whip up (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Vintage Knits for Modern Babies by Hadley Fierlinger. Ten Speed Press (October 6, 2009) Vintage knits for modern babies has a distinctive poetic aesthetic that I am drawn into, the designs have a vitality and depth that rocks gently back and forth between pragmatism and romanticism and the photographs are of a fantastic quality. Many of the [...]
The Bad Girl's Kitchen (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Yet another dish from our Housewarming Extravaganza ! I absolutely LOVE that you can make these nuts two weeks ahead. And they are tasty too! I found the recipe in the Food & Wine 2009 Annual Cookbook , and it's a keeper. Quick & easy, I love the mix of nuts and the savory flavors! Wine Bar Nut Mix Active: 10 minutes Total: 30 minutes Makes 6 cups This fantastic sweet-and-savory mix of pecans,...
Neatorama (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
I’m a big fan of Ashleigh Brilliant’s witty Pot-Shot series of epigrams, so I’m pleasantly surprised to learn that New Zealand artist Jane Seabrook of Furry Logic Books (published by Ten Speed Press) has created the perfect art for his words in book form. The book Furry Logic: Don’t Worry is Jane’s sixth and Ashleigh’s first [...]
Slashfood (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Filed under: Cookbook Spotlight Photo: Ten Speed Press 'Antojitos: Festive and Flavorful Mexican Small Plates' by Barbara Sibley and Margaritte Malfy with Mary Goodbody Photography by Lucy Schaeffer Ten Speed Press -- 2009 Buy it on Amazon Antojitos, as Barbara Sibley and Margaritte Malfy explain in their book of the same name, are small bites sometimes eaten as appetizers in Mexican cuisine and sometime...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Moroccan meat loaf Prep time: 30 minutes Cook time: 1 hour, 37 minutes Serves 6 to 8 This recipe is from "The Niman Ranch Cookbook" by Bill Niman and Janet Fletcher (Ten Speed Press, $24.95, 224 pages). Prep time does not include the 15-minute cool time for the vegetables or the 15-minute rest time for meatloaf after it's baked. INGREDIENTS 2 pounds ground lamb 1 pound ground beef 2 tablespoons...
The Epi-Log (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Around this time of year, I love to bake especially because I can stand sweat-free in front of an oven! Personal comfort aside, there's a homey aspect to fall baking that I find addictive and so I'm constantly looking for something new to bake. Most recently, I added Brown Butter Pound Cake to my repertoire but cooking with apples and pears can be expected as with baking with chocolate. But two recently...
Bigger Than Your Head (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
We don’t buy catfish often. In fact, the last time we cooked catfish was probably 10 years ago for a dinner party, and that was a Charlie Trotter recipe for Wok-Smoked Catfish with Sweet-and-Sour Fennel and Kumquat Sauce, a terrific dish from The Kitchen Sessions (Ten Speed Press, 1999), one of the “easy” Charlie [...]
Quillblog (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
Who needs agents or publishers to market your novel when you can do it all yourself? Canadian author and book designer Andrew Smith, whose previous works have been published by Ten Speed Press and McClelland & Stewart, has taken out the middle man and decided to publish his novel Edith’s War by himself, using a public blog [...]
Slashfood (Free subscription) | 25/09/2009
Filed under: Cookbook Spotlight Photo: Amazon.com. 'The Perfect Scoop' Recipes by David Lebovitz Photographs by Lara Hata Ten Speed Press -- 2007 Buy it on Amazon Clinging to the very last bit of warm weather, we hoped that making several batches of ice cream would encourage Mother Nature to hold out on cooler weather for a little longer. David Lebovitz , a well-known pastry chef, received much of...
Ask Wendy - The Query Queen (Free subscription) | 24/09/2009
Crown Publishing’s Ten Speed Press Book subjects: cooking, how-to, crafts, gardening, relationships, how-to, gift, humor and pop culture, business Guidelines to submit HERE: http://tenspeed.crownpublishing.com/book-proposal-submissions/
tablehopper (Free subscription) | 22/09/2009
Since I am back from Spain, it seems appropriate to do a giveaway of the cookbook PINTXOS: Small Plates in the Basque Tradition by local chef Gerald Hirigoyen of Piperade and Bocadillos. This book (from my wonderful publisher, Ten Speed Press) features 75 California-inflected versions of Spanish tapas and French Basque dishes specially written for the home cook. I will be giving away three copies....
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 15/09/2009
Pay de Lima from "Dona Thomas," by Thomas Schnetz and Dona Savitsky (Ten Speed Press). Makes 1 pie.; Pastel de Tres Leches from "Fresh Mexico," by Marcela Valladolid (Potter). Makes 1 cake.; Chili Chocolate Cake from "Fiesta on the Grill," by Daniel Hoyer (Gibbs-Smith). Makes 1 cake.
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 01/09/2009
From "River Cottage Meat Book," by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, (Ten Speed Press). Makes 6-8 burgers.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 30/08/2009
For Takashi Yagihashi, noodles represent his Japanese homeland and comfort. "I love creating dishes that draw from the best of French and Japanese cuisine," he wrote in the foreword of his just-published first book, "Takashi's Noodles" (Ten Speed Press, $24.95).
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 06/07/2009
Just ask any job seeker these days: It's crowded out there. Two new books, "Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters 2.0" (Wiley) and "The Job Hunter's Survival Guide" (Ten Speed Press), aim to help the jobless stand apart . Job Front talked last week with the respective authors, David Perry of Canadian-based executive search firm Perry-Martel International and Bay Area resident Richard...
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