http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com collaborative book reviews about all things food and wine Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:58:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/9225_the-entire-beast-chris-badenoch-2010-au http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/9225_the-entire-beast-chris-badenoch-2010-au#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 07:19:39 +0000 Daniel Chan http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/?p=9225 Chris Badenoch’s cookbook “The Entire Beast” is built around his passion for nose-to-tail eating and beer. Most of his recipes are European, but there are a couple of excursions into Chinese and Mexican food. While there is plenty to keep fans of nose to tail eating happy, there are enough other recipes to keep non-offal fans interested. His passion for beer is reflected in both his preference for using beer instead of wine in his recipes, and his beer recommendations for each dish. For those who don’t know very much about beer, he provides a glossary at the end. Badenoch's passion, whilst sometimes going over the top, encourages readers to follow his cooking and drinking philosophy. Even without this enthusiasm, the recipes are still very tempting. For a first book, this is a very good effort.]]> http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/9225_the-entire-beast-chris-badenoch-2010-au/feed 4 http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/9032_new-release-the-sriracha-cookbook http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/9032_new-release-the-sriracha-cookbook#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 04:25:49 +0000 admin http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/?p=9032 Food writer and trained chef Randy Clemens presents 50 palate-expanding recipes that make the most of Sriracha's savory punch. You'll love adding heat, depth, and an intriguing Southeast Asian twist to your dishes beyond just a tableside squeeze.]]> http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/9032_new-release-the-sriracha-cookbook/feed 0 http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/8976_food-pairing http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/8976_food-pairing#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 23:50:36 +0000 Gfron1 http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/?p=8976 In a period of enormous culinary innovation, often involving clever, insightful or entertaining combinations of ingredients, we bring you a feature about many of the books (and a few websites) that focus on pairing foods and flavours. Where many people have been familiar with the pairing of wine and food, these books instead look at flavour combinations in the kitchen.]]> http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/8976_food-pairing/feed 0 http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/8698_essentially-aubergines-nina-kehayan-2010-uk http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/8698_essentially-aubergines-nina-kehayan-2010-uk#comments Sun, 28 Nov 2010 05:50:09 +0000 Duncan Markham http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/?p=8698 Nina Kéhayan's classic work on aubergines (eggplants) was reprinted in English this year. It's a very broad collection of recipes, covering a multitude of aubergine preparations and is likely to make any aubergine lover happy. The book is, however, not particularly attractive or informative, beyond what can be gleaned from the many techniques in the recipes.]]> http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/8698_essentially-aubergines-nina-kehayan-2010-uk/feed 0 http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/6197_apples-sara-paston-williams-2009-uk http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/6197_apples-sara-paston-williams-2009-uk#comments Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:59:13 +0000 Duncan Markham http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/?p=6197 The National Trust's (UK) book on apples is probably everything a good British gardener would need to develop an orchard of delicious lesser-known apple varieties. One of a series of useful little books, this volume covers some history of the apple, culinary and cultural, the supposed health benefits, origins of various cultivars old and new, and horticultural tips for growing trees in various settings. This is a valuable and charming book for British readers and for curious fruit growers and apple lovers in other places.]]> http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/6197_apples-sara-paston-williams-2009-uk/feed 0 http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/2279_new-release-the-world-cheese-book http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/2279_new-release-the-world-cheese-book#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:03:41 +0000 admin http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/?p=2279 This in-depth guidebook provides detailed profiles of over 800 cheeses from France to Australia detailing each one's provenance, producers, science, smells, and how to savour each taste.]]> http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/2279_new-release-the-world-cheese-book/feed 0 http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/2206_guide-to-fish-hilary-mcnevin-2008-au http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/2206_guide-to-fish-hilary-mcnevin-2008-au#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:42:43 +0000 JudithM http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/?p=2206 Hilary McNevin's Guide to Fish is a handy, modern reference for Australian consumers. Not only does it provide helpful information about sustainable species, buying and cooking tips, but also a great range of interesting, tasty recipes for each of the fish presented. Although you could always wish for more detail, this book achieves what it needs to within its clean, compact format.]]> http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/2206_guide-to-fish-hilary-mcnevin-2008-au/feed 1 http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/727_chocolate-louis-e-grivetti-2009-us-review http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/727_chocolate-louis-e-grivetti-2009-us-review#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:20:42 +0000 Duncan Markham http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/?p=727 Chocolate is a mammoth work from the Chocolate History Group at the University of California, Davis. The culmination of ten years of anthropological and archival research, this is a book for a narrow range of readers with interests in food research, anthropology and history, or for those whose curiosity will be sated by an enormous range of fascinating tidbits about chocolate. As a volume representing the final output from the group, it is a collection of 56 academic essays covering anything from the religious significance of chocolate in pre-Colombian and post-colonisation societies to advertising cards in 19th century Europe and North America. As might be expected, this is no light reading and generalist readers may find it hard going. Despite the title, the remit of the research group was strongly oriented towards the Americas, leaving European chocolate history rather neglected in the final product. ]]> http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/727_chocolate-louis-e-grivetti-2009-us-review/feed 0