My First Gluten-Free Cookbook

I’m so happy to have discovered Elana Amsterdam’s “The Gluten-Free and Almond Flour Cookbook,” (click here for her website). I have just recently started doing some research on gluten-free cooking, because a couple of friends and relatives are highly allergic to gluten and I wanted to look for some recipes that I could share with them.

Memories of Philippine Kitchens (A Review)

Memories of Philippine Kitchens, Stories and Recipes from Far and Near

By Amy Besa and Romy Dorotan

(Stewart, Tabori & Chang; 2006)

Reviewed by Regina Newport

[This review was published in the October 2010 issue of CHoWLine, by the Culinary Historians of Washington, D.C. (CHowDC).]

Memories of Philippine Kitchens is much more than a cookbook--it is a superbly researched encyclopedia of the history and evolution of Philippine cuisine, with its many indigenous as well as “borrowed” ingredients. Filipino food is an undiscovered gem among Asian cuisines, and here it is successfully presented in the context of the country’s culture and history. The book is also a travelogue, with well-written essays on the regions of the Philippines visited by the authors, to seek out home cooks who are famous for their specialty dishes.