Bite of the Best » Books http://www.biteofthebest.com An interactive site featuring outstanding products we've tried and recommend Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:57:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Book Signing with Kevin Zraly at Bedell Cellars http://www.biteofthebest.com/book-signing-with-kevin-zraly-at-bedell-cellars/ http://www.biteofthebest.com/book-signing-with-kevin-zraly-at-bedell-cellars/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:22:00 +0000 steph52 http://www.biteofthebest.com/?p=19676 Bedell Cellars will host Kevin Zraly this Sunday, October 16, 2011 at 2:00 pm at 36255 Main Road in Cutchague, NY. Zraly — author of World Complete Wine Course Book and wine educator — will speak about his 40-year perspective …

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Some highlights of the survey include:

Top food: Le Petit Cafe in Branford had the top Food score, with a near perfect …

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]]> http://www.biteofthebest.com/taste-of-the-upper-west-side/feed/ 0 Day of Honey http://www.biteofthebest.com/day-of-honey-a-memoir-of-food-love-and-war/ http://www.biteofthebest.com/day-of-honey-a-memoir-of-food-love-and-war/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:00:00 +0000 Bryan from BiteoftheBest.com http://www.biteofthebest.com/?p=15634 Day of Honey is a new book by author Annia Ciezadlo. The writing is a Memoir of Food, Love, and War, called a “a winsome new memoir” by the New York Times Arts section.

In the fall of 2003, …

]]> http://www.biteofthebest.com/day-of-honey-a-memoir-of-food-love-and-war/feed/ 0 Green & Black’s Organic Chocolate Wine Pairings http://www.biteofthebest.com/green-black%e2%80%99s-organic-chocolate-wine-pairings/ http://www.biteofthebest.com/green-black%e2%80%99s-organic-chocolate-wine-pairings/#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2010 17:40:51 +0000 Bonnie from BiteoftheBest.com http://www.biteofthebest.com/?p=14770 I stopped by Green & Black’s Chocolate event and met with the Global Head of Taste Micah Carr-Hill. (Yes, Micah’s title is “head of taste”! Lucky Michah -  a food scientist by training, Micah has been the official chocolate master …

]]> http://www.biteofthebest.com/green-black%e2%80%99s-organic-chocolate-wine-pairings/feed/ 0 Knife Skills Made Easy http://www.biteofthebest.com/zwilling-j-a-henckels-complete-book-of-knife-skills-the-essential-guide-to-use-techniques-care/ http://www.biteofthebest.com/zwilling-j-a-henckels-complete-book-of-knife-skills-the-essential-guide-to-use-techniques-care/#comments Thu, 18 Nov 2010 10:30:22 +0000 Bryan from BiteoftheBest.com http://www.biteofthebest.com/?p=14397 Most of us have a favorite knife we like to use but how much do we really know about it or how to use it properly? Zwilling J.A. Henckels Complete Book of Knife Skills: The Essential Guide to Use, Techniques …

]]> http://www.biteofthebest.com/zwilling-j-a-henckels-complete-book-of-knife-skills-the-essential-guide-to-use-techniques-care/feed/ 0 IACP Cookbook Awards Call for Entries http://www.biteofthebest.com/iacp-cookbook-awards-call-for-entries/ http://www.biteofthebest.com/iacp-cookbook-awards-call-for-entries/#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2010 01:05:43 +0000 Guest Contributor http://www.biteofthebest.com/?p=14133 Authors and publishers are invited to submit their books for the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) 2011 Cookbook Awards by October 29, 2010.

The IACP Cookbook Awards program has been applauding excellence and setting standards in cookbook publishing for …

]]> http://www.biteofthebest.com/iacp-cookbook-awards-call-for-entries/feed/ 0 CLK Recipe Book http://www.biteofthebest.com/gourmet-meals-in-crappy-little-kitchens-cookbook/ http://www.biteofthebest.com/gourmet-meals-in-crappy-little-kitchens-cookbook/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 09:30:30 +0000 Bryan from BiteoftheBest.com http://www.biteofthebest.com/?p=10763 Sick of your crappy little kitchen? So was Jennifer Schaertl, so she decided to write a book about making gourmet meals in her crappy little kitchen. Take that linoleum! Gourmet Meals in Crappy Little Kitchens is Schaertl’s cookbook debut, and …

]]> http://www.biteofthebest.com/gourmet-meals-in-crappy-little-kitchens-cookbook/feed/ 2 Making the Most of the Farmers’ Market http://www.biteofthebest.com/making-the-most-of-the-farmers-market/ http://www.biteofthebest.com/making-the-most-of-the-farmers-market/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 05:49:52 +0000 Bonnie from BiteoftheBest.com http://www.biteofthebest.com/?p=9667 The editors of Southern Living magazine have compiled Farmers Market Cookbook: A Fresh Look at Local Flavor (March 16, $29.95),  with recipes and advice for buying and preparing produce from your farmers’ market.  The book features over 200 recipes, 150 …]]> http://www.biteofthebest.com/making-the-most-of-the-farmers-market/feed/ 0 James Beard 2010 Cookbook Award Nominees http://www.biteofthebest.com/james-beard-2010-cookbook-award-nominees/ http://www.biteofthebest.com/james-beard-2010-cookbook-award-nominees/#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:20:49 +0000 Bonnie from BiteoftheBest.com http://www.biteofthebest.com/?p=10100 The James Beard Foundation recently announced the final nominees for the 2010 James Beard Foundation Awards for cookbooks published in English in 2009. The nominees are:

Category: American Cooking
My New Orleans
by John Besh
(Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC)

Real …

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