Once-reviled slow cookers make a culinary comeback (Tacoma News Tribune) Slow cookers ? those retro workhorses of yore ? have surged back to popularity. Gone are the days of cream of mushroom soup-coated roasts, simmered into bland oblivion. Now, foods as fresh and complex as creamy risottos and braised Basque chicken have ended up in the slow cooker and the results are downright yummy. Read More...
Chef Scott Conant, Faustina (Gothamist) For the better part of a decade, Scott Conant has consistently earned acclaim as one of the city's best Italian chefs, from L?Impero and Alto uptown, to his superlative Scarpetta on West 14th Street (in the space formerly occupied by the Village Idiot). Having solidified Scarpetta as one of the most popular restaurants in town over the course of the past couple years, Conant has now taken on a ... Read More...
Thomas Keller cookbook more family-friendly (Access Atlanta) Thomas Keller?s most recent offering, ?Ad Hoc at Home? (Artisan Books, ), promises a kinder, gentler sort of perfectionism, with a cover that pictures a folksy butcher shop drawing of a hog and proclaims, ?family-style recipes.? Read More...