The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook was written in 1954. Primarily Alice’s musings about cooking and life with Gertrude Stein, while they lived outside of Paris from 1908 till 1947. It’s fun to read about food trends and this book gives you an idea of what foodies were doing back then. Beef and Anchovies cooked in […]
Author Archives: Christian Bowers
Restaurant: Alto (New York)
After reading an article in the Times, I wanted to try Alto while I was in New York on business. Wonderful dinner. NYC is absolutely the undisputed heavy weight of restaurant towns. Four Course Prefix: Puree of Wild Mushrooms Soup (fantastic flavor and presentation), Sea Scallops with Citrus Oil (the orange flavor was a perfect […]
Book Review: GRUB
Anna Lappe spoke at the Austin Museum on Thursday night about her new book, GRUB. Anna’s book is a pretty good read, but sometimes I get a little leery of statistics. They seem to be so easily skewed to make a point. Towards the back of the book, there is a great resource guide. All […]
Restaurant: Les Halles (New York)
Traveling for work last week to NYC, I went by Les Halles. This is Anthony Bourdain’s restaurant. He is the tall, wiry guy, who has the food show about traveling the word and tasting it’s culinary cultures (while continuously smoking and drinking). The restaurant was busy on a Tuesday night, but I got a quick […]
Homework: Chez Panisse Cafe Cookbook
I was up and down with reading the new book about Chez Panisse, but the message rings true. Get good ingredients and don’t screw them up. A good reminder that all the heavy sauces in France can’t save the mutton. The few right ingredients, prepared properly, are a wonderful thing. Today we have Halibut with […]
Book Review: CookWise by Shirley O. Corriher
A friend turned me on to this book and I really like it: Cook Wise - The Secrets of Cooking Revealed. My book (pictured above) is an old version with a slightly different title than the current release (pictured right). I dig books that show the process of cooking. Most of cooking is voodoo. To […]