by Jillian on October 19, 2009
It turns out that Jaime Oliver, best known as The Naked Chef, is more than just a kooky celebrity chef. If you didn’t watch his old Food Network show, imagine Julie Child on crack…he would flail around the kitchen, knocking over olive oil bottles and would mix everything by hand (i.e. bare hands tossing lettuce [...]
by Christina on October 15, 2009
Dr. David Kessler, the former head of the Food and Drug Administration who is well known for his attack on Big tobacco, writes a fascinating book about American society’s struggle to say no to food. The book examines how the combination of fat, sugar and salt have taken hold of us, and with the help [...]
by Christina on October 6, 2009
If you peruse Gawker, the New York Post, or media blogs in general, you were probably vaguely aware that one of Condé Nast’s food books (they own Gourmet and Bon Appetit) was in danger of not surviving the “rough economic times”. Yet the recent announcement that Gourmet was shutting it’s doors after 68 years of [...]