Heat and Dust and Cooks: The Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook
“The tale of the British in India holds keys to the universal story of colonization. A no-nonsense book, The Complete Indian …
Category Archives: Cookbooks
The Roger Smith Cookbook Conference
Just a reminder that you will be able to see some 10 of the 28 sessions live and for free …
The Apples of France: What’s the (Hi)Story?: Speculations about the Origins of Apples in France (Part II)
The frosty morning mists of early autumn roll through the hills, swirling like a white cotton-candy carpet at the base …
A Few Marrons Glacés for the Season … A Gift for You
Photo credit: Robyn Lee A while ago, I promised you a short list of facsimile/translated French cookbooks. The following list …
A Long Tradition: French Chefs in Britain, or, Daniel Galmiche’s French Brasserie Cookbook: The Heart of French Home Cooking
Britain, much to the chagrin of her more patriotic sorts, has long enjoyed the the food of France. In The …
Give the Gift of Cooking French Food at Home: Some Cookbooks That Make a Seemingly Impossible Task Possible
I have to tell you that the cookbook lists that come out every year around Christmas time drive me crazy. …
Who was Ginette Mathiot? And Why Should You Care?
Ginette Mathiot wrote books that bring up long-lost taste memories in France, much as Marcel Proust’s oft-quoted prattle about about …
Modernist Cuisine: French-Influenced, Of Course (Hint: “Cuisine”)
Culinary History Has To Be Analyzed Like Art History ~~ Nathan Myhrvold “Modernist Cuisine is a six-volume, 2,438-page set that is destined to …
And to Think it all Started with a French Cookbook: Forty Years of Chez Panisse
Alice Waters often said that Elizabeth David’s French Provincial Cooking started the whole thing, meaning Chez Panisse the restaurant. And of …
What was French about Mexican Cuisine?
When you bite into a chicken taco or scoop up guacamole, you probably won’t be thinking about France. Yet, France …
