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New Wave Food Bloggin

If you haven't already heard of the cool new publication by some famous (and infamous) food bloggers, you got to check it out.

Order a copy or 4 and support that blog thing we do.

Here's the scoop:

"Digital Dish contains the freshest, most original food writing of the year from ordinary people writing regularly online in food blogs. It is an honest and alternative look at the world of food and cooking from over 20 different contributors around the world. Digital Dish's authors have been written up in publications like Goumet Magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle, Le Monde, The Guardian and The New York Times. They are part of the new wave of food writing and cooking."

New wave???  Now that's fancy and IMPOSSIBLE to pass up, people!!  And you can get it signed and meet some of the authors THIS WEEKEND!

May 21st from 11:30 at the Berkeley Farmer's Market - author reading and book signing.

May 22nd from 4:00 at the Lafayette Bookstore, 3795 Mt. Diablo Blvd. in downtown Lafayette

Go. Go now. Run. Be a part of this popular, sweeping, new wave trend!

Recommend a Cookbook

Along with my decision to eat new and different vegetables in new and different ways this summer, I am looking to branch out in terms of the kind of foods I cook.  I cook very new Californian-American-Mediterranean food generally, and every now and then will stray into Mexican or Vietnamese.  But now I want to stray even further.  So, I am looking for the best cookbook that you can recommend that delves into Asian cooking, particularly Japanese, Vietnamese and Chinese. So let me hear it!

Bouchon recipes

Until June 17, 2005, Epicurious is displaying a handful of recipes from Thomas Keller's Bouchon cookbook.  I don't have this book, but was thinking about buying it.  Now I know I will as it has recipes for MY FAVORITE SIMPLE ROAST CHICKEN and TROUT WITH HARICOTS VERTS AND ALMONDS (which I had at Bouchon a few months ago and it rocked).  It's a great way to see if you really want to invest that $35-$50 in a book you may not even like...