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Serious Reads: Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat, by Hal Herzog
For millennia, humans and animals have formed symbiotic relationships. We provide protection, animals provide companionship and sustenance. But only recently did scholars begin studying the human-animal relationship in-depth, seeking answers to why and how we relate to other species. Psychologist Hal Herzog is at the head of this field, and his new book Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals illuminates many different aspects of our thoughts on animals.Serious Reads: A Moveable Feast, edited by Don George
For those of you who haven't had a chance to hit every destination on your must-eat list quite yet, vicarious gustatory delight awaits in the pages of A Moveable Feast: Life-Changing Food Adventures Around the World, edited by Don George.Serious Reads: Edible Stories, by Mark Kurlansky
Certain food books make their way unexpectedly into the world of the non-foodies. Suddenly they are on display at Barnes and Noble, clutched by subway and bus riders nation-wide, and discussed on talk shows. Cod and Salt, two in-depth commodity analyses written by James Beard award-winning author Mark Kurlansky, drew this sort of interest upon their release in recent years. In Edible Stories: A Novel in Sixteen Parts, Kurlansky delves for only the second time into the world of fiction writing.Serious Reads: 'Pomodoro,' by David Gentilcore
The humble tomato figures heavily in cuisines worldwide. But no country holds the fruit so dear as Italy, whose sauces, canned products, and culinary pride depend upon tomato abundance. David Gentilcore takes us through the bumpy relationship between this cuisine and the tomato in Pomodoro!: A History of the Tomato in Italy.Serious Reads: For You Mom, Finally, by Ruth Reichl
Ruth Reichl is one of the most acclaimed food writers of our time. Her memoirs, Comfort Me With Apples, Garlic & Sapphires, and Tender at the Bone strike a chord with most food enthusiasts. So when I saw that she recently re-released For You Mom, Finally, her latest memoir which has very little to do with food, I was interested to see what other writing style she could adapt.Serious Reads: Spoon Fed, by Kim Severson
We all have those figures in our lives who shape our own behavior—and our tastes. For those who care about food, these figures are often linked somehow to the nourishment we've received throughout our lives. For journalist and food writer Kim Severson, her life-changing influences were all women who somehow helped her develop as a food lover. In her memoir, Spoon Fed: How Eight Cooks Saved My Life, she details her experiences with these women.Critic-Turned-Cook Says Goodbye To Some Old Cookbook Friends
Like most food junkies, I've got a wicked cookbook habit. I constantly need a fix and, as a newspaper food writer/critic for many years, that itch was easy enough to scratch with a steady diet of review copies. I have also scored scores of recipe-filled tomes at bookstores, junk shops, and from friends. Yet, like all addictions, there comes a day of reckoning, and mine happened last week when a bin of cookbooks came tumbling down from on high in my ridiculously cramped and crowded garage.Serious Reads: Hungry Town, by Tom Fitzmorris
After reading Hungry Town, by Tom Fitzmorris, I wanted to book a ticket south. Fitzmorris has been a food writer and host of The Food Show on New Orleans radio since before his life's passion even yielded recognized professions. He has written extensively and critically of New Orleans food for decades, celebrating its undying loyalty to Cajun and Creole tradition. But his life, and the future of his beloved city, were vastly altered after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. It is from this lens that he writes this book, as much a testimony to New Orleans' heritage as to its ability to rebuild.Serious Reads: 'The Pleasure Is All Mine' by Suzanne Pirret
You can't judge a book by its cover, but sometimes that cover is just dying to be judged. Suzanne Pirret's memoir/cookbook The Pleasure Is All Mine: Selfish Food for Modern Life falls squarely into this camp. while Carrie Bradshaw never opened her fridge except to retrieve takeout, Pirret—who's cooked in London's Michelin-starred restaurants—writes for an audience that's since become equally addicted to the Food Network as Vogue. We have Padma, we have Giada, we have... Suzanne Pirret?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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