It was such a blast to run up the aisle at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards here in Paris the other night and pick up this great little Swarovski designed trophy from Gourmand founder Edouard Cointreau.
As soon as I ran down to the podium Edouard leaned in a whispered “En Francais, s’il te plait.”
Merde! I [...]
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Best Illustrated Cookbook in the world 2009!
Lucy Waverman’s Cookbook eh-list
Lucy Waverman has the magic touch.
Besides having an impressive 8 cookbooks to her name (this season’s offering is A Year in Lucy’s Kitchen) , she is also Food Editor of Food and Drink Magazine and a regular contributor to the Globe and Mail (for our global friends, G&M is the Canadian equivalent of The NY Times). She seems [...]
Ad Hoc at Home vs. Kitchen Scraps?
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Ad Hoc at Home
is one of the most successful restauranteurs in the US. Thomas Keller built a carefully calculated empire and now he calls the shots at his numerous successful restaurants French Laundry(Haute), Per Se (tres haute), Bouchon(French Bistro) and now Ad Hoc(Family-style). Not bad for a self-taught chef… heck, he’s the chef behind [...]
Gourmand awards
Got some good news today!
Kitchen Scraps: A Humorous Illustrated Cookbook will be representing Canada in the Internationally acclaimed Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in the category for ‘Best Cookbook Illustration’.
We’re heading to Paris in February to find out how Kitchen Scraps does against the rest of the world at the Paris Cookbook Fair.
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Scrap on TV…
Big thanks to Alison Fryer for talking up Kitchen Scraps on Cityline Toronto!
You’re only as cool as the people who think you’re cool… and she’s pretty darn cool, so that’s gotta mean something.
I’m super duper happy that Alison Fryer from the Cookbook Store in Toronto has taken a liking to Kitchen Scraps.
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Come on into the Kitchn…
Faith over at Kitchn has been encouraging cooks and nourishing homes with great success. She has always been an enthusiastic supporter of Kitchen Scraps. So when she first approached me about being a guest poster with some Sumo Sunomono, I was happy to join the Kitchn Party.
So I invited her and the rest of the [...]
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Charmian Christie knocked this one out of the park with a spectacular review of Kitchen Scraps: a humorous illustrated cookbook, complete with photos and excerpts and some pitch perfect writing. Thanks Charmian you have brought more than a little joy to Kitchen Scraps.
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Got Swerved!
Swerve Magazine is where the whole illustrated recipe thing started. To celebrate the launch of Kitchen Scraps: a humorous illustrated cookbook the Editor of Swerve, Shelley, offered up some primo Feature story real estate in a recent issue.
Here’s a look at the 8-pager for all of you followers who ain’t from around here…
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