We were recently invited to spend an evening with Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page. Who? We’ve known these authors since the mid-nineties, when they released books like Becoming a Chef and Culinary Artistry. Now Dornenburg and Page are promoting their new book, The Flavor Bible—an encyclopedic compilation of flavor affinities that will surely challenge amateur to professional chefs to become more creative in the kitchen. They were in town as part of the visiting......

We’ve been big fans of Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid since reading Hot Sour Salty Sweet: A Culinary Journey Through Southeast Asia (James Beard Foundation’s Cookbook of the Year for 2000). This coffee table-worthy book completely captured us with great recipes, gorgeous photos, and even its glossary. We immediately dug deep into their earlier work, including the aptly named Seductions of Rice, which is also as much travelogue as it is cookbook. There have......