Email Author Jenn Garbee

Stories by Jenn Garbee

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  5 Best New Gift-Worthy Cookbooks

  published Nov 06, 2012

  The beauty of cookbooks: there is truly something for everyone. Whether you've got a boss who has a thing for handmade pasta, a friend who thinks they're Gordon Ramsay (but doesn't own a pepper mill),... More >>

• Product Review: The "Rose Double Boiler" From Rose Levy Beranbaum's New Cookware Line

  published Nov 05, 2012

  If you're a baker, you've probably had the Cake Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum on your shelf at some point during your baking career. Now, you can have Beranbaum's double boiler, too. The cookbook aut... More >>

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  Cookbook Of The Week: New Classic Family Dinners + Campanile's Clams Casino Recipe

  published Nov 05, 2012

  Cooking is often about remembering -- actively, looking forward and without regret. You might be inspired by a family member, an incredible vacation, a certain farmer's produce or a neighborhood resta... More >>

• The Curious World of Wine, From George Washington To Emeril Lagasse

  published Nov 02, 2012

  In The Curious World of Wine today, uncorking a bottle is often more an invitation for criticism than enjoyment. Was that $15 bottle worth a repeat buyr Did the pricey Pinot Noir you served for Thanks... More >>

• Dinner Tonight: Grab A Jar Of San Angel For A Quick Dia de los Muertos Fix

  published Nov 01, 2012

  The beauty of this time of year: we get to move straight from a candy hangover to spicy mole. Happy Dia de los Muertos. If the idea of spending several hours making a batch of the traditional Mexican ... More >>

• Cookbook Of The Week: Bouchon Bakery + Thomas Keller's Secret To A Memorable Macaron

  published Oct 31, 2012

  If you can flip past the pages of Thomas Keller's new Bouchon Bakery cookbook and not get excited about the gorgeous macarons, bacon-cheddar scones, pistachio Madelines and "Oh Ohs," Keller's stunning... More >>

• Product Review: Mercado, A Social Media-Designed Farmers Market Bag From Quirky

  published Oct 29, 2012

  If you've ever fancied yourself the next George Foreman Grill inventor but don't have the cash or engineering know-how to give it a whirl, Quirky could be your ticket to Home Shopping Network fame. Th... More >>

• Holiday Party Inspiration: 4 New Cookbooks, 4 Drink Recipes

  published Oct 29, 2012

  Overheard last week: "Gawd, the entire commercial audition was filled with Christmas carolers. Glad I was just the guy in the sweater," said the guy at Peet's with a sweater hanging out of his messeng... More >>

• The End of Cookbooksr Consider The Epicurious Cookbook + A Do-Ahead Thanksgiving Recipe For Sweet Potato Salad

  published Oct 26, 2012

  In the online recipe empire, Epicurious is the culinary equivalent of Alexander the Great, an online conqueror of our weeknight stockpots in unprecedented proportions. A press release for the just-re... More >>

• Santa Barbara Pistachio Co.: Pistachio Flour Fire Sale + A New Nut Butter

  published Oct 24, 2012

  Yet another buy local bonus: bumper crop discounts occasionally extend to secondary products like Santa Barbara Pistachio Company's pistachio flour. "It's crazy price!" says David Bomer, the company's... More >>

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  Cookbook Of The Week (For Nitrous Oxide Fans): Modernist Cuisine at Home

  published Oct 23, 2012

  Affordable is a relative term when you're talking about cookbooks by Nathan Myhrvold, the former Microsoft technology executive behind Modernist Cuisine, and his test kitchen/lab director Maxime Bilet... More >>

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  Centri Coffee: A New Roast-To-Order Coffee Purveyor

  published Oct 22, 2012

  Even with a dizzying number of farmers markets on our home turf, Dillon Miskiewicz epitomizes why produce and pantry road trips are so gratifying. His Centri Coffee stand is tucked near the end of a w... More >>

• Best New Food-Studies Books: Coffee Life in Japan and Curried Cultures

  published Oct 18, 2012

  Looking to up your dinner table conversationr Coffee Life in Japan and Curried Cultures, both published by the University of California Press under its California Studies in Food and Culture branch (a... More >>

• Best New Cookbook for Old-Fashioned Apple Pie Science Geeks: The Science of Good Cooking

  published Oct 16, 2012

  We're going out on a fact-check limb, but it's probably a pretty safe assumption that reader demographics for Cook's Country magazine are a bit different than for those who pick up $625 copies of Mode... More >>

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  Cookbook of the Week: Naomi Duguid's Burma, Rivers of Flavor Is Here + A Recipe For Fried Banana-Sesame Seed Fritters!

  published Oct 10, 2012

  "Finally here!" are words we hear all too often with every 30-minute-meal cookbook these days, but with the release of Naomi Duguid's latest cookbook, Burma: Rivers of Flavor, it couldn't be more accu... More >>

• Product Review: The New "Ninja" Slow Cooker Put To The Banana Bread Test

  published Oct 09, 2012

  Even before the The Ninja arrived on our test kitchen doorstep, friends offered their unsolicited opinions about modern slow cookers. "Anything with Ninja in the name sounds like it could be cool," sa... More >>

• The Year of the Vegan Cookbook: 5 Great New Animal-Free Titles

  published Oct 08, 2012

  Last year was the year of canning and preserving, this year, it's vegan cookbooks. And not just celebrity vegetable-centric dinners like we've had recently, but everyday slow-cooker and sandwich fodde... More >>

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  Cookbook of the Week: LudoBites Is (Almost) Here!

  published Oct 04, 2012

  When the LudoBites cookbook landed with a thud on our desk, our reaction was the same as when the Ludo Truck is parked less than a block away. Other Cookbooks of the Week can wait -- there is duck fat... More >>

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  Best New Book You Didn't Know You Needed: Top 100 Step-by-Step Napkin Folds

  published Oct 02, 2012

  Three star restaurants, cult wines, romantic vacation spots -- now you can add napkins to the Top 100 list fold. We mean that literally, as Denise Vivaldo's new Top 100 Step-by-Step Napkin Folds was r... More >>

• Game Day: 3 New Books On Snacks, Sandwiches and Beer

  published Oct 01, 2012

  We don't normally take what arrives in the mail as a sign to buy Dodgers tickets. But a beer, snack and great sandwich book from different publishers, all on the same dayr Two are cookbooks, Salty Sna... More >>

• Cookbook of the Week: Andrew Weil's True Food + His Phoenix Via L.A. Umami Sauce Recipe

  published Sep 27, 2012

  Full disclosure: we didn't expect to do much more than a quick flip through of Andrew Weil's just-released True Food: Seasonal, Sustainable, Simple, Pure cookbook. Something about those eponymous vit... More >>

• Matthew Kenney's New Culinary School in Santa Monica Stirs The Local Gourmandise Pot

  published Sep 26, 2012

  There's a new cooking school coming to town: chef Matthew Kenney's eponymous vegan culinary school is opening in Santa Monica this month (soft opening is Saturday), along with his vegan restaurant, M.... More >>

• DIY: These Curing and Smoking + Eggs and Poultry Books Show You How

  published Sep 25, 2012

  The cottage food law buzz is a timely reminder: Not all good books come in glossy, high-dollar commercial packaging. Consider two new releases from Canadian publisher Firefly Books' "Made at Home" ser... More >>

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  Governor Brown Signs California Homemade Food Act Into Effect

  published Sep 21, 2012

  Breaking homemade brownie news: Governor Jerry Brown signed the California Homemade Food Act (AB 1616) into effect today. If you've been following the bill, backed by local Assemblyman Mike Gatto, it ... More >>

• Bread Report: Bezian Bakery Out, Red Bread In at Santa Monica Farmers Market

  published Sep 20, 2012

  More musical bread booths at the Wednesday Santa Monica Farmers Market. Bezian Bakery has lost its lease after more than 17 years at the market. Red Bread takes its place beginning in October. The ... More >>