I don’t remember what exactly drew me to this book, other than the cover and the title, but I was drawn to it one day when we were in the bookstore looking for the Bouchon and French Laundry cookbooks. I didn’t get it then, but when I saw it at the ALA Annual Expo in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘cooking’
Alice Waters and Chez Panisse by Thomas McNamee
Posted in book review, conference, tagged Alice Waters, book review, California, Chez Panisse, cooking, food, Per Se, restaurants, Thomas Keller, travel on August 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Elements of Cooking by Michael Ruhlman
Posted in book review, tagged book review, books, cooking on July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Michael Ruhlman’s The Elements of Cooking: Translating the Chef’s Craft for Every Kitchen is a reference book for cooks, professional and otherwise, who want to learn more about cooking. The book consists of eight short essays in the first fifty pages called “Notes on Cooking: From Stock to Finesse,” followed by a dictionary of cooking [...]
New and Improved
Posted in intro, recent, tagged books, cooking, expectations on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to the new and improved Librarychan blog, formerly known as Library_chan on Blogspot!
I finally converted to WordPress because:
it is easier to customize than Blogspot, and
I like the interface more.
Who knew I would pick something over Google?
In other news, life after graduation has been interesting so far. It’s mid-July already and I’m still job-hunting (career-hunting?), [...]





