by Jill O’Connor
from Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey, Treats for Kids
(Chronicle Books, 2009)
Makes about 2 dozen 4-inch ghosts
I met Jill O’Connor a few years ago before her first book  Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey: Desserts for the …

Poet of the Appetites:
The Lives and Loves of M.F.K. Fisher
by Joan Reardon
North Point Press; 1st edition, 2005
In more than thirty books, M.F.K. Fisher forever changed the way Americans understood not only the art of eating …

The Girl I Left Behind:
A Narrative History of the Sixties
by Judith Nies
HarperCollins, 2008
Dame Joan Reardon writes:
This book moved me so much that I seriously thought about sending a copy to Michelle Obama. In a highly …

In the early 80′s while the late Elaine Sherman was in New York City attending a meeting, she was invited to lunch with a group of women journalists, including Carol Brock. During the course of …

You’ve Got Recipes: A cookbook for a lifetime
by Jerry DiVecchio & Francoise Dudal Kirkman
Trafford Publishing, 2009
Dame Dana Benigno writes:
“DiVecchio, Grande Dame and San Francisco chapter member, has just published the greatest kiddie cookbook I have …

Angela Ortiz was awarded $2,500 and the scholarship committee was impressed by her drive and dedication to a future in the culinary community. She works at Sport Service and is part of the culinary team …