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Portland Cooks is a feast for the eyes. If you love Portland restaurants, and are followers of Portland chefs, this new cookbook by Danielle Centoni should be on your must-have list. It’s designed for the home cook and the Portland restaurant aficionado alike....
As you wander, I would recommend using one of the Axel & Ash journals to "insert YOUR story." In an earlier article, I shared some of my travel firsts. This beautiful journal—Swept Away by Wanderlust—is the perfect way for you to start recording your travel firsts...
I admit it. I'm sort of a cookbook junkie. Tasting Wine and Cheese: An Insider's Guide to Mastering the Principles of Pairing is now my new favorite food book. This is not a cookbook, exactly. In fact, there are no recipes. Instead, it is filled with suggestions for...
Friends Food Family: Essential Recipes, Tips and Secrets for the Modern Hostess, from LibertyLondonGirl is a fun, tip-filled cookbook. The hardcover book by Sasha Wilkins is published by Quadrille and distributed in the US and Canada by Chronicle Books. It was...
Healthy Japanese Cooking, a new cookbook by London restaurateur Makiko Sano that released on September 1, 2015, is a joy to all the senses, which is exactly the purpose of this cookbook. Sano introduces us right away to the concept of "shoku-iku," or conscious...
The Elixir of Life Cookbook: finding love and joy in the passionate pursuit of food is a gorgeous cookbook by Sedona (Arizona) Chef Lisa Dahl. The Elixir of Life is, quite simply, Tuscany on a plate. The hardcover book, available via Dahl Restaurant Group's website...
As an avid researcher since my diagnosis with celiac disease almost eight years ago, I was pleasantly surprised to learn some valuable points I had not known before reading Gluten Freedom by Dr. Alessio Fasano, founder and director of the Center for Celiac Research at...
I don't review a lot of books here, but when I find one that goes above and beyond, I have to share it. This time it's an extra special pleasure because I get to share the novel just released by my good friend and fellow long-time journalist Shelley Coriell. THE...