Classic cocktails have become quite popular along with the TV series Mad Men. The characters, it seems, are always drinking. Jason Wilson, the Washington Post’s spirit columnist, sat down with WHYY and Colin Shearn from the Franklin Mortgage and Investment Co., to explain how quality liquor is at the heart of any good cocktail. Jason [...]
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The Phillies gift to all of us was Cliff Lee’s return, but there’s something for the ladies now as well. From Our Home to Yours, is a collection of Phillies recipes, most likely from the wives. The book is available online and at the Citizens Bank Park Majestic Clubhouse Store.It’s $20, and features over 30 [...]
2nd Day Of Christmas Cookies: Scottish Shortbread Cookies
Aired December 14th, 2010 on Books, Recipes, Sweets and christmas.2 CommentsThese Scottish shortbread cookies aren’t too sweet. They’re deliciously buttery and substantial, just as we assumed a Scotsman’s cookie would be. They get to the point! This is another super simple recipe, one you can easily memorize and share with your friends and family this holiday season. Ingredients: 2 sticks of salted butter SLIGHTLY softened [...]
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Fans of Mad Men, rejoice! Dyna Moe’s Mad Men: The Illustrated World is exactly what you have been missing in your life. Moe was originally commissioned to design custom Christmas cards for the cast and crew of the AMC series, and was also the designer behind the widely popular website ManMenYourself.com. The 96-page book (found [...]
Sorry To Post Two Books In A Row, But This Is Important!
Aired September 21st, 2010 on Books.2 CommentsThe Sriracha Cookbook?! How did we not know about this? You know we have mad love for the Rooster Sauce and we just wanted to let you know this little gem is out there waiting for you. You can find it here on Amazon.com. Our tongue is tingling just thinking of the possibilities.
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Marissa Guggiana traveled the country seeking out America’s most talented butchers and compiling interviews, stories, recipes, and photographs. The result is her book Primal Cuts: Cooking with America’s Best Butchers, which will hit shelves October 12, 2010. This hardcover is obviously not for vegetarians with 150 photographs, 100 ‘meat-centric’ recipes, and interviews with 50 butchers. [...]
Boozehound: On the Trail of the Rare, the Obscure, and the Overrated in Spirits is part spirits history, part adventures in drinking, and part recipe collection. Jason Wilson, who writes the spirits column for the Washington Post, tells of his travels while writing about, well, booze. Though he lives in New Jersey and teaches writing [...]
Anthony Bourdain is releasing yet another book, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook, come June 8. However, Grub Street has a first look into who’s on Bourdain’s shit list this time around. He vents on everything from celebrity restaurants, culinary school, to GQ writer Alan Richman. [...]
As a little late-night reading tonight, we highly suggest that you check out this fantastic Slate article after you get home from the Clientele show. Written by Deborah Blum, author of The Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York, it tells the tale of how, in an effort [...]
Gems From The Dollar Book Bin: Penn Family Recipes
Aired February 4th, 2010 on Books and History.0 CommentsPenn Family Recipes comes to the Phoodie Library by way of a dollar book bin, but is surely worth its weight in gold. Upon cracking open the 40-year-old book, the reader is greeted by that musty smell, as well as a brief explanation of its contents: William Penn‘s first wife, Guli(elma), kept a handwritten book [...]
