November 2008

Pantry Magic: Nuevo Pistou

by zora on November 21, 2008

It’s freakin’ cold. At this point, most people start waxing lyrically about hearty winter soups. But I don’t really like soup. Or most soups. The trouble with most soups is that every bite is the same–this is the huge flaw in the one-dish meal. It’s totally boring. Somehow, even if it’s jam-packed with a bunch [...]

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Cookstr launches!

by zora on November 20, 2008

Have I mentioned? Book publishing is impossibly slow. It makes my life as a guidebook writer infuriating, knowing that the book I worked so hard on is deteriorating as it sits at the printing press, and then bobs its way back here, on the slow boat from China. And yes, publishers are now actively choosing [...]

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The One-Ass Kitchen

by zora on November 20, 2008

That’s what Tamara called her old galley kitchen. I had one too for a while. It turns out Mark Bittman also has an awful tiny kitchen. Living proof that you don’t need fabulous stuff in order to cook well.

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Perceptive Travel: New Issue

by zora on November 17, 2008

Excellent online travel mag Perceptive Travel has a new issue (and it’s going bimonthly now, up from quarterly). I’ve been so buried in food talk right now that tales of exotic travel seem like a mental stretch.

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