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Professional Chef Cooks up the Perfect Medley of French and Persian Cuisine

Mina Abdi’s story began on the lush streets of her Iranian childhood, growing up in a culture where food was central to identity — where entire families enjoyed cooking together and recipes were lovingly passed down over generations. After mastering Persian cuisine, Abdi traveled to France to study as a…

BookTribFebruary 26, 2024

Nonfiction Recommended

Wellness Professional Shares Heartfelt Compilation of Neapolitan Recipes and Wisdom

For many, the family kitchen elicits fond childhood memories. Big family feasts, Ma stirring something on the stove, Grandma baking, siblings and cousins stealing food when everyone’s back is turned. Food brings people together, and that’s exactly the spirit Yvonne Hendricks captures in her book, Yvonne’s Cookbook “Let’s Eat!”: Authentic…

Katie BloomerApril 6, 2023

Children's Books Children's Books - Featured

Build Your Child’s Confidence and Expand Their Palate With Good Housekeeping’s Kid-Friendly Cookbook

It’s never too soon to start cooking! Now, Good Housekeeping has created 1,2,3 Cook!: My First Cookbook, a children’s beginner cookbook for ages 4-7, to teach kids all about basic kitchen skills and how to make easy and delicious recipes. The 50 no-fail, Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen tested-until-perfect recipes are sure to build kids’…

BookTribNovember 10, 2022

Miscellany Potpourri - Featured

Recipes for a Perfect Pride Month Pool Party

So, nobody loves a pool party more than this guy. Pitchers of a special cocktail, fun finger foods, games, music (I make annual pool party playlists on Spotify for friends to tap into every year)... To kick off the 2022 PRIDE Month, and pool party season, I had a few…

Tim MulliganJune 8, 2022

Miscellany

Cook Your Way Around the World

BookTrib is partnering with Bookish to bring you more great content, including this article on the best cookbooks featuring foods from around the world. The best part of traveling is getting to explore a new place and embrace the food, people, and culture. The worst part? It can be expensive. So this season we’re…

BookishJuly 26, 2017

Miscellany

Dining with…Claire and Jamie. An Outlander-inspired dinner

In celebration of the new Outlander television show, Dining With presents a progressive dinner inspired by the clandestine, perilous, love-fueled and time-traveling adventures of the series’ dynamic paramours, Jamie and Claire. Infused with passionate flavors, soothing comfort and the deep richness of sharing a meal with someone you love, this…

Amanda AldingerAugust 8, 2014

Miscellany

Book Club Recipe: The Girl You Left Behind

Meeting with your book club this month to discuss THE GIRL YOU LEFT BEHIND? Try making this amazing dish inspired by the novel. Chou Farci It’s sausage meat, some vegetables and herbs, wrapped in cabbage leaves and poached in stock." When Sophie asks the Kommandant in The Girl You Left…

IngridDecember 15, 2013

Miscellany Pop Culture

Groundbreaking Food Writer Shares Her Favorite Reads

Ruth Reichl, restaurant critic, previous editor in chief of "Gourmet" magazine and author of My Kitchen Year, shares three books she's enjoyed recently. Her upcoming book, Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir shares her vast experience as a food writer and will be available Spring 2019. BookTrib partners with Penguin to…

Signature Views Random HouseDecember 14, 2018

Miscellany Pop Culture

A Marvelous Meal To Start The New Year Right

Say hello to 2019 in style with a marvelous meal curated for Just the Right Book listeners by culinary guru Dorie Greenspan! The James Beard Award winner recently stopped by RJ Julia to talk about her thirteenth book Everyday Dorie: The Way I Cook (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), entertaining for holidays and why she put her doctorate on hold…

Just The Right Book PodcastJanuary 4, 2019

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

Visit a Far Flung Empire of Macaroni Eaters Who Invented Spaghetti With Tomato Sauce

Ranging from the 9th to the 20th century, all around the Mediterranean world and across the sea to Latin America, Mexico and the United States, A Short History of Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce (Europa Compass) is so much more than the chronicle of a familiar, beloved dish. The book is…

Claudia KeenanNovember 16, 2021

Nonfiction

Bring the Fantasy of Dungeons & Dragons to Your Taste Buds with “Heroes’ Feast”

“Ready a tall tankard of mead and brace yourself for a culinary journey to match any quest!” — Tom Morello, Rage Against the Machine —∞— Since its creation in 1974, the fantasy tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons has challenged players to push the boundaries of their imaginations. Over the…

Chelsea CicconeOctober 27, 2020

Nonfiction

It’s Getting Chili: Southwestern Recipes You Need for Easy Entertaining

Even though the weather has been temperate, ‘tis the season to be outdoors—picking Christmas trees, skating, ogling holiday store windows or maybe even a round of caroling with friends. After hours outside, what could be better afterward than a steaming bowl of chili—or better yet, dreaming about a trip to…

Michael RuscoeDecember 14, 2015

Nonfiction

The Meal You’ll Want to Cook Tonight from Dinner for Two

Since moving in with my carb-loving other half, I may have overestimated our appetites. To be fair, I’ve been known to put away an entire meatball parm in record time, and he’s recently acquired the nickname “the compactor” due to his ability to crush meals. However, this doesn’t mean that…

Amanda HarknessDecember 2, 2015

Nonfiction

5 Fabulous Fusion Tacos You’ve Never Heard of (But Will Love)

Chances are when you grab a quick taco from your favorite food truck it comes with all the traditional trimmings: meat or fish, shredded lettuce, red cabbage, tomato, cheese, some guacamole, sour cream, hot sauce and a wedge of lime. Pair with a side of refried beans and cilantro rice…

Amanda HarknessSeptember 21, 2015

Nonfiction

Philpott’s Campfire Cookbook is Your Trailside Friend

If you’ve ever found yourself in the middle of a grueling hike without any power snacks, (cue hangry, trail-side rage rant) or if you’ve ever awkwardly made sandwiches on your knees because you ran out of table space, (there were so many ants on the ground!) or if you couldn’t…

Amanda HarknessJuly 18, 2015

Nonfiction

Getting a Taste of Summer From Audrey Hepburn’s Kitchen

Audrey Hepburn was a girl after my own heart – or perhaps in this case, my stomach. She was not without her vices in the kitchen – Hepburn’s favorites included pasta, chocolate, vanilla ice cream with fudge sauce, wine and of course, an after dinner cigarette. Her son Luca remembers…

Amanda HarknessJuly 20, 2015

Professional Chef Cooks up the Perfect Medley of French and Persian Cuisine

Wellness Professional Shares Heartfelt Compilation of Neapolitan Recipes and Wisdom

Build Your Child’s Confidence and Expand Their Palate With Good Housekeeping’s Kid-Friendly Cookbook

Recipes for a Perfect Pride Month Pool Party

Cook Your Way Around the World

Dining with…Claire and Jamie. An Outlander-inspired dinner

Book Club Recipe: The Girl You Left Behind

Groundbreaking Food Writer Shares Her Favorite Reads

A Marvelous Meal To Start The New Year Right

Visit a Far Flung Empire of Macaroni Eaters Who Invented Spaghetti With Tomato Sauce

Bring the Fantasy of Dungeons & Dragons to Your Taste Buds with “Heroes’ Feast”

It’s Getting Chili: Southwestern Recipes You Need for Easy Entertaining

The Meal You’ll Want to Cook Tonight from Dinner for Two

5 Fabulous Fusion Tacos You’ve Never Heard of (But Will Love)

Philpott’s Campfire Cookbook is Your Trailside Friend

Getting a Taste of Summer From Audrey Hepburn’s Kitchen

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