Book by: Karen S. Katz “I’ve had the pleasure-and sometimes trauma-of witnessing some of the country’s top chefs in action from a front-row seat. It has made for some vivid storytelling at parties (and perversely made me a popular guest),” excerpt from Getting Sauced by Karen S. Katz.  A few days ago, I received a gifted copy of Getting Sauced by Karen S. Katz and couldn’t wait to dive into this memoir. As an avid watcher of food TV shows for decades I couldn’t wait to get the behind-the-scenes scoop on what really happens on set. How do they make hours and hours of food TV and make it look so effortless? Getting…

Movies, like books, have the power to transport us to different worlds. Foodie films take it a step further, engaging all our senses and leaving us craving the dishes we see on screen. If only we had smell-o-vision, the experience of watching the best cooking movies would be truly immersive! As a lover of both movies and cooking, I’m excited to share my top 25 foodie movies that will make you want to cook – they are listed in alphabetical order because ranking them was impossible! Ranging from as early as 1971 to contemporary gems these movies include kids movies to adult movies from animated movies to documentaries to romance and more. This…

Book by: S. Theresa Dietz “In this book, from A-Z are the raw, naturally growing edible ingredients that have been used as food in various kinds of ways for up to thousands of years,” S. Theresa Dietz from The Complete Language of Food: A Definitive & Illustrated History.  I am big browser of book sections at stores as you never know what you are going to find that will speak to you. Recently in one of my shopping trips I found The Complete Language of Food: A Definitive & Illustrated History. While this isn’t a cookbook in the traditional sense it is a great addition to your home library. Learn more about where…

Book by: Ree Drummond “I’m excited to share this crazy collection of true stories from my full-of-energy, hard-to-tame, wonderfully wild (and very weird) frontier family,” Ree Drummond, The Pioneer Woman, Frontier Follies: Adventures in Marriage and Motherhood in the Middle of Nowhere.  I have been a huge fan of Ree Drummond for years – loving her TV show and all of her cookbooks. In 2020 she published Frontier Follies: Adventures in Marriage and Motherhood in the Middle of Nowhere. The book isn’t the typical biography you are expecting instead it’s a laugh-out-loud story-telling adventure of her life on the ranch.  When I picked up this book I wasn’t familiar with it and had no…

“And I now feel compelled to add that I’d gladly trade this life of being a ‘real writer’ to resume the privileged burden of making his hotel reservations and scheduling his dishwasher maintenance, if it meant that Tony could still be here among us. Barring that, I’ll settle for having helped the people he loved tell the following version of his story,” Laurie Woolever. I have always been a fan of Anthony Bourdain and was saddened by his tragic death. He was a window to parts of the world that so few of us have had the opportunity to experience. When I saw the press about Bourdain The Definitive Oral Biography, I knew…