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Serious Reads: Hunt, Gather, Cook by Hank Shaw
Most weeks, the closest I get to foraging for my own food is a trip to the farmers' market. But recently, as roadside trees have started bearing fruit and cracks in the sidewalk are bursting with weeds, I've wondered about the possibility and practicality of eating wild food. Hank Shaw, author of the popular blog Hunter Angler Gardener Cook, has written a new book on how to make the most of nature's offerings. In Hunt, Gather, Cook: Finding the Forgotten Feast, Shaw takes us through the basics—and not-so-basics—of finding our own food.Serious Reads: Their Last Suppers, by Andrew Caldwell
When I came across Their Last Suppers: Legends of History and Their Final Meals by chef and history buff Andrew Caldwell, I was hoping for some real insight into the gastronomical side of history's great figures.Weekend Book Giveaway: My Milk Toof
Few things are as brain meltingly cute as ickle and Lardee of the blog My Milk Toof. While these milk teef's (you know, the plural of "toof") adventures may not be that compelling on a human scale, through the photography of Berkeley-based artist Inhae Lee, miniaturized activities including eating cereal, taking a bath, baking cupcakes, and exercising become the most adorable things you've ever seen.Serious Reads: Onward, by Howard Schultz
Starbucks is a chain that's seemingly on every street corner, in every mall, and increasingly, even in supermarkets. I have certainly patronized many a Starbucks in my day (I was hooked on Light Coffee Frappuccinos for most of high school). So reading Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz's new book, Onward: How Starbucks Fought for its Life Without Losing its Soul, provided some interesting insight into the caffeinated chain that once dominated my lunch hour.Serious Reads: Lunch in Paris, by Elizabeth Bard
To Americans, Paris is a highly romanticized city. The winding cobblestone streets, the lilting language, the open-air markets and historical sites—many feel drawn to such an ancient and beautiful place. But vacationing in Paris or studying abroad in its universities is an altogether different experience from uprooting one's American life and moving to France for the foreseeable future. American journalist Elizabeth Bard did just that, in pursuit of love and a fresh start in her career. She recounts the surprising difficulties, and many joys, of moving to France in Lunch in Paris: A Love Story, with Recipes.Serious Reads: The Bake-Off, by Beth Kendrick
Every year as the weather warms, I begin the search for some good summer books. You know the type—books that we can get sandy at the beach or skim by the side of the pool without worrying about missing anything crucial. As I turned the pages to The Bake-Off, by Beth Kendrick, I knew I'd officially kicked off beach read season.Serious Reads: The Feast Nearby, by Robin Mather
The word "local" has a dozen different definitions, depending on who you ask. Some say that eating locally means eating from within a 100- or even 50-mile radius. Others say that local means eating from your foodshed, which may include neighboring states or refer to whole regions of the country. But to Robin Mather, an editor and writer who lives in southwest Michigan, eating local means sourcing her food almost exclusively from within her own small town. In her book The Feast Nearby: How I Lost My Job, Buried a Marriage, and Found My Way by Keeping Chickens, Foraging, Preserving, Bartering, and Eating Locally (All on Forty Dollars a Week) (phew!), she details four seasons of local eating in the truest sense.Serious Reads: How Bad Are Bananas? by Mike Berners-Lee
Climate change is an undeniably hot topic (pun intended) in both the media and the academic world. Amidst controversial claims and pessimistic forecasts, we're sometimes left wondering how we can event attempt to minimize our own impact on a perhaps permanently altered climate. Author Mike Berners-Lee attempts to give us some guidance in his new book, How Bad Are Bananas?: The Carbon Footprint of Everything, by detailing the direct and external climate impact that even seemingly innocuous human activities can have on the environment. Ever wonder how much using a cell phone or staying in a hotel for a night added to your environmental impact? This book holds the answers.Serious Reads: Why We Get Fat, by Gary Taubes
No one needs to read another diet book. That's why journalist and author Gary Taubes didn't write one. What he presents in Why We Get Fat, and What to do About It is more of a scientific, analytical approach to food consumption and fat accumulation. He takes on dieting myths, he challenges the general understanding of obesity; and yes, he does make some eating recommendations. All in all, he's produced a compelling challenge to the dieting status quo that, like all rebellious texts, is both liberating and a bit unsettling.Hot Topics: Technique of the Week | The Food Lab
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8 Delicious Chocolate Cakes and Pies for Valentine's Day
Some might say that chocolate on Valentine's Day is about as unoriginal as you can get. We all remember the first heart-shaped box of overly sweet chocolate bonbons from grade school Valentines. But chocolate gift-giving needn't be a cliché. This year, let's bake our sweethearts chocolate cakes and pies instead! Here are 8 delicious recipes perfect for celebrating your love (of chocolate.)
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