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Lesley Chamberlain’s The Food and Cooking of Eastern Europe

Posted on 6th May 2025 by J.J.S. Boyce

I have previously reviewed The Food and Cooking of Russia, and I am finally ready to tell you about Chamberlain’s companion volume, The Food and Cooking of Eastern Europe. Both are reissues of books initially released in the 1980s. This … Continue reading →

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Lesley Chamberlain’s The Food and Cooking of Russia

Posted on 6th May 2025 by J.J.S. Boyce

I decided to stretch my reviewing muscles and try something a little different this time around, by accepting two regional cookbooks. The Food and Cooking of Eastern Europe is now out as well, but today, from the same author, we … Continue reading →

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Kim Wilson’s Tea with Jane Austen

Posted on 22nd April 2025 by Denise Kitashima Dutton

Books are a lot like meals: sometimes you want something long, drawn-out and filling, other times you want something light and easy, but with enough substance to make it worthwhile. I have to admit that my current diet of epic-length … Continue reading →

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Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations: Iceland Special Edition

Posted on 25th March 2025 by Diverse Voices

Joseph Thompson wrote this review. In January 2010 Anthony Bourdain may possibly have visited my favorite bar. I say “possibly” because his trip to Portland, Maine, won’t air on the Travel Channel until 12 April 2010, a few months after … Continue reading →

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Anthony Bourdain’s Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

Posted on 25th March 2025 by Diverse Voices

Joseph Thompson wrote this review. Few things in this world highlight humanity’s truculence like the feast of Ortolan. This small bunting, force fed through manipulations of its diurnal cycle and then drowned in Armagnac, is eaten whole. With a cloth … Continue reading →

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Shatoiya de la Tour’s Earth Mother Herbal

Posted on 3rd November 2023 by Diverse Voices

Nellie Levine wrote this review. I’m not really an “earth mother” and my thumb is hardly green, but I do love using herbs both medicinally and in cooking, and I do love watching things grow. I see a sweet, special … Continue reading →

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Lärabar’s Chocolate Peanut Caramel Truffle Bars

Posted on 15th August 2023 by Gary Whitehouse

I had a snappy opening line all prepared for this review (“Move over, Trader Joe’s ‘These Peanuts Go On A Date’ Bars”) but it turns out I’m too late. As usual. First, there have been lengthy discussions on various forums … Continue reading →

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Diamond Salted Dark Chocolate Walnuts

Posted on 9th May 2023 by Denise Kitashima Dutton

Dark chocolate is a superfood. Walnuts are a superfood. So combining them would be super-duper, right? You bet’cha. These snacky bits are so super, in fact, I figured they’d come with a cape. Luckily though, no cape. Edna Mode would … Continue reading →

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Lindt Lindor Dark Chocolate Truffles

Posted on 27th April 2023 by Denise Kitashima Dutton

Dark chocolate is awesome. We all know this. It’s decadent. It’s bittersweet. It’s good for your heart. It may even prevent some forms of cancer! But when chocolate touts itself as dark but isn’t? It’s not just a sad trombone for … Continue reading →

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Andrew Dalby’s Dangerous Tastes: The Story of Spices

Posted on 13th January 2022 by Diverse Voices

Faith J. Cormier wrote this review. Heaven forbid I should ever judge a book by its title, but this one certainly can be. In Dangerous Tastes: The Story of Spices, Andrew Dalby does exactly what the title says he is … Continue reading →

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