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IACP 2013 Food Writing Award Finalists Announced

The IACP, which would be the International Association of Culinary Professionals and not the International Association of Chiefs of Police -- yes, that's an old joke now, but you try googling IACP and see what you get -- announced their 2013 award finalists this morning for four of their prestigious ... More >>

Q & A With Luisa Weiss: Her New Book, the Future of The Wednesday Chef Cooking in Germany

If you've spent much of the last seven years reading Luisa Weiss' celebrated food blog The Wednesday Chef, as many of us have, it will not surprise you to learn that her new book is a charming read. Nor will it surprise you to learn that she's an engaging reader in real life, as she was when she c ... More >>

2012 IACP Award Winners Announced

The IACP, which would be the International Association of Culinary Professionals and not the International Association of Chiefs of Police -- yes, that's an old joke now, but you try googling IACP and see what you get -- announced their 2012 award winners at their annual conference last night in Ne ... More >>

2011 IACP Finalists Announced

​The IACP, which would be the International Association of Culinary Professionals and not the International Association of Chiefs of Police -- which comes up first on a Google search, proving maybe that cops can SEO better than writers -- yesterday announced the finalists for both the 2011 Coo ... More >>

Art Brutal

Discovering the smart garage sound of Wounded Lion

Artist As Outlaw

The Legacy of Ken Kesey

Book Covers As Art: Oh No, Not Pretentious At All

Books, remember those? Screw concert posters, this service, by Penguin Books, is nifty. It's called Art Meets Print. It is perfect for serious bibliophiles, graphic design nerds, poets, minimalists, people who can't decide what to put on their walls, pretentious literary types, and any combination t ... More >>

Australian Cookbook Typo: "Salt & Freshly Ground Black People"

BCC​No, cannibalism has not gone mainstream, even in Australia. According to The Sydney Morning Herald, the publishing house Penguin Group Australia pulped and reprinted thousands of copies of a cookbook after discovering that a recipe called for "salt and freshly ground black people" in the i ... More >>

Good Reads List / Good Reads Website

Don't want to sit at home watching the primary returns, biting your nails and pulling your hair? The National Book Critics Circle is sponsoring events in fifteen cities where people meet up and talk about what they're reading. The L.A. one is tonight at Skylight Books at 7:30. 1818 N. Vermont Ave. ... More >>

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