THE FLAVOR BIBLE:
The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based
on the Wisdom of America's Most Imaginative Chefs
by Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg
 
"THE FLAVOR BIBLE offers something that is rare and precious:
true originality."
—Rose Levy Beranbaum, Real Baking with Rose
"Few food books in recent memory have excited me as much as this one."
—Claudia Alarcon, Austin Chronicle
"THE FLAVOR BIBLE is all about what flavor pairings work well together....It is one of my favourite cookbooks of this century."
—Joe Saumarez Smith, Cooking Index
 
Left: Snow Patrol's lead singer Gary Lightbody with Karen
Right: Grammy winner Sarah McLachlan with Andrew
Dear Friends,
You're welcome!
Many of you have been thanking us for making your decision about what to give the foodies on your holiday gift list this year such a no-brainer.
We're grateful to know that our new book THE FLAVOR BIBLE ($35, and just $23.10 on Amazon.com) is your gift of choice!
Indeed, on Amazon.com in the category of Cooking, Food and Wine, THE FLAVOR BIBLE ranks as #9 on its list of "Hot New Releases" (as of this writing; the list is updated hourly). What's even more extraordinary is that THE FLAVOR BIBLE has achieved this without yet having been featured on national television! All of the other titles in the top 10 — by authors Ina Garten (#1), Guy Fieri (#2), Rachel Ray (#3), Mark Bittman (#4), Giada De Laurentis (#5), America's Test Kitchen (#6), Martha Stewart (#7) and Jamie Oliver (#8) — have the visibility of a national TV show behind them.
We've still got a national TV appearance for THE FLAVOR BIBLE on our Christmas wish list. (Psst — please forward this to your favorite television producer!) As a revolutionary "cookbook" that helps readers cook more healthfully, frugally and intuitively, THE FLAVOR BIBLE stands to help a lot of people — so we feel it's our duty to ensure that the word gets out far and wide.
Many thanks to all the media that have already named THE FLAVOR BIBLE to their holiday gift lists, including Austin Chronicle,
CoolHunting.com, Ottawa Citizen,
People magazine,
San Francisco Chronicle,
Sarasota Herald-Tribune,
SheKnows.com, Tucson Citizen,
and more.
Long Live New York magazine's "Insatiable Critic"
We couldn't believe our eyes when one of the world's most influential restaurant critics Gael Greene emailed us the morning of Thursday, November 20th, to let us know that she had been unceremoniously fired from New York magazine after 40 years as its "Insatiable Critic."
As testament to that influence, the news spread quickly and widely via hundreds of media outlets, including the Associated Press, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, and the Seattle Post Intelligencer as well as countless blogs.
After reading her restaurant reviews for years, we first met Gael when we spent a year eating out with restaurant critics for our 1998 book DINING OUT. We subesquently characterized her as the single most imitated restaurant critic in America, and have been awed by how she has managed to keep her writing both fresh and insightful year in and year out.
But we continued to be stunned even as we joined her the following night (after Citymeals-on-Wheels' 22nd Annual Power Lunch for Women, which raised a record $1.5 million to feed New York's homebound elderly) for dinner at Cesare Casella's wonderful new restaurant Salumeria Rosi on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
Food Arts founder, editor and publisher Michael Batterberry — bless him! — put words to our shared dismay when he was quoted in The New York Times as saying, “It’s as if they removed the lions from the library steps." Indeed.
We hope you will join us in reading Gael's insightful blog Insatiable-Critic.com even more loyally from now on. You can also sign up for a free subscription to her e-newsletter Fork Play here.
 
THE FLAVOR BIBLE on YouTube
Thanks to all of you who have checked out our video on YouTube over the past couple of months, pushing the number of views to more than 1,000. You can catch it here, and also on THE FLAVOR BIBLE's Barnes & Noble product page on BN.com.
Our Monthly Pairing Column in The Washington Post
This time of year, you can enhance your enjoyment of any dessert buffet with the right choice of accompanying wine. Want to know the perfect match for pecan or pumpkin pie? Read "The First Choice for the Last Course," our November 23rd column in The Washington Post.
WHAT TO DRINK WITH WHAT YOU EAT Wins Kudos
For the wine lovers on your holiday gift list, consider a copy of our 2007 IACP "Cookbook of the Year" and Georges Duboeuf "Wine Book of the Year" WHAT TO DRINK WITH WHAT YOU EAT ($35, and just $23.10 on Amazon.com). It was recently singled out by Melanie Grayce West in The Wall Street Journal as "ideal," and by Bill Ward in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune as one of "five great books on pairing."
CULINARY ARTISTRY Still Attracting New Fans
 
"Six Cookbooks Every Beginner Should Own. Want to learn how to cook ― but first you've gotta figure out how to boil water? Try these volumes: 1) CULINARY ARTISTRY by Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page. This book encompasses what I feel most home cooks want to know, which is 'How do I use the ingredients I already have in my kitchen, and what do I pair with those foods?' I take it with me everywhere."
—Nathan Lyon, Real Simple (November 17, 2008)
A View From The Kitchen
"On a professional level I've found CULINARY ARTISTRY by Dornenburg and Page the single most useful book in my library."
—Michael Walsh, A View From The Kitchen (November 12, 2008)
"What I'm Into: Marcus Jefferson. The 21-year-old is an aspiring chef at Sullivan....I went to China with Sullivan to cook at the Olympics. They worked us hard, but it was fun and I learned a lot. We cooked for George Bush Sr., Condoleezza Rice, and Michael Phelps....One of my favorite cookbooks is CULINARY ARTISTRY. It's a good book for writing menus."
—Javacia N. Harris, Louisville Courier-Journal (November 3, 2008)
HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR UPCOMING BOOK TOUR
Friday, December 12, 2008 at 3 pm CT — Karen and Andrew discuss THE FLAVOR BIBLE with "Here on Earth" host Jean Feraca on Wisconsin Public Radio. Web: www.wpr.org/hereonearth
Thursday, December 18, 2008 at 11:30 am ET — Karen and Andrew discuss wines for the holidays (along with their new book THE FLAVOR BIBLE) with "Food Talk" host Mike Colameco on WOR Radio 710 AM in New York City.
Saturday, December 20, 2008, 4-6 pm — Karen and Andrew discuss and sign copies of the newly-relaunched version of WHAT TO DRINK WITH WHAT YOU EAT at Le Du's Wines, at 600 Washington Street (between Leroy & Morton) in New York City. Web: www.leduwines.com
For the rest of our 2008-2009 calendar, please visit the News & Events page of our Web site here. Journalists seeking review copies of THE FLAVOR BIBLE can contact Carolyn O'Keefe at Little, Brown at carolyn.okeefe@hbgusa.com.
We love hearing from you, and welcome your emails at DornenburgPage@aol.com.
With delicious wishes of the season,
Karen & Andrew
Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page
527 Third Ave. Suite 130
New York, NY 10016
Phone: (212) 642-5870
Email: DornenburgPage@aol.com
Web: www.becomingachef.com
Blog: www.becomingachef.com/blog.dwt.php |
