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Tacos, Tortas and Tamales by Roberto Santibañez
I first began my love affair with Roberto Santibañez’ cookbooks five years ago (click here for my 2010 cookbook review) when I was looking for Mexican food that I remembered from Los Angeles, and was unable to find it here in Brooklyn. Roberto’s previous cookbook, Truly Mexican, concentrates on sauces, the key to Mexican cooking, […]
Review of How We Do Harm by Otis Webb Brawley, MD with Paul Goldberg
I first read of this book in the New York Times and knew I needed to read it. As a person with a chronic health condition (asthma and food allergies/intolerances) managing the chronic health condition of my child (asthma and food allergies), I was fascinated by first, the title, and second by the promise of […]
FEEDING EDEN by Susan Weissman Book Review
It was 1997, and I was in the Allergist’s office. Our daughter had recently been diagnosed with peanut, tree nut, milk, soy, and egg allergies. She was six months old. The doctor handed me five sheets of mimeographed paper. At the top of each was the title WHAT TO AVOID IF YOU HAVE A SOY […]
