food editor Robb Walsh as well as cookbook collaborators representing the Austin Food Blogger Alliance. Read More | Comment »

12:00PM Wed. May. 8, Virginia B. Wood

Passover Made Easy - Cookbook Review

Brisket eggrolls, jalapeño lime and ginger salmon, or espresso macarons are hardly the traditional gray and flavorless potato kugel, gefilte fish, and kichel normally associated with the grain free week of Passover. For one of the most important Jewish holidays, which revolves largely around the seder meal, the food is often lackluster. Not anymore. Read More | Comment »

9:00AM Thu. Mar. 21, Amy Kritzer

Review: Rachel's Irish Family Food

Let’s face it--Ireland isn’t known for it’s fine cuisine. Historically, most people associate Ireland with starving hordes of potato farming peasants fleeing to the Americas in order to survive the famines of the 19th century. A starving population is not one enslaved by the rigors of gourmandaise! Read More | Comment »

9:30AM Sat. Mar. 16, Kate Thornberry

Vegan Chef Chloe Coscarelli Appears in Austin

Fans of the Food Network's Cupcake Wars will probably know Chloe Coscarelli as the vegan baker who emerged victorious in a segment of the baking competition show with Dark Chocolate orange cupcakes. Read More | Comment »

2:05PM Tue. Mar. 5, Virginia B. Wood

Austin Food Blogger Alliance Cookbook Debuts in April

Community cookbooks are a treasured American tradition dating back over a hundred years, providing revealing snapshots of the culinary trends, popular ingredients, and entertaining styles in the individual communities they represent. A collection of recipes from cooks in a virtual community is the natural evolution in this time-honored practice. Read More | Comment »

3:30PM Fri. Feb. 8, Virginia B. Wood

Jerusalem: A Cookbook

I love Middle Eastern food, so this cookbook caught my eye immediately. To start with, it is utterly gorgeous. Not only are there high quality photographs of every dish, but the book is filled with stunning photos of the city of Jerusalem and its people. Read More | Comment »

12:00PM Tue. Jan. 22, Kate Thornberry

Book Review: ‘Trailer Food Diaries Cookbook’

Austin food trucks have become synonymous with tasty, often ingenious, handheld edibles. Tiffany Harelik’s ‘Trailer Food Diaries Cookbook, Austin edition, Volume 2’ (American Palate, 206 pp., $19.99) offers the inside scoop on the famous Austin trailer food that represents an American Dream. Read More | Comment »

10:30AM Fri. Jan. 4, Jessi Cape

The Daily Cookie

Christmas was an obvious time to start thinking of cookie recipes, but what about the other 364 days of the year? Austin baking blogger Anna Ginsberg has you covered in her first book, The Daily Cookie - 365 Tempting Treats for the Sweetest Year of Your Life. Read More | Comment »

2:00PM Wed. Jan. 2, Amy Kritzer

Book Review: 'Learn To Cook' by Hilah Johnson

Written in her signature down-to-earth lingo, Hilah Johnson's Learn To Cook: A Down and Dirty Guide to Cooking (For People Who Never Learned How) (Hilah Cooking, 308 pp., $20) is a good beginner's guide to cooking and a great gift for the drive-thru addict in your life. Read More | Comment »

4:19PM Wed. Dec. 19, 2012, Jessi Cape

The Kosher Baker

Those who keep a kosher kitchen know the challenge of creating parve (dairy-free) desserts to eat with juicy briskets or herb-roasted chicken. In accordance with the Jewish commandment not to mix milk with meat, these desserts cannot have cream, milk, or beloved butter. Delicious cookies, bar, or pies without butter? Is it possible? Read More | Comment »

3:39PM Tue. Nov. 13, 2012, Amy Kritzer

The Dirt Candy Cookbook

Vegetarian? Um … no? Read More | Comment »

12:38PM Thu. Nov. 8, 2012, Wayne Alan Brenner

'La Cocina Mexicana: Many Cultures, One Cuisine'

Award-winning cookbook author Marilyn Tausend has explored the culinary diversity of Mexico for more than thirty years. The author's wealth of knowledge and experience are reflected in a collection of recipes that illuminate the various ethnic and cultural roots of Mexico's amazing cuisine. Read More | Comment »

8:00AM Thu. Oct. 4, 2012, Virginia B. Wood

Cookbook review: Baked Elements

Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito are the owners of Baked, a popular artisan bakery in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn. Their third cookbook, Baked Elements (Stewart, Tabori, & Chang, $32.50, ppg. 224), offers delectable recipes featuring their ten favorite ingredients. These guys are bakers after my own heart. Read More | Comment »

12:19PM Fri. Sep. 14, 2012, Virginia B. Wood

Rockin' Rolls

It's awfully hard to screw up cinnamon rolls. But in her latest book, I Love Cinnamon Rolls!, BBQ Queen Judith Fertig proves that while there may not be a single way to do cinnamon rolls wrong, there's a helluva lot more ways to do them right than you might have thought. Read More | Comment »

1:11PM Wed. Sep. 12, 2012, Monica Riese

Review: Preserving: the Canning and Freezing Guide for All Seasons

Pat Crocker's Preserving: The Canning and Freezing Guide for All Seasons (Wm. Morrow, $30, 552pp) is not your grandma's little blue staple-bound pamphlet of jam recipes. It's a five pound, visually stunning, modern behemoth worthy of putting a sag in any home canner's reference shelf. Read More | Comment »

12:01PM Tue. Sep. 11, 2012, Kenny Pailes

'Charred & Scruffed' Review

Charred and Scruffed
by Adam Perry Lang, with Peter Kaminsky
Artisan, 280 pp, $24.95 Read More | Comment »

1:51PM Wed. Jun. 6, 2012, Mick Vann

Summer Reading for Tiny Chefs

With school out and summer in full swing, the heat is on for new, fun kids’ activities. Books, gardening, and snacks are always a hit, and several new releases will help parents and caretakers entertain the littles this summer. Read More | Comment »

11:45AM Thu. May. 31, 2012, Jessi Cape

Fresh & Easy

What to Cook & How to Cook it: Fresh & Easy by Jane Hornby (Phaidon, $45, ppg. 351) Home cooked meals are always in season but there is something special about creating a meal using vibrant farmer’s market produce available in late spring and summer here in Austin. Read More | Comment »

11:00AM Thu. May. 31, 2012, Jessi Cape