Well Preserved

With the Holiday Season in full-bore, I thought I`d share a few cookbooks (not including preserving) that I just adore.  These are books that would be packed to go to a desert Island with me. I thought I’d pick 12 books which may (or may not) be lesser known.  Most of these books aren’t full [...]

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To understand a bit about what makes Lucky Peach different from other food magazines (and it`s so different that I think even that label could be challenged), one must know a little about David Chang, the mad Chef behind the Momofuku mini-empire of restaurants in NYC.  When Chef was an up-and-coming Chef he decided to [...]

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I have taught different subjects my entire life.  As a mild dyslexic and someone who went through years of speech therapy in order to sound like everybody else, it`s been a source of pride that I have taught High School, College, University in addition to Governments and Companies around the world.  Education is a passion [...]

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Through a convoluted story that I may one day share, my Father asked me to take more responsibility for our hunt camp (that he had run for 5+ years and co-run for 20+ previous) about 5 or 6 years back.  It’s been a humbling experience and a role I’m not fully comfortable writing about as [...]

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Aagaard Farms asked our Facebook community for any advice on books or websites on dehydrating.  We love requests like this – it makes coming up with ideas for new posts that much easier.  And we do love to share… Before reviewing a few of the books we have on the topic, I have to emphasize [...]

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We`re on vacation soon – here`s a few food-related books that are sitting in a neat pile that may be coming with us…. Best Food Writing 2010 (Holly Hughes) A selection of writing on food that the editor (Hughes) has assembled and grouped into sections such as Stocking the Pantry, Home Cooking, Dining Out and [...]

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This is the longest title of any book I’ve ever owner.  It’s complete title is “The complete Book of Butchering, Smoking, Curing and Sausage Making. How to Harvest your livestock and wild game.”  It’s much more a description than a title in all truth. I found this book with a sweet little note on it [...]

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If you came here to learn about the contest, scroll past the dashed line for more details. I am a fan of Mark Bittman.  He changed my kitchen by introducing me to No Knead Bread (instructions here), and How to Cook Everything and How to Cook Everything Vegetarian are staples in my kitchen.  Of course [...]

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Since we`ve been writing about wine and the basics of learning more about it, I thought it would be appropriate to share some different types of wine books.  I find that the type of book is often more important than the actual book itself. The Wine Guide These are some of the most popular books [...]

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It`s been a long time since we`ve shared some excitement about a food book even though we`ve had plenty to be excited about.  I`m not much of a reader (still struggle to comprehend much of what I read but that`s another story for another day). I also struggle to follow a recipe so the novelty [...]

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