You may have seen Hedy’s name appear on FN Dish every month in her baking column sharing with readers and fans the secrets to some of her sweets and how to bake your cake even better. If you’re lucky, you’ve lost yourself in one of her quintessential desserts at Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink. But if you can’t make it to Miami to taste her desserts — which are simply delicious and one-of-a-kind — you can now try your hand at making them with the launch of Hedy’s highly anticipated cookbook, Baking Out Loud.
She’s known for transforming her childhood favorites into grown-up versions that will have your family and friends begging for the recipes. From her Red Velvet Twinks, which combine rich chocolate cake and cream cheese filling, to her Chocolate Caramel Peanut Bars, which we admit are the most indulgent chocolate bar around, you won’t be able to find enough sticky notes in your house to flag all the recipes you want to try first.
You can pre-order your own copy of Baking Out Loud here, or enter in the comment field below for a chance to win one. To enter: Tell us which one of Hedy’s desserts you’d try first and why in the comments (find Hedy’s list of recipes here). We’re giving away a copy of the book to two lucky, randomly selected commenters. Better your chances of winning by visiting Cooking Channel’s blog, Devour — they’re giving away three copies, too.
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Publishers Weekly: Rachael Ray just released her latest cookbook, The Book of Burger (coming soon to Food Network Store). The “smart book” features QR codes that provide readers additional cooking information when scanned.
TIME: Mickey Mouse ditches junk-food. The Walt Disney Co. is the first major media company to ban junk food advertisements in an effort to diminish sugary temptations and improve kids’ eating habits.
Associated Press: Schools rise above pink slime. The vast majority of National School Lunch Program states are refusing the product known as “lean finely textured beef,” and fast-food chains and supermarkets are following suit.
Food Republic: Will Greek yogurt soon be replaced? Hailing from Iceland, skyr has a similar tang, but is actually a “fresh skim-milk cheese, strained to a whipped custard consistency.”
Chicago Sun-Times: Do you prefer your red or white? Or how about orange? Also known as “freaky whites,” orange wines are now trending.
This follow-up to the best-selling cookbook Food Network Magazine Great Easy Meals dishes out another collection of fantastic ideas in the same winning package.
Get ready for more than 400 pages filled with recipes, photos and new tips from Food Network Kitchens, based on Food Network Magazine‘s signature pull-out booklets of 50 extra-short, always-fun recipes.
This book combines the best of those recipes with more than 300 amazing photographs and tips from Food Network’s test kitchens. It’s the ultimate cookbook for busy parents, full of family favorites like pancakes, nachos and brownies, along with healthy options for quick weeknight meals, including soups, dinner salads and kabobs, plus great ideas for weekend get-togethers, like instant appetizers, party dips and cocktails.
You can order a copy right now, but we’d like to give you a chance to win a copy. All you have to do is comment on this post by telling us which recipe from Food Network Magazine is your favorite and why. We’re giving away five copies of the magazine cookbook to randomly selected and very lucky commenters.
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Every year, a new batch of cookbooks hits store shelves. Some bad and some good, but only a handful (or 19 if you agree with The New York Times) rise to the top and really shine.
You’ll see a familiar name while browsing their list: Former Food Network Star (season five) contestant Debbie Lee‘s cookbook, Seoultown Kitchen: Korean Pub Grub to Share With Family and Friends, made the Times list with glowing reviews.
Debbie’s small plates, cocktails and Asian-inspired comfort classics make Korean food accessible. Sure, you might not be able to pronounce some of the ingredients, but we bet her beer-heavy recipes will make fans out of even her biggest haters.
The third and final installment of Alton Brown’s Good Eats cookbook series hit store shelves last week and the new volume is overflowing with colorful anecdotes, behind-the-scenes shots and a whopping 225 recipes from 85 Good Eats episodes.
We caught up with Alton at the New York City Wine and Food Festival last weekend and discussed his plan for future electronic cookbooks. Of the potential switch from paper to screen, Alton said, “I don’t know how it’s going to change things. I hope to make the cookbook a more kitchen-friendly device, to make it something where you can choose which knowledge you get, which information you get, when you get it and what order you get it in, so that people can adapt the information to the way they cook, instead of changing the way they cook to the way I cook.” He said that ideally, his series of e-book ventures would be available on the Kindle and Apple iPad, as the latter offers bright video and graphic possibilities.
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Anne Burrell and Alton Brown share something in common: During the month of October, both of their schedules will be filled with book signings across the country. Check out their individual book tour schedules below to see if they’ll be in a city near you.
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- On the cover of Claire's new cookbook, she's shopping at one of her favorite spots: NYC's Union Square Greenmarket
Our own Claire Robinson has a new cookbook out this month, and it’s 240 pages of the fresh, simple fare you love from her Food Network show, 5 Ingredient Fix. Claire shot the cover photo at one of her favorite places on Earth: New York City’s Union Square Greenmarket, where you can often find her roaming around, getting inspired and selecting the ingredients for her recipes.
5 Ingredient Fix in print makes a great holiday gift for a novice cook, a busy mom or anyone who doesn’t want to lug home dozens of groceries just to make one meal.
Claire is all about simplifying food without sacrificing flavor. Think it’s impossible to bake with just five ingredients? Claire did too, she tells us, when she first started shooting 5 Ingredient Fix. But recipes like her Millionaire’s Shortbread (featured in the cookbook) will prove that it can be done—with delicious results.
What else will you find in the book? Party-worthy recipes and tons of ideas for weeknight dinners—think updated comfort food like Cheesy Penne and Buttermilk Pecan Chicken.
Buy Claire’s book and tune in for new episodes of 5 Ingredient Fix on Sundays at 10:30am/9:30c.
To get in the Halloween spirit, the Dish took a few minutes to chat with Sandra Lee while she baked up mini pumpkin bundt cakes in Food Network Kitchens. Sandra’s Semi-Homemade Cooking Halloween special airs this Sunday at 11:30am/10:30c, and believe us, you don’t want to miss it. The theme is Renaissance Faire, the costumes are amazing, and there are some surprises, including … Sandra as Cher?
Semi-Homemade is now in its 14th season on Food Network — “I think Friends was only on for 10 seasons!” she says — and to celebrate, Sandra worked with Food Network to publish Semi-Homemade: The Complete Cookbook, stocked with 1,000 recipes.
Read on for Sandra’s dish on the new book, Halloween tips and buy bid-worthy tablescapes.
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