Cookbooks

A Houston Chef’s Cookbook is Up for a 2023 James Beard Media Award

POSTED: April 26, 2023 AT 2:06 pm   /   Chefs You Should Know, Cookbooks, News

The James Beard Foundation has announced its 2023 Media Award nominees, and among them is chef and owner Anita Jaisinghani of Pondicheri, her Indian restaurant located at 2800 Kirby in West Ave. Her book, “Masala: Recipes from India, the Land of Spices”, is a contender in the International category. (Click here to read our review […]

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Award-Winning Cookbook Author & Chef Yotam Ottolenghi Visits Houston

POSTED: May 5, 2022 AT 12:36 pm   /   Cookbooks, Cooking, Featured, Food Finds

On Monday, May 2, fans of chef and award-winning cookbook author Yotam Ottolenghi gathered at the Wortham Center to hear him talk about food and cooking with James Beard award-winning chef Chris Shepherd, executive chef and owner of Underbelly Hospitality. Ottolenghi, who was born in Israel, owns seven well-regarded restaurants and delis in London that […]

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These Unique Cookbooks Are Perfect Houston Holiday Gifts

POSTED: November 15, 2019 AT 9:52 am   /   Cookbooks, Cooking

The Houston area sprawls across 10,062 square miles of coastal plains (an area slightly smaller than Massachusetts), a sprawling territory of seemingly endless streets, glass towers, parking lots, strip centers, cul-de-sac-laced developments and rows of garden apartments. It is home to almost 7 million people of diverse backgrounds, all with stories to tell. Sometimes, those […]

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If You Can’t Get to a Tex-Mex Restaurant, Ford Fry’s Cookbook is the Next Best Thing

POSTED: June 27, 2019 AT 7:00 am   /   Cookbooks, Cooking, Editor's Choice, Featured

Anyone who has to be away from Texas longer than two weeks knows the sadness of not having a source of good ol’ Tex-Mex comfort food. Those who spend enough time in the Lone Star State find that certain cravings become part of them forever. It was no different for chef and restaurateur Ford Fry. […]

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