Bookshelf

The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook by Dinah Bucholz is perfect company until the lines at movie theaters vanish for Harry Potter The Deathy Hallows – Part 2 opening this week. I did stand in line to get the final Harry Potter book the minute it came out, at midnight, devouring it into the dawn....
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There is no better way to extend the seasons and evoke memories, real or wished for, than home canning. If cruising through Canning For A New Generation: Bold, Fresh Flavors For The Modern Pantry, Lianna Krissoff’s casually inviting words do not convince you, surely her distinctive recipes and the color photographs by Rinne Allen...
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Since The Barbecue! Bible made us grill-savvy, Steven Raichlin keeps on luring us back to the fire. Along with writing five more grilling cookbooks, he has established an empire including tv shows and food products, all without resorting to primadonna antics or shrill salesmanship. Call him the BBQ Mensch. Planet Barbecue!, Raichlin’s newest book,...
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Honestly and truly. When Amazon began expanding from a catalogue-style seller to the current behemoth, they hired 40 experts to write book reviews. I was one of them. Between 1996 -1999, I reviewed 10 cookbooks a month, posting over 400 reviews. Amazon chose me because I had been food editor at Prodigy Services, Inc.,...
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