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Foodie Obsessed

Archive for the ‘cookbooks’ Category

November 9th, 2007

Maya Angelou’s Welcome Table

Most everyone knows Dr. Angelou as a poet, writer and sage, but many of us are just learning how she began her life as a Creole Cook.
Hallelujah! The Welcome Table:  A Lifetime of Memories with Recipes is as delicious to mind as the belly.  She uses her life experience to recall incredible family recipes and […]

By Tracey Thompson -- 3 comments

November 7th, 2007

Rocco’s Real Life Recipes

Rocco DiSpirito is out with a new cookbook just in time for Holiday gift giving.
Rocco’s Real Life Recipes: Fast Flavor for Every Day, is his way of helping the home cook make fast and flavorful meals:
As “Best New Chef” (Food & Wine, 1999) and “America’s Most Exciting Young Chef” (Gourmet, 2000), as well as the […]

By Tracey Thompson -- 4 comments

November 1st, 2007

Ratatouille Cookbook for Your Little Chef

Ok…now that Halloween is over we can begin talking about the Christmas Holiday.  I HATE it that the stores start setting-up their Christmas displays the day after labor day…sometimes as soon as the 4th of July.  But now that witches brooms and skeletons are back in the closet I declare it open season.
I was wondering […]

By Tracey Thompson -- 3 comments

October 16th, 2007

Deceptiviely Delicious

In case you have not heard the buzz, Jessica Seinfeld (wife of comedian Jerry) has just written a book.  A book my mother repeatedly says she wished she had when we were young, stubborn and whiny.
Deceptively Delicious is probably a parent’s best friend.  If you are having a hard time getting your children to eat […]

By Tracey Thompson -- 3 comments

September 5th, 2007

Greek Style Hamburger

Chef Jim Botsacos was recently on The Today Show pedaling his wares and sharing some recipes. His cookbook, The New Greek Cuisine:
The acclaimed chef from Molyvos—New York’s “very best Greek restaurant” (Esquire)—reinvents one of the world’s classic cuisines in 150 recipes that celebrate its fresh ingredients and bold flavors. Before the Livanos family opened Molyvos […]

By Tracey Thompson -- 3 comments

August 1st, 2007

Entertaining with Carmella Soprano

Carmella Soprano spends her nights wondering where Tony is but her days are filled with the next family gathering or function.
Not to be out done by The Soprano Family Cookbook, just in time to reach the masses before they had there big (or not so big) send off, Entertaining with The Sopranos:
Readers went mad over […]

By Tracey Thompson -- 1 comment

July 31st, 2007

Food and Fun The Sopranos Way

I know, I know, I am a little bit behind the times.  The finale for The Sopranos has come and gone, but at our home, it has all just begun.
We have been devouring The Sopranos episodes via are mailbox and are understanding what the country’s obsession has been.  Every time I watch it though I […]

By Tracey Thompson -- 2 comments

July 8th, 2007

Emeril’s Potluck Party

I was watching a recent Emeril Live, the show was a re-run, but I learned that Emeril has a cookbook great for Potlucks:  Emeril’s Potluck: Comfort Food with a Kicked-Up Attitude.
He cooked up some great recipes on the show like a Sausage Stuffed French Bread or wouldn’t you be a hit with an Oven-Braised Osso […]

By Tracey Thompson -- 2 comments

July 4th, 2007

Eating Royally

Darren McGrady, who was a personal chef for the Queen and Princess Diana, has written a cookbook Eating Royally.  The cookbook includes all the favorite recipes of the Royals, most especially Princess Diana.
Inspired by her life, Chef Darren McGrady donated his advance and 100% of the royalties to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.  I hope […]

By Tracey Thompson -- 0 comments

May 29th, 2007

Chez Jacques: Traditions and Rituals of a Cook

Jacques Pepin, one of the world’s best French Culinary Artists, has a new cookbook, Chez Jacques:  Traditions and Rituals of a Cook.
According to Amazon:
Of the 20-plus cookbooks Jacques Pépin has written, Chez Jacques is his most personal and engaging. Now starring in his tenth PBS series, Pépin ranks among America’s most beloved cooking teachers, and […]

By Tracey Thompson -- 0 comments