Category: cookbooks

If 2007 was all about fast, faster, fastest foods, then 2008 marked a return to the simple life, la dolce vita, getting back to basics. Some of my favourite cookbooks of the year reflected that shift, perhaps partly because more people were dining in than eating out.   Giada’s Kitchen: New Italian Favorites by Giada…

  As a young bibliophile, receiving the Scholastic book club newsletter was my idea of a great time.After putting in my order, I’d surreptitiously pass by the secretary’s desk at lunch every day to see if the book club orders had come in. When I caught a glimpse of that brown paper package, it was…