My New Book—Ice Cream: A Global History

App Review: CookShelf Rates Cookbooks

  You’re trying to find a gift for a food-obsessed friend. Or you’re an experienced baker and you’d like to know which cookbook will take you to the next level. T. Susan Chang, a regular cookbook reviewer for NPR.org and The Boston Globe, has come out with a cookbook ratings app, dubbed Cookshelf. The app [...]

Desserts in Jars: A Winning Cookbook

  When Desserts in Jars: 50 Sweet Treats that Shine by blogger Shaina Olmanson landed in my mailbox, my first reaction, quite frankly, was to roll my eyes. Come on. Can’t we make really good desserts without relying on gimmicks like cakes on sticks and pies in jars? But after sitting down with this new [...]

A Huge Super Bowl and Ice Cream Fan, My Dad Just Missed Publication of My Book

The galleys for my new book, Ice Cream, are here! Very exciting. But their arrival is tinged with sadness. My Dad who died a few weeks ago was anxiously awaiting the publication of the book. He LOVED ice cream, especially chocolate. Here’s the dedication and a picture of him enjoying his favorite treat. To my [...]

Upper West Side JCC Hosts Mario Batalli, Amanda Hesser for Food Talk

One of the first evens on the 2011 celebrity chef circuit will take place at the Upper West Side JCC when chef Mario Batali and cookbook author and former New York Times writer Amanda Hesser will be talking up their new cookbooks. Check out Hesser’s web site, Food52, in which readers get to vote on [...]

Cookbooks: Molly O’Neill’s One Big Table Surveys American Home Cooking

Lots of people dream about writing a cookbook. But it’s a huge undertaking, as Molly O’Neill, former New York Times Magazine food columnist and author of such classics as the New York Cookbook, told me the other day. In fact, One Big Table—an expansive collection of stories and recipes from some of America’s best home [...]