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A Full Plate

I am duty-bound to promote my own March 18 (8:00pm) talk at the Mary Jacobs Library in Rocky Hill.  This is special for me, because my mother was a devoted patron of this library, mere blocks from her home, for many years.  (And I am definitely a book-aholic myself!) My talk is titled “A Full … Continue reading →

Xin Nian Kuai Le!

Happy Chinese New Year! I’ve written and blogged about my dear friend Angela Chang for years, most recently after the delicious New Year’s Eve dinner we shared just a few short weeks ago. Here’s your chance to meet her and discover her cookbook, The Intriguing World of Chinese Home Cooking.  She’ll be at Chicklet Books in the … Continue reading →

Food Politics

The big food politics question today is whether Proposition 2 will pass in California (Nov 5 update-it passed!).  It could vastly improve the treatment of farm animals that are raised for food down the road if it does. And just for the heck of it, I Googled  “Food Politics” and “Food Politics Recipes” to see what … Continue reading →

Fake Food

If reading about the adulteration of milk and milk products in China has got your blood boiling (and just in time for Halloween!), you’ll be doubly mad when you read Swindled: The Dark History of Food Fraud, From Poisoned Candy to Counterfeit Coffee, by Bee Wilson. The author of this timely book comes to the … Continue reading →

Food for Thought

An upcoming event at Labyrinth Books in Princeton will interest those who are concerned about hunger and poverty in America.  Having worked with Share Our Strength’s Princeton Taste of the Nation for many years, I can attest to the importance of these issues, yes, even in our land of plenty.  So consider joining Isles, Inc., … Continue reading →

“Giada’s Kitchen” comes to Barnes & Noble

Time for fans of Food Network chef Giada De Laurentiis to line up!  The popular TV chef and author of Italian cookbooks visits Princeton’s Barnes & Noble (in the Marketfair mall) on October 2 at 5:00pm, to sign copies of her latest book, Giada’s Kitchen. I’ve been browsing through the book, and appreciate the updated take … Continue reading →

Home Grown Wine

Okay, it’s not ethnic and it’s not casual, but it is local.  Arcadia Publishing, the folks who put out the Images of America series with historic photos and tidbits about “your town USA,” has just published “New Jersey Wineries.”  The author is Jennifer Papale Rignani, who used to work with the Garden State Wine Growers … Continue reading →