Payday loans
Cialis
Auto insurance
type=

Articles about Books

Save The Date: Mark Bittman to Speak at Temple Emanu-El in Dallas

Mark Bittman, the New York Times Magazine lead food writer, NYT’s Opinion columnist, blogger, and book author  will speak at Temple Emanu-El in Dallas on May 10. His topic, Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating, will be the focus of the Rabbi David Lefkowitz Memorial Lecture at 7:30PM  in the Olan Sanctuary. A reception and book signing will follow the lecture which is free and open to the public.

Bittman will talk about he lost 35 pounds, solved health problems, and reduced his personal impact on the environment. The lecture is FREE and their will be a book signing opportunity after the event. To RSVP for Mark Bittman’s appearance at Temple Emanu-El, contact Nancy Rivin at 214-706-0000, or nrivin@tedallas.org.

posted by Nancy Nichols | March 9th, 2012 12:45pm | filed under Books, Celebrity Diners, Diets are stupid, Events |

Meet Martha Stewart Tomorrow at Williams-Sonoma NorthPark

Martha Stewart, the quintessential homemaker, will be gracing Dallas with her presence tomorrow. She’ll be signing copies of her new book, Martha’s Entertaining: A Year of Celebrations at Williams-Sonoma NorthPark at 1 pm. This coffee table tome might weigh as much as a small child, but the inspiring photography and 100 pages of enticing recipes make the weight (and price tag—$75) well worth it. Give it as a gift this holiday season, or keep it for your own entertaining endeavors. It’s a “good thing.” Get more details about the event here. – Bailey Powell

posted by Raya Ramsey | November 17th, 2011 3:08pm | filed under Books, celebrity sightings | 2 Comments »

Holiday Gifts Part 3 – Books….

Yes, hard cover books are still published, and though your eBook or Kindle may be trying to rule your book reading world, a beautiful hard cover wine and spirits book is still good for the coffee table, kitchen, bar or (for some) nightstand.

I wish I had written the Art and Design of Contemporary Wine Labels.  I have so many friends that I know that buy wine solely based on the label….red or white, bold or soft…doesn’t matter. If they like the label they will buy it.  Which also shows you how far opinions have changed from the very Old World, European style with a chateau adorning the label.  Does it mean that wine in a bottle with a flashy label is bad? Of course not, but it may mean the winery owner is a bit more adventurous.  Tanya Scholes takes you through the whole process of how a present day label is really created.  

(more…)

posted by Hayley Hamilton | December 15th, 2010 10:52am | filed under Books, Gifts, Holidays, Wine & Spirits |

Mamma Agata..From Italy with Love, and In Town Tonight

Spaghetti del contadino (Farmer's Spaghetti); Parmigiana di melanzane (Eggplant Parmigiana); Dolce al limone di Mamma Agata (Frank Sinatra's favorite Lemon Cake)

Sometimes you meet someone and you feel like they are family.  This is how Chiara Lima and her husband, Sommelier, Gennaro Petti from the Mamma Agata  cooking school on the Amalfi Coast make you feel upon meeting them.  Within two minutes you feel like you are at home with your family (a good Italian one) making dinner with a focus on simple, expressive and genuine flavors.  Chiara’s “Mamma” has been cooking since she was 8, and now at 70 has cooked for everyone from Humphrey Bogart and Elizabeth Taylor to Pierce Brosnan and Woody Harrelson.  (more…)

posted by Hayley Hamilton | November 12th, 2010 5:01pm | filed under Books, Celebrity Chefs, Recipes, Travel, Wine & Spirits | 4 Comments »

Book Signing with PBS Chef Ming Tsai at Milestone Culinary Arts Center

Chef Ming Tsai

Chef Ming Tsai — James Beard Award winner, Emmy-winning host of Simply Ming, and competitor on this season’s The Next Iron Chef — will be on hand to sign his new book, Simply Ming One-Pot Meals at Milestone Culinary Arts Center on McKinney on Nov. 10 at 6:30 pm.

The evening will run you $75/person for which you will get to:

  • watch Ming prepare Mom’s Famous Vinegared Shrimp
  • enjoy a buffet featuring dishes (and techniques) from the new book
  • walk away with an autographed copy of Simply Ming One-Pot Meals

Jump for the menu… (more…)

posted by Sarah Reiss | October 22nd, 2010 8:37am | filed under Books, Celebrity Chefs, Chef's tasting, Cooking, Ethnic Food, Food On TV |

Reading About Food: MFK Fisher

fisherI’m sure most of you have read a lot of books about food. (Hi Ruthie, nice tweets!) Lately most of the ones I’ve read have been about the dark side of dining—I just finished Food, Inc., the newest in a line of reports on food poisoning, labor and animal abuse, the industrialization of our food supply, and world hunger. So I was delighted when I opened my mail this morning to find the copy of An Alphabet for Gourmets I’d ordered. It’s been over twenty years since I first read MFK Fisher’s 26 sensuous chapters devoted to some of her long-time obsessions (potato chips, macadamia, and caviar) and is full of quirky and eccentric essays on culinary traditions. If you’ve never read one of Fisher’s books—and there are many–you should. Here’s a little sample.

posted by Nancy Nichols | May 27th, 2009 11:18am | filed under Books, Foodie People, Travel | 2 Comments »

Test Kitchen: Tre Wilcox’s Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp with Cheese Grits and Chipotle-Tomato Butter Sauce

10_topchefcookbook_lglSo, let me admit upfront: I love cookbooks more than cooking. My library is lousy with them and, though I often entertain the notion of cooking a four-course meal from scratch, I’m more in love with the romance than the reality. In other words, takeout rules in the Johnson household. That’s what makes this new SideDish feature—Test Kitchen—such a delicious challenge. I’ll dust off a local cookbook or published recipe, attempt to prepare it (please note the word “attempt”), and blog the results plus a photo of the finished product. You, dear SideDishers, get to discover which local recipes are winners and losers. I, your foolish amateur chef, get to sharpen my knife skills while documenting my culinary shortcomings for the blogosphere to read. So, see? It’s a win-win. For my inaugural outing, I tackled Top Chef season three contestant and local fave Tre Wilcox (formerly of Abacus) and his episode seven winning bacon-wrapped shrimp with cheese grits and chipotle-tomato butter sauce. It’s from Top Chef: The Cookbook and I have a new respect for sauciers after this back breaker.

(more…)

posted by Todd Johnson | April 20th, 2009 3:50pm | filed under Bacon, Books, Chefs, Recipes, Reviews | 6 Comments »

Which Local Cookbook Is Your Fave?

ac0c224b9da05343e2abb010l_aa240_True confession: I’m a cookbook addict. Love them. Do I use them all? Of course not. (Yes, I’m looking at you The French Laundry Cookbook with your 48-step recipes and prep work that alone requires three days.) But over the weekend, I cracked open the Dallas Museum of Art League’s The Artful Table—a favorite of mine—and made chilled Senegalese soup, a fragrant blend of curry, cayene, chicken, apples, and plenty of half & half. It reminded me of other local favorites like Paula Lambert’s The Cheese Lover’s Cookbook and Grady Spears’ The Texas Cowboy Kitchen (roasted poblano mac-n-cheese = OMG good). So, I thought I’d ask you: SideDishers, what are your favorite local cookbooks?

posted by Todd Johnson | April 13th, 2009 1:43pm | filed under Books | 17 Comments »

Bar Belmont Readies For Fun

Gotta love this headline:  “A strictly-for-fun gathering of one smart-mouthed fiction writer and one lucky guitar, trading stories and songs.”
Sounds like a great time and it’s happening on Thursday, Feb. 12 from 6:30-8:30 at the Bar Belmont. Singer/songwriter Trish Murphy (left)will join Dallas-based author Melanie Wells (right) for a night of songs, stories, and hand-made sweets. Very cool. Admission is free.  877-476-3378 for more information.

posted by Nancy Nichols | February 10th, 2009 9:12am | filed under Books, Events |

SideDish Book Club: Milk

If you were a fan of Omnivore’s Dilemma or Guns, Germs, and Steel, you’ll like Anne Mendelson’s Milk: The Surprising Story of Milk Through the Ages. I’m about a third through the book, and it’s extremely detailed (almost textbook style,) but still a good read. (Ever heard of Swill Milk? Ugh.)

Pickup a copy and read it while enjoying some cheese from Scardello, drinking kefir, and cooking and up some matar paneer.

The book is also part recipe, although Mendelson calls almost exclusively for unhomogenized milk (notice the cream line on the cover)—something that I’ve never noticed in any of our local markets. Anyone have a source?

posted by Stephen Edmondson | January 9th, 2009 11:12am | filed under Books, Cooking | 3 Comments »