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The Porkchop Express (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia a pig (image courtesy of Phaidon Press) These days Spanish food seems hot-to-trot, and quite the Zelig. Consider its range, broad and brash, from homey to healthy to highfalutin: roast pork and marinated olives; liquid nitrogen peaches and Rice Krispy paella; small plate (slur that “s”) tapas galore. So upon receiving word of Phaidon Press's...
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Mike Lynch Cartoons (Free subscription) | 11/28/2007
... city scene with complex, busy ink work with a clear layout of who to watch to understand the gag. Phaidon Press published a number of Sempé's works last year. Phaidon maintains a blog, The Nicholas Club , named for the title character in a series of children's books by Goscinny & Sempé. Tom Spurgeon, he of the grand Comics Reporter site, posted a sumptuous preview of Phaidon's...
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Gothamist (Free subscription) | 10/30/2007
... You'll find it on the bookshelves, ready to add to your bible collection, on November 1. $39.95, Phaidon Press .
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UKWinesOnline (Free subscription) | 10/11/2007
Taste Spain (12 - 19 October 2007) - it's a celebration of Spanish wine, food and culture in London, held with the help of some top Spanish restaurants such as Brindisa, Moro and Barrafina - as well as being hosted by The Spanish Tourist Board and Phaidon Press. The event will take place at various venues around London and the highlight will be 2 days at Borough Market (Wednesday 17 &Thursday...
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Dishing (Free subscription) | 09/18/2007
... visit . | | Monday, September 17, 2007New (really old) from Spain"1080 Recipes," coming from Phaidon Press in November, has been around for 30 years, and sold more than 2 million copies. The publisher is calling it Spain's "Joy of Cooking." The recipes are very brief, even for some difficult items, and each chapter has a cluster of glossy photos several inches smaller than the book's...
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Rosa's Yummy Yums (Free subscription) | 07/19/2007
... experience that I will repeat very soon... ~ Orecchiette ~ Recipe taken from " The Silver Spoon " (Phaidon Press) and adapted by Rosa @ Rosa's Yummy Yums Serves 4 I ngredients: 200g Plain flour 100g Semolina flour ( see infos ) 1/2 Tsp Salt Warm water Method: 1. Mix together the flour, semolina flour and the salt. 2. Heap into a mound on the working surface. 3. Make a well in the...
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GardenDesignOnline (Free subscription) | 07/11/2007
The Moorish influence in gardens has been around since the beginning of the 19th century, and so this brand-new daybed design from McKinnon Harris would be just the right thing on selected terraces, covered porches, or elsewhere in the garden. In his book Moorish Style (New Ed Edition, Phaidon Press, 1999), Miles Danby describes scenes of luxury and tranquility often showing social gatherings...
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core77.com (Free subscription) | 06/28/2007
Phaidon Press has put out a monograph on prolific designer Naoto Fukusawa ( click here if you need a brush-up on the man, and shame on you). Sure it'll set you back US $70, but as it's Fukusawa's first monograph it's money well-spent. Features his work from IDEO, Muji and tons of other clients, and featuring contributions from Jasper Morrison, Tim Brown, Antony Gormley and Bill Moggridge....
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The Porkchop Express (Free subscription) | 06/27/2007
Super Maxi Royale Choucroute (image courtesy of Phaidon Press) Stéphane Reynaud's Pork & Sons is big, squishy and pink: not unlike a pig. Which makes sense. The book itself is an ode to the honking Pork lifestyle, a mix of memoir, photos, drawings and recipes that leads readers through the slaughter, preparation and (most importantly) consumption of nature's tastiest white meat. Reynaud,...
