Blogcritics Category: Books: Food

iPhone Application Review: Allrecipes.com Dinner Spinner

Robert M. Barga — Thu, 8 Jan 2009 03:07:52 EST

It�s like a cookbook, just on your iPhone or iPod Touch.
Are you an aspiring amateur chef looking for a big hit with the family? Got a BIG dinner with the boss planned and have no idea what to cook? Kid tells you at the last second that you need to bring an appetizer to school that night? If you said YES to any of the above, or if you just want to have a nifty electronic cookbook, then Allrecipes.com...

Book Review: The Flat Belly Diet by Liz Vaccariello and Cynthia Sass

Robin Kavanagh — Wed, 7 Jan 2009 09:22:33 EST

This skeptic is swayed by a diet that makes sense and is flexible enough for even the most time-crunched life.
Diets are not my thing. I'm a picky eater with some dietary restrictions, and most diets out there are heavy with foods that I either can't stomach or don't like. This makes sticking to these diets hard. Add to that my own concerns about the healthfulness of restricting certain foods and eating more of others, and you've got a recipe for a Grade-A...

Book Review: Food Styling For Photographers by Linda Bellingham And Jean Ann Bybee

T. Michael Testi — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:33:58 EDT

It'll look great - but don't eat it!
It is said that you eat with your eyes first. That can be derived by the fact that so many menus and restaurant advertisements have professional food stylists setting up photographic shoots to wow you with their images. But while these images really want to make you desire that dish, you would probably get ill if you tried to eat it as it was shot....

Interview with Entertaining Guru and Author Patricia Mendez

Dorothy Thompson — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:56:25 EDT

"Hosting casual entertaining is a gift that you give to others."
Patricia Mendez has catered and coordinated special events in the Los Angeles area since the early 1990’s. Her experience also includes coordinating a Mothers of Preschoolers community group for three years and working with women of all ages as a Director of Women’s Ministries for eight years. She met many “new nesters” who...

Book Review: The Super Antioxidant Diet and Nutrition Guide - A Health Plan for the Body, Mind, and Spirit by Robin Jeep and Richard Couey, PhD

Lynda Lippin — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 06:23:50 EDT

This is not a diet I could live with and certainly will not work for everybody.
I was pretty excited just looking at the back cover of this book, which promises “a plan that is reasonable, easy to follow, and provides a healthy diet for both vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike.” With 171 recipes, three weeks worth of sample menus, and a kitchen makeover plan it sounded promising. Who wouldn’t want to make...

BC Radio Live: Authors Ann Vileisis and James D. Stein, Psychedelic Garage Rockers Crazy Mary

Lisa McKay — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:08:17 EDT

From kitchen gardens to garage rock, with numbers in between...
BC Radio Live is the flagship program of the BC Magazine station on BlogTalkRadio. It's hosted by Phillip Winn, Eric Olsen, and Lisa McKay and airs weekly on Wednesday evenings at 9:00 p.m. Eastern. Shows are archived and available for streaming or download after the live broadcast. Our guests on June 4 were authors Ann Vileisis and James D....

Book Review: Kafka's Soup - A Complete History of World Literature in 14 Recipes by Mark Crick

Maggie Ball — Thu, 29 May 2008 06:31:01 EDT

A cute gift book for bibliophiles, if not food for thought.
Kafka’s Soup is an odd little book which has been designed to celebrate 14 of the world’s most famous writers. The book contains real recipes written in a style that parodies the work of Raymond Chandler, Jane Austen, Franz Kafka, Irvine Welsh, Proust, Marquez, Steinbeck, Marquis de Sade, Woolf, Homer, Greene, Borges, Pinter, and...

Book Review: Hungry by Allen Zadoff

Jill Hart — Sat, 10 May 2008 22:15:22 EDT

"What I know now," Zadoff states, "was that my head was hungry. My disease was hungry. My body was quite full."
There are a million weight loss books on the market, but very few have been written from a man's perspective. In Allen Zadoff's book Hungry, he shares about his journey through the muck and mire of weight loss. What he find may surprise you.I expected him to give the general thoughts and tips on the matter of weight loss. You know, eat less...

Book Review: Penin Guide to Spanish Wine

Marisa DVari — Mon, 5 May 2008 03:47:15 EDT

Discover the new values of Spanish wine.
Do you like Spanish wine? If you are like most wine aficionados, the answer is a resounding ‘yes.” Why do so many people around the world prefer Spanish wine? Well, for one thing, in today’s challenging economic climate, Spanish wine is a delicious bargain. And there isn’t anything remotely close to “generic”...

Book Review: Deceptively Delicious - Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food by Jessica Seinfeld

Maggie Ball — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:43:33 EST

Making your family healthier without coercion - and with vegetables that actually add significant subtle flavour, depth, and richness to your delicious recipes.
I love this book. How’s that for a review? Let’s forget the contents for a moment, and judge it by its cover. Solidly constructed, with a thick “wipe clean” matt finish (even the pages wipe clean), ring-bound (as all cookbooks ought to be), retro coloured light green and pink with a rich plaid binder, and a great cartoon...