Book Review

Book Review

The Making of a Chef

07.13.09 | Permalink | Comment? | By Jonathan

The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute of America
chronicles the adventures of writer Michael Ruhlman as he attends the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) on a mission write a book about the experience. In doing so he develops a healthy obsession with brown sauce and roux and ultimately, almost without realizing [...]
Book Review

BC Liquor’s Taste vs LCBO’s Food and Drink

07.01.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment | By

We’re on people. It’s the war of the Canadian liquor store magazines.
When I first spied BC Liquor’s TASTE I got really excited. After all, I’d just turned green checking out the holiday issue of the LCBO’s illustrious Food and Drink magazine. But my excitement fast grew stale as I turned page after page to find [...]