Potluck Survival Guide | Book Review

Potluck Survival Guide , a light-hearted handbook for beginning and experienced cooks, helps frazzled parents, volunteers, event chairs and novice hosts feed the masses while keeping their sanity. Author Cherie Kimmons, who has spent years in the cooking trenches, helps readers prepare all-time potluck favorites for school, athletic, scouting, band, social and church events. Featuring kid-tested and approved recipes (with modifications for adult palates), the guide includes a unique section of i

Must Read: New York Cooks

Everyone knows New York City is one of the country's top places for eating, so it comes as no surprise that a new cookbook, New York Cooks ($30), celebrates the city's chefs and restaurants. Since I don't live in NYC, I was very excited when I got my hands on a copy of the book. To find out what I thought of it, read more. Pros : Each chef has multiple recipes. Before the recipes, there are a couple of pages that describe the restaurant with interesting quotes and details from the chef.

book: knives cooks love

I am slightly behind on a few reviews, primarily because I was packing up our lives and planning the adventure of a lifetime! As you now know, we left Seattle in the latter part of May, and are cycling across Holland and parts of Belgium and France. By we, I mean our family of four: husband James and sons Anthony and Caleb. For excerpts on our adventure visit www.familyfrolics.com . I had a few lovely cookbooks that I kept stacked on my kitchen counter, with great intention to inhale and abso

ON THE SIDE: Food briefs (Colorado Springs Gazette)

Kiddie cooks Anne Flemke is offering The Edible Classroom - Natural Cooking Lessons for Kids. Cost is $195 for each five-day session, 9 a.m. to noon weekdays. Space is limited. Call 576-4440 for location and registration, or e-mail aflemke@comcast.net. Flemke also offers cooking birthday parties.

Chicken Tagine from Morocco

With its 150 around-the-world recipes, Flatbreads and Flavors has a taste for every palate. Cooks, photographers, and James Beard Award-winners Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguis traveled all the way from Malaysia to Armenia to Mexico to collect recipes for every ethnic flatbread out there -- and the delectable dishes that often accompany them. Below, they share an easy recipe for one of Morocco’s favorite dishes, chicken tagine. Chicken Tagine with Olives and Onions Morocco A ta