Last night I read this wonderful book. The story of a little boy in CT who grows up to be a restaurant critic in Paris, then at Gourmet magazine (oh how I miss that publication). If you love food & dining like I do, you will devour this in one sitting. James Beard, Julia Child, …
If you love food writing and great discussion, take note: Seattle’s cookbook store, Book Larder, is starting up its popular book discussion series again. To keep the group to an ideal size, they’re requesting participants sign up ahead of time. If you purchase the book through the store, attendance is free, but otherwise it’s $10 …
It didn’t seem like overkill when I dropped twenty pounds of good unsalted butter and ten liters of Moroccan olive oil on Jess Thomson’s porch in April of 2013. She’d need at least that much for recipe testing for A Boat, a Whale and a Walrus. As I drove away, I couldn’t have known that …
What a week it has been for the Book Larder in Seattle! Take a look at all the brilliant chefs, cooks, and foodies they’ve shared with Seattle cookbook lovers in just one week. The store has signed copies from many of the events, while supplies last. Be sure to see the Book Larder website and …
The Pacific Northwest is full of talented cookbook authors and chefs. Now home cooks can make favorite restaurant recipes in their own kitchens. Your local independent bookstore can get you the Pacific Northwest cookbooks you want, but foodie bibliophiles should also make the pilgrimage to cookbook-focused indie Book Larder in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle. …
Big Congrats to Lara Hamilton, whose new store, The Book Larder: A Community Cookbook Store, will open in the Fremont neighborhood in Seattle in October. The culinary store was a dream of Kim Ricketts, whose Kim Ricketts Book Events hosted a popular Cooks & Books series (We interviewed her a few years back here.) Ricketts, …
