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The Food Maven Diary Archives :
October 2009
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
2009-10-13 Poached Pears, Apple-Plum Sauce
I got these two emails a few weeks ago, apropos of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, but they are still applicable because they are seasonal cooking questions, not Jewish holiday questions. Apples, pears, plums … the local crops are being harvested as I write.
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Monday, October 12, 2009
2009-10-12 Personal Appearances, I Cook As I Please
I just got a message from Amazon.com that since I bought this book and that book, maybe I would be interested in buying “The Southern Italian Table” by Arthur Schwartz, due out from Clarkson Potter on October 20. That was nice. I should add that it is not only Amazon that will be ready to ship the book next Tuesday. Jessica’s Biscuit (www.ecookbooks.com) is featuring it, and the chain stores, Barnes & Noble and Boarders, should be shelving the book that day. I also know that both Chef Central stores, in Paramus, NJ, and in Hartsdale, NY, will be stocking the book in preparation for my demonstrations (and signings) in those stores on October 22 and 23, respectively. Check Maven’s Appearances for the details. The demos start at 7 p.m., but I am sure to be there at least an hour earlier to set up, meet and greet.
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Friday, October 9, 2009
2009-10-09 Book Reviews & Joan Hamburg
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, the publishing industry’s primo magazine, reviewed “The Southern Italian Table,” my very-soon-to-be-published book (Oct. 20) in the September 21, 2009, issue. Can I brag that it was a rave? By the way, the gorgeous photographs they cite were shot by Alan Richardson, an award-winning food photographer and the co-author/photographer of “Hello, Cupcake,” published last year and the biggest selling cookbook in years … and years.
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
2009-10-01 Pesto Trapanese
This weekend’s farmers market will probably be the last gasp for vine-ripened, summer tomatoes, at least in these New York parts. Maybe there will be one week more. I’m expecting a freeze any morning now. It’s okay. I have been wallowing in tomatoes (and peppers) for two months now. It’s time to move on to butternut squash, I suppose. And I actually have a hankering for broccoli, which is looking very enticing, all purple and blue-green piled high on the farmstand tables, although I know I will be sick of it by January. Last week, a New Jersey-grown cabbage, another vegetable that improves as the weather grows colder, was so sweet I couldn’t stop eating it raw as I was shredding it for cabbage braised with a little Italian hot sausage (and a touch of tomato paste), a combination I put on macaroni.
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