To Ingrid Hoffman, host of the Miami-based Food Network series "Simply Delicioso," food is like music. ...more

October 31, 2007

Cleveland author Michael Ruhlman has written with some of the world's best chefs. He wrote 'The French Laundry Cookbook' with Thomas Keller and 'A Return to Cooking' with Eric Ripert. He went to culinary school as part of writing a definitive trilogy of books about the making of chefs and about how culinary celebrity is affecting food culture. His latest book, 'The Elements of Cooking: Translating the Chef's Craft for Every Kitchen' (Scribner, $24), is intended to be a manual for anyone who wants to learn the culinary basics. ...more

October 24, 2007

Food writer Michael Ruhlman is a judge on this season's Food Network show 'The Next Iron Chef,' which airs on Sunday nights. ...more

October 24, 2007

An e-mail arrived containing the latest photos of our grandchildren. Their smiling faces stared back at us from the computer screen eliciting the normal sappy grandparent responses. "Awww. Aren't they the most beautiful children you ever saw? Look how Kylie loves her little brother!" Fellow grandparents get the picture. No pun intended. Of all the snapshots in the recent e-mail package, we chose to print and frame an image of the two nestled close together. There's a rather large book on Kylie's lap. The back cover is visible. It's heading "Have A Blast!" screams from a familiar background of large red and white diamonds. Grandma immediately recognized it as a Better Homes & Gardens Junior Cookbook. Upon calling our daughter, we learned that Kylie is a huge Food Network fan. She watches Paula Deen, Giada De Laurentiis, Rachael Ray and Emeril Lagasse. ...more

October 19, 2007

Time, or the lack of it, is the basic reason many of us choose the foods we eat. ...more

October 3, 2007

STOP US BEFORE WE PODCAST AGAIN: The past week offered a ton of interview opportunities, so we recorded each for a Table Conversations podcast. ...more

October 2, 2007

To help you get started on your own food video, check out these Web sites: YouTube (youtube.com) - The Google-owned video site is the big boy on the block. You can find food videos by plugging in terms such as 'cooking' or 'recipe,' but there is the chance your search will bring you nonfood results (such as 'The Pancake Song'). ...more

September 5, 2007