The End of Overeating
Saturday, August 15th, 2009 Posted in Book Reviews | 10 Comments »It’s not often that I read a book that begins to reach out, encloses itself around my neck, and starts to squeeze. Dozens of powerful ideas are like tentacles that not only grip, but begin to work their ways inside ...
Jehangir Mehta’s Brilliant Breakaway Indian Creations
Monday, November 10th, 2008 Posted in Book Reviews | 11 Comments »I've been thinking about Jehangir Mehta's food ever since I tasted it last summer, so it's with special delight that I recently received his new cookbook, Mantra: The Rules of Indulgence. Mehta is a breakaway cook on steroids. The title comes ...
Cookbooks That Have Strongly Influenced Breakaway Cooking
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 Posted in Book Reviews | No Comments »I somehow forgot to mention here that a month or so ago the surreally talented Heidi Swanson of 101 Cookbooks ran a short piece on a handful of the cookbooks that have had an unusually strong influence on my cooking. ...
Book Review — Happy in the Kitchen
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 Posted in Book Reviews | 5 Comments »I thought it might be fun to start a new review section of this blog, in which I sketch some thoughts on certain cookbooks that have caught my attention for whatever reason. Because this blog is all about breakaway cooking ...
