There’s No One Like Julia

Leafing through the pages of “The Way to Cook” the other day, I came across these words from Mrs. Child that made me laugh:
“The easiest way to achieve cooked sliced potatoes is to slice them first before simmering them. You will of course get criticisms from those worthies who say if you don’t cook them [...]

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Serious Italian

I just love a cookbook that starts with a page like this. The book is entitled “The Silver Spoon” or, what I like to call, Italy’s version of “The Joy of Cooking.” It’s the newest member of my cookbook collection.
I did a little cookbook swap the other day and took a trip over [...]

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Chocolate and Zucchini Book Signing

I just returned from a book signing of Clotilde Dusoulier’s new book, “Chocolate and Zucchini.” For those of you who don’t know of her, Clotilde is a young Parisian woman who writes a blog (in English) about living, eating and cooking in Paris. If you love simple, imaginative dishes, then you should pick [...]

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