Books Archives - Evan Kleiman

Special Gifts for your Favorite Foodie

Evan Kleiman — Sat, 19 Dec 2015 00:28:00 +0000

This is a year where themed foodie gifts just leapt out at me. Let’s start with the bar. Two great books to come out this year were The Dead Rabbit’s Grocery and Grog Drinks Menu and Death and Co. If you know a budding bartender and have...

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Fave Books of 2015 (I Actually Cooked From)

Evan Kleiman — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 19:25:30 +0000

This is the first time my Best of list is made only of books I actually cooked from. Just looking at all the covers I understand why. This year’s cookbook trend was geography. Most of my favorites were written about the food of a particular culinary culture...

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The Vilna Vegetarian Cookbook

Evan Kleiman — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 19:02:19 +0000

Fried Cauliflower Frittata Rhubarb Blintzes Green Pea Schnitzel topped with a fried egg Beefsteak from Fresh Mushrooms These sound like dishes you might find from a contemporary chef using the farmers markets to re-tool heavy Eastern European dishes. But no, they were published in 1938...

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Book Review: The Lentil Underground by Liz Carlisle

Evan Kleiman — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 18:05:33 +0000

There was a moment during the early 2000s when all of a sudden it became easy to find beautiful European varieties of lentils on the shelves of Trader Joes or Erewhon or Whole Foods. My chef Kathy and I would empty the store shelves of...

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Children’s Books with Food as the Subject

Evan Kleiman — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 18:05:52 +0000

I asked my friends what some of their favorite food books for children are and I got an avalanche of replies. These aren’t cookbooks, but story books with food as a subject. Since this is a category that I think can never have too many suggestions, here...

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Cookbooks Faves of 2014: Baking

Evan Kleiman — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 18:05:31 +0000

The most robust cookbook category this year is Baking. Here are some of my favorites. I should say that in my opinion each of these books will become classics that last. Huckleberry by Zoe Nathan and Laurel If you live in LA you’ve eaten there. What...

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