Category of: My Favorite Cookbooks

James Beard Cookbook Awards 2015

April 4, 2015

Hollywood has its Oscars and the culinary world has the James Beard awards, probably the most prestigious awards in the culinary field. Established in his Greenwich Village home in NYC after his death, the James Beard Foundation hosts more than 250 culinary events a year and since 1990 has been awarding the prestigious James Beard Awards to cookbook authors, chefs, restauranteurs, food journalists, broadcasters and more. Winning the coveted award more or less guarantees a... View Article

Some of my favourite cookbooks

April 4, 2012

My cookbook collection is very large, at least a few hundred titles collected over the years. I love reading cookbooks, looking at the images, catching a glimpse of an ingredient and a feel for a place or a season. My library shelves are full of cookbooks and there are stacks of them by every chair, by my bed, in my office, in my sunny “morning room” and in baskets around my much loved kitchen area.... View Article