BEST LOCAL COOKBOOK AUTHOR Giuliano Hazan, Marcella Hazan, Jaden HairHonestly, instead of picking the best, we’re just going to celebrate that this could actually be a category in the Best Of. Local chef and cooking instructor Giuliano Hazan has an impressive four books under his belt — including the recent Thirty Minute Pasta. His mother Marcella Hazan– retired out on Longboat Key — is considered the godmother of Italian cooking in America, with some seminal cookbooks in her catalog. And then t
Andrea and I have been friends for a few years now. She writes inspiring articles about people and their deep connections with food. And she writes books that dive head-first into the topic at hand, while remaining wonderfully accessible. Truth be told, when I first met her I was a bit intimidated. But that feeling didn't last long. She's light, with an easy smile, and a sense of humor that had me at go. On the culinary front, she up for anything. We got together for drinks at a friend's house r
Andrea and I have been friends for a few years now. She writes inspiring articles about people and their deep connections with food. And she writes books that dive head-first into the topic at hand, while remaining wonderfully accessible. Truth be told, when I first met her I was a bit intimidated. But that feeling didn't last long. She's light, with an easy smile, and a sense of humor that had me at go. On the culinary front, she up for anything. We got together for drinks at a friend's house r
Gifts for the kitchen can easily cross the line, going from a thoughtful gesture to an inappropriate hint. For the holidays, beautiful cookbooks filled with inspiration should be your theme, leaving the overly practical cookbooks for the domestic chef to acquire on his or her own. Yet, when purchasing online, or fighting the holiday season rush, perusing the contents of cookbooks may not fit into your schedule. Doing the work for you, we sifted through dozens of the year’s newest and hottest
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When I first started buying cookbooks, I was attracted to books that seemed vast and comprehensive, with tiles like 1,000 Indian Recipes , The Soup Bible , How to Cook Everything , and The Cake Bible . I wanted big and heavy hard covers with lots of pictures. I was an excited culinary student who wanted to learn how to cook every dish known to man. I still want to learn every dish, but years later, I now realize it will take 4 lifetimes, possibly more. What makes it even harder is that there
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