Cooking the Books: Bites, Nashville Scene

Cookbook Review: The Passionate Vegetable

Lesley Lassiter — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:48:00 -0500

The Passionate Vegetable by Suzanne Landry is a cookbook that you’d think, based on the title, is yet another vegetarian cookbook. But it’s actually…

Improve Your Patty Skillz with Wicked Good Burgers

Chris Chamberlain — Tue, 07 May 2013 08:08:26 -0500

Apparently May is National Burger Month; so sayeth the folks that declare those kind of things. But this is the kind of commemoration I can…

Maneet Chauhan's Brilliant World of Flavors

Nicki Wood — Wed, 01 May 2013 05:51:53 -0500

Mostly I wear my cookbook-editor hat anonymously. A well-edited cookbook is seamless, and looks like it just popped itself between the covers of the book.…

Cookbook Review: Health on Your Plate (Plus a Giveaway)

Lesley Lassiter — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:08:00 -0500

A few weeks ago, I received a copy of Health on Your Plate by Yara Shoemaker. Shoemaker is a former model and aesthetician who’s…

Book Signing Events With Maneet Chauhan — and a Nashville Restaurant in the Works?

Lesley Lassiter — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:05:50 -0500

Earlier this month, blogger Beth Sachan of Eat. Drink. Smile. included a report with a few sparse details about a new restaurant planned for…

Tweet Your Way To Being a Published Cookbook Author

Chris Chamberlain — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 08:04:36 -0600

Writing a cookbook isn't easy. I can speak from experience, but not nearly as much as Nicki Wood or Lindsay Landis. But…

On the Sunny Side: Breakfast for Dinner Release Party at Parnassus

Lesley Lassiter — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 05:24:52 -0600

Nashville food blogger Lindsay Landis (of Love and Olive Oil) hs teamed up with her husband, Taylor Hackbarth, to publish Breakfast for Dinner: Recipes…

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Rachael Ray, Extra Virgin, Tonight with Carrington Fox at Belmont

Abby White — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:27:26 -0600

Culinary queen and multimedia maven Rachael Ray takes a break from her television show, cookbook and magazine duties tonight for "An Evening with Rachael…
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Cookbook Roundup for the Holidays

Chris Chamberlain — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 09:04:39 -0600

One thing we miss now that Nicki P. Wood isn't hanging around the Bites cave on a regular basis is her cookbook expertise. Not only…
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Cookin' Crunk: Eatin' Dirty (and Vegan) in the Dirty South

Lesley Lassiter — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:03:44 -0600

Years ago, when I came out to my mother as a vegetarian, she replied, “But you don’t like vegetables.” She was partly correct. I just…
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The Joy of Foraging: Let Alan Powell Show You Wild Edibles in the Park

Lesley Lassiter — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 07:11:19 -0500

I like free things. Who doesn’t, right? A lot of people, actually, if you base the answer on the strange looks I’ve received while foraging…
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Put a Plate of Grilled Cheese Sandwiches in Front of Me and I'm Gonna Edam All

Chris Chamberlain — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 10:40:14 -0500

That punny title is in honor of Marcia Masulla, Nashville's head Yelpstress who put together an entertaining "Homage to Fromage" newsletter this week to…
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Local Amateur Chef Wins Food Network Contest

Chris Chamberlain — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 08:19:50 -0500

Food Network personality Claire Robinson likes simple foods. Her show 5 Ingredient Fixes features eclectic recipes with five ingredients or less that you can make…
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Laurent Gras: My Provence — Is This the Future of Cookbooks?

Chris Chamberlain — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 08:20:18 -0500

French chef Laurent Gras has an unquestionable cooking resume with three Michelin stars earned over a more than…
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Herbivoracious: Yes, Please

Lesley Lassiter — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 07:03:41 -0500

Three years ago, my husband and I made a grand visit to New York City for our babymoon. For those unfamiliar with the term, it’s…
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Award-Winning Southern Food Sage John T. Edge Talks Truck Food

Timothy C. Davis — Tue, 29 May 2012 05:07:00 -0500

Long before Benton's bacon began appearing in Michelin-starred restaurants, before there were more barbecue restaurants in New York City than Charlotte, N.C., and before the…
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The Best Cookbooks Are Just Plain Good Reads

Timothy C. Davis — Wed, 09 May 2012 05:43:00 -0500

The cookbooks that most move me — move me to cook and move me in the classic sense — are those that tell a story…
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Chefs Can Save the World, Tayst's Jeremy Barlow Argues in New Book

Dana Kopp Franklin — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:38:32 -0600

In this week's issue of the Scene, I talk to Jeremy Barlow, the chef and owner at certified-green dining spot Tayst and sustainable sandwich…
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'The World in a Skillet' Cookbook Features Four Immigrants to Nashville

Nicki Wood — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:52:53 -0600

Nashville is a different place than it was 25 years ago. A modest influx of immigrants has always been drawn here (the attractions of our…
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The Notebooks and Obsessions of Chef Sean Brock

Dana Kopp Franklin — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 05:32:00 -0600

Former Nashville chef Sean Brock, whose restaurant Husk opened in Charleston, S.C., in 2010 to…
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Great Cooks, Quick: Submit Recipes to Oasis to Get Young Folks Started Right

Nicki Wood — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:12:33 -0600

A lot of cooks have gotten a good start in their own kitchens with a collection of family recipes. Your own relatives may have…
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Looking Through a Glass Onion (Cookbook)

Chris Chamberlain — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 08:11:10 -0600

In this job, I get to interact with a lot of chefs. Some are kind, others are surly. But every now and then I get…
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Lauded Chef Stephanie Izard Signing Books at Turnip Truck Today

Nicki Wood — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:06:13 -0500

As Steve Cavendish told us in last week's dining column in the Scene, chef Stephanie Izard — James Beard award nominee, Saveur cover girl…
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Sweets for the Sweet: Loveless Releases Dessert Cook Book

Chris Chamberlain — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 08:02:02 -0500

Everybody knows that the Loveless Cafe is famous for their biscuits and their downhome Southern meals, but can you believe that until just a few…
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Looking and Cooking With Saveur's Recipe Comix

Nicki Wood — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 05:56:43 -0500

Fun pictures, light tone, lack of ingredient lists: If you could blow up the "cookbook" box to build a better one, comics would be a…
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