BOOK: For Prospective Culinary Students

This quick read can tell you if you should seriously consider a culinary career. Want a career change? Can’t find a job in the recession? Love to cook? Many people consider careers as a chef de cuisine, pastry chef or caterer. But what’s the reality versus the dream? Some insights come from Dorothy Cann Hamilton,…
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CLASSES: Butcher Classes

What do you do after your blog has been turned into a highly-noticed book and Meryl Streep and Amy Adams have starred in the film version? You become a butcher! “Julie And Julia: My Year Of Cooking Dangerously” author Julie Powell has released her next book, “Cleaving: A Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession”, her…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Champagne Gift

Tomorrow is National Champagne Day (appropriately, it’s New Year’s Eve). Most people bring a bottle of Champagne as a gift to New Year’s Eve parties. Add a book about Champagne, and your gift will be remembered long after the bubbles are gone. See one of our favorite books on Champagne. Photo courtesy Sugardaddy’s Sumptuous Sweeties.