Advance Praise for THE FLAVOR BIBLE:

"Our Top Pick for the Week...Unique."
—Newsweek

"Flavor masters Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg
have compiled an encyclopedic primer to flavor."
—Associated Press

"A valuable reference...Sets down in print
what has often been believed inexpressible."
—Booklist

THE FLAVOR BIBLE
The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity,
Based on the Wisdom of America's Most Imaginative Chefs

September 8, 2008

Dear Friends,

As a "cookbook" that doesn't contain a single recipe, our new book THE FLAVOR BIBLE is nothing if not a radical idea. And as any pioneer can tell you, revolutionaries aren't always warmly embraced!

That's what makes the recent thoughtful and articulate reviews by Anna Kuchment of Newsweek, J.M. Hirsch of the Associated Press, and Mark Knoblauch of Booklist all the more encouraging.

They get it. Each of these writers has the vision to be able to see what we see: that THE FLAVOR BIBLE can be as valuable a reference to anyone who cooks as a thesaurus is to anyone who writes.

By providing a comprehensive alphabetical reference of hundreds of ingredients — from apples to zucchini blossoms — along with the herbs, spices and other seasonings that best enhance their flavor, THE FLAVOR BIBLE puts at your fingertips the combined knowledge and experience of dozens of America's most innovative chefs and other culinarians.

Many of you have already been incredibly supportive, asking what you can do to help with the launch of THE FLAVOR BIBLE, which is Tuesday, September 16th.

Of course we'd love it if you'd tell every TV producer, print journalist, and blogger of your acquaintance about the book, and encourage them to share word of it with their audiences!

But we'd also love to hereby invite you to join in as an early adapter of the idea of cooking more intuitively and as a visionary supporter of this "revolutionary" book:

This week only, if you purchase two copies of THE FLAVOR BIBLE — one for you, and one to give as a gift to the other most avid food fanatic in your life — and forward a copy of the receipt to CookbookRave@aol.com, we'll thank you as a "FLAVOR BIBLE Visionary" in the Acknowledgments section of our next book.

While THE FLAVOR BIBLE's cover price in bookstores is $35, you can order the book online for $23.10 here at Amazon.com.

FLAVOR BIBLE Visionaries, we salute you — and we look forward to thanking you in our next book. In the meantime, thanks for all you do to "spread the gospel"!

Delicious wishes,
Andrew & Karen

"Tip Sheet: Our Top Picks for the Week. Read: THE FLAVOR BIBLE by Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg ($35). This unique cookbook encourages chefs to ditch their recipes and follow their imaginations instead. The book lists thousands of classic as well as offbeat flavor combinations. Look up 'chicken' and you get 'figs, honey, thyme and white wine,' among dozens of other serving ideas."
—Anna Kuchment, Newsweek (September 15, 2008)

Hope to see you on our upcoming book tour:

NEW YORK CITY

Sunday, September 14th at 12:30 pm — At this invitation-only brunch in Manhattan for professional chefs, we'll provide a preview of the ideas underlying THE FLAVOR BIBLE along with a signed copy of the book. Chefs and their guests may email DornenburgPage@aol.com to receive an invitation and details.

Monday, September 15th at 6 pm — Karen is again among the array of actresses, anchors and authors (who this year will also include Kathleen Chalfant, Carol Higgins Clark, Laura Day, and Gael Greene) to be featured as a "Celebrity Sous Chef" at the 5th annual “A Second Helping of Life," a tasting event featuring some of New York's best women chefs (including Amy Scherber, Rebecca Charles and Anita Lo) to benefit SHARE: Self-Help for Women with Breast or Ovarian Cancer. The event will be held in New York City. Web: www.sharecancersupport.com

CHICAGO

Wednesday, September 17th at 11:30 am — Karen and Andrew will sign copies of THE FLAVOR BIBLE at Chicago's Green City Market. Web: www.chicagogreencitymarket.org

Thursday, September 18th at 5:30 pm — Karen will be a featured Northwestern alumna panelist — along with novelist Loraine Despres and filmmaker Gayla Kretsch — on the subject of "Putting Creativity to Work" at Northwestern University's Council of 100 event in Chicago. Web: www.alumni.northwestern.edu/c100

VANCOUVER

Wednesday, September 24th at 6:30 pm — Karen and Andrew will be hosted by Barbara-Jo's Books to Cooks at the Salt Cellar in Vancouver to discuss their new book THE FLAVOR BIBLE. Web: www.bookstocooks.com

PORTLAND

Thursday, September 25th at 5:30 pm — Karen and Andrew will discuss and sign copies of THE FLAVOR BIBLE at In Good Taste Cooking School in Portland, Oregon.

SEATTLE

Sunday, September 28th at 6 pm and 8:30 pm — Karen and Andrew will be hosted for a dinner event around THE FLAVOR BIBLE hosted by Kim Ricketts Book Events and prepared by award-winning chef Matthew Dillon at The Corson Building in Seattle. Web: www.kimricketts.com

Monday, September 29th at 3:30 pm — Karen and Andrew will discuss and sign copies of THE FLAVOR BIBLE at Microsoft in Seattle.

For the rest of our Fall 2008 calendar, please visit the News & Events page of our Web site here.

"Flavor masters Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg have compiled an encyclopedic primer to flavor. Their just-released THE FLAVOR BIBLE not only explains what foods taste like, but also offers exhaustive lists of flavor pairings for each...The first two sections of the book explain how flavor works and offer advice from chefs and others about how they pair various flavors to create great recipes. It's one of the rare cookbooks without recipes that everyone should learn to cook from."
—J.M. Hirsch, Food Editor, The Associated Press (September 5, 2008)

P.S. We hope to have the pleasure of connecting with you this fall during our book tour for THE FLAVOR BIBLE. Thank you for letting us know about opportunities to introduce the book to flavor-loving readers near you. We love hearing from you, and welcome your emails at DornenburgPage@aol.com.

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