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ChefMD's Big Book of Culinary Medicine, Cookbook of the Day
Filed under: Cookbook of the Day  Dr. John La Puma was a physician who loved food. As he aged, he realized that his interest in eating was leading him down a decidedly unhealthy path. Instead of going on one of the many popular diets out there, he decided to go to cooking school and really learn about food. In this book, ChefMD's Big Book of Culinary Medicine, he combines his medical knowledge with his food sense in order to create healthy recipes that will help you become the most healthy person you can be. He calls his approach 'Culinary Medicine.'
For those of us...
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Thrifty Cooking for Wartime, Cookbook of the Day
Filed under: Cookbook of the Day  I'm dipping into my stash of vintage cookbooks for today's featured volume. Written by Alice B. Winn-Smith in 1942, Thrifty Cooking for Wartime is a slim, unfancy edition that strives to help home cooks during those times when resources are limited. It's primary goal was to help World War II-era housewives keep to the pledge, "I will waste nothing." A valiant goal and one that, as food prices rise, is as applicable today as it was in the past.
This is an especially good cookbook for its time, as it doesn't include many of the canned and processed ingredients that...
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Real Foods for Healthy Kids, Cookbook of the Day
Filed under: Cookbook of the Day  We all struggle with finding healthy foods to eat these days, especially since nutrition scientists often waffle back and forth as to whether certain items are good or bad (over recent years the humble egg has been both vilified and placed on a honorific pedestal). This dietary challenge is even harder for parents who know they want to put nutritionally sound meals on the table for their kids but don't know how to go about it.
Lucky for those parents (as well as the rest of us), there's a new cookbook on the shelves that can help simplify the...
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Cookbook of the Day: The Naked Chef Takes Off
Filed under: Cookbook of the Day  I jumped on the Jamie Oliver train really late -- sometime in the last year. I was so annoyed at first that the "naked chef" moniker was used to make a not-quite-what-you-think pun that I didn't pay him much mind. Then I started watching him go to town on food using only a cutting board on his lap. I was hooked.
Behold my surprise to walk down the street the other day and find The Naked Chef Takes Off nestled on a discount table! I grabbed it, went home, and proceeded to drool all over the pages. Set up more like a visual conversation than a...
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The River Cottage Family Cookbook, Cookbook of the Day
Filed under: Culinary Kids, Cookbook of the Day  Cookbooks serve a variety of purposes in life. There are some that are a resource for the basics (think Joy of Cooking, Better Homes and Gardens and Fannie Farmer), some that are written to instruction a particular genre of food (Mastering the Art of French Cooking and The Classic Italian Cookbook leap to mind) and still others that are designed mostly for showing off gorgeous pictures of nearly-unattainable food. My favorite category of cookbook is the one in which the book makes you want to crawl inside the binding and live the life described and pictured within...
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Faye Food, Cookbook of the Day
Filed under: Cookbook of the Day  I first mentioned Faye Hess on this site about two weeks ago, when I confessed that she was my new cooking crush. Her self-published book, Faye Food, arrived in my mailbox yesterday and it has done nothing but fuel my infatuation with this deeply passionate and articulate cook.
If you've been reading this site for any length of time, you'll know that my favorite cookbooks are ones in which the author's voice and personality play a prominent role. From watching Hess's cooking videos, I knew that she loved food and enjoyed nothing so much as that moment when she could make someone...
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Bake Until Bubbly, Cookbook of the Day
Filed under: Books, Cookbook of the Day  Sometimes I think I was born into the wrong food era. While I love all the artisanal products and amazing variety in fruits and vegetables, I am also a huge fan of the casserole. Sadly, it's a style of cooking not particularly popular in my generation. However, there's nothing I enjoy more than combining a protein, a starch, a sauce and one or two veggies in a large dish, topping it off with cheese or breadcrumbs and baking it until the top is golden brown. Casseroles are great for potlucks, for parties or for ensuring that you only have to cook...
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Vegan Lunch Box, Cookbook of the Day
Filed under: On the Blogs, Cookbook of the Day  The day I first discovered the blog Vegan Lunch Box, I sat at my desk and read every single word of the archives. This was back in early spring of 2006, so there weren't too many months to sort through (Jennifer started the blog in September 2005), but I imagine I spent at least three hours reading while I should have been doing work. Even though I'm not a vegan (nor have I ever eschewed the animal products) I loved seeing all the creative ways Jennifer McCann packed innovative and delicious meals for her son to eat while...
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Pops! Icy Treats for Everyone, Cookbook of the Day
Filed under: Cookbook of the Day, Summer  I do believe that Krystina Castella's book, Pops! Icy Treats for Everyone has been the hottest cookbook this summer. I've seen it everywhere from Oh Joy! to Baking Bites to Elastic Waist. I've had it sitting on the arm of the rocking chair in my living room (where all my homeless cookbooks end up) for the last month. I bought some popsicle molds so that I could try out a few of the recipes, but life (and the state of my freezer) has continually gotten between me and homemade popsicles. However, last weekend, my...
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California Pizza Kitchen Family Cookbook, Cookbook of the Day
Filed under: Cookbook of the Day  About once a year, I get the bug to make homemade pizza. I always find it to be a messy process, resulting in broken dough and leaky toppings. It's always tasty enough, but by the time I finish with it, I determine that pizza should remain a take-out only item. However, over time I forget this resolve and decide to make it again, only to be smacked with the same realization that it's too much trouble for home cooking.
I made pizza last Sunday, and went through the same process as in the past. Except this time, instead of resolving...
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