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• Let the Good Times Roll, Senegal-Style

  by Lake Isle Press Team • January 25, 2013 • Cooking

  

  The expression Yolélé! is similar to that of Mardi Gras fame: Laissez les bon temps rouler! Or, in English, “Let the Good Times Roll!” Make Pierre’s recipes and you’re sure to have a good time too! Read Full Post

• Not Your TV Dinner

  by Lake Isle Press Team • January 24, 2013 • Cooking

  

  Take a stab at the biggest cooking trend of 2013. Dehydrating? Sous-vide cooking? Coal burning pizza ovens? Guess again. Machiko Chiba gives you the inside scoop on up-and-coming microwave cooking in magical pressure cookers. Read Full Post

• Baby It’s Cold Outside…Let’s Make Soup!

  by Lake Isle Press Team • January 23, 2013 • Cooking

  

  Keep warm and keep healthy with these filling, comforting soups and sides from Catherine Walther's Soups and Sides! Read Full Post

• The Latin Road Home…to Philly?

  by Lake Isle Press Team • January 22, 2013 • Cooking

  

  We visit Philadelphia and taste Jose Garces' farm-to-table dishes, and revisit The Latin Road Home. Read Full Post

• A Taste of Chef Vikas Khanna

  by Lake Isle Press Team • January 17, 2013 • Cooking

  

  We catch up with Chef Vikas Khanna on his way to the White House! Read Full Post

• Interview with Elizabeth Barbone (And Gluten-Free Goodies)

  by Lake Isle Press Team • January 16, 2013 • Cooking

  

  Read on for an insider chat with Elizabeth Barbone, our gluten-free expert. P.S. there's cake too... Read Full Post

• Gluten-Free Comfort Food

  by Lake Isle Press Team • January 15, 2013 • Cooking

  

  Your favorite comfort foods made gluten-free! Read on for ooey-gooey mac and cheese and tender multigrain sandwich bread. Read Full Post

• The New Harlem Renaissance

  by Lake Isle Press Team • January 14, 2013 • Cooking

  

  Harlem Really Cooks is nouvelle soul cuisine. Don't miss the food trend that's starting to get all the buzz! Read Full Post

• INTERVIEW with Toni Lydecker

  by Lake Isle Press Team • January 11, 2013 • Behind The Scenes

  

  Read on to get the inside scoop (of gelato) on Toni Lydecker--what inspires her, her love of anchovies, and advice to aspiring food writers. Read Full Post

• Three Days of Toni Lydecker—Seafood alla Siciliana

  by Lake Isle Press Team • January 11, 2013 • Cooking

  

  These authentic Sicilian recipes will inspire you to visit your local fishmonger. Or maybe the local fishing hole. Read Full Post

• A New Kind of Twinkie

  by Lake Isle Press Team • January 10, 2013 • Cooking

  

  A gluten-free homemade Twinkie, that is. Don’t believe it? Take a peek at Elizabeth Barbone’s “Easy Gluten-Free Baking.” It gives you all the secrets. Read Full Post

• Three Days of Toni Lydecker—Serves One

  by Lake Isle Press Team • January 10, 2013 • Cooking

  

  Cooking for One? Put down the cereal box and whip up a satisfying, healthy meal with Serves One Read Full Post

• Three Days of Toni Lydecker—Piatto Unico

  by Lake Isle Press Team • January 9, 2013 • Cooking

  

  Three days of Toni Lydecker kicks off with Piatto Unico. Be sure to check back tomorrow for an interview with the author! Read Full Post

• Today the Salad Bar, Tomorrow the Barbells

  by Lake Isle Press Team • January 8, 2013 • Cooking

  

  Beat the January blues while staying true to your New Year's Resolution! It's not too good to be true, Raising the Salad Bar shows you how. Read Full Post

• Fresh and Fabulous, the Culinista Way

  by Lake Isle Press Team • January 7, 2013 • Cooking

  

  Party Like a Culinista is the Sex and the City of entertaining cookbooks...fun, fresh, and totally fabulous. Read Full Post

• Nostalgia and Peach Pie

  by Lake Isle Press Team • January 3, 2013 • Cooking

  

  Re-discovering classic recipes and family memories in Jim Fobel's The Old Fashioned Baking Book. Read Full Post

• 12 Days of Rachael Ray - Holiday Cookbook Giveaway

  by Janna Hall • December 5, 2012 • Behind The Scenes

  

  To celebrate this holiday season, we're giving away a Rachael Ray cookbook every day for the next 12 days! Read Full Post

• Take the Latin Road Home

  by Janna Hall • November 30, 2012 • Cooking

  

  In this cook-around bloggers test out recipes from Jose Garces' The Latin Road Home. Click to see their delicious creations. Read Full Post

• Snuggle Up This Fall With These Cozy Recipes from Chef Jose Garces

  by Janna Hall • October 2, 2012 • Cooking

  

  Fall is here and cold weather is just around the corner. Lucky for you, we've compiled these recipes from Chef Jose Garces' The Latin Road Home to keep you warm. Read Full Post

• Japan Meets Senegal: Soba Noodles Made from African Fonio Grain

  by Janna Hall • August 28, 2012 • News

  

  Chef Pierre Thiam and Chef Kotani team up to bring you fonio soba! Read Full Post

• Chef Josie Gordon Knows How to Party

  by Janna Hall • August 15, 2012 • Behind The Scenes

  

  Josie Gordon, co-author of "Party Like A Culinista" opens up about her likes, experiences, and even shares a juicy kitchen disaster story. Read Full Post

• First Bite: Jose Garces’ New Cookbook, The Latin Road Home

  by Janna Hall • August 9, 2012 • Behind The Scenes

  

  Get a sneak peek at Jose Garces' forthcoming cookbook: The Latin Road Home. This advance copy was just delivered, hot off the press! Read Full Post

• What’s Up With the Bee?

  by Janna Hall • July 24, 2012 • Behind The Scenes

  

  Lake Isle Press was founded in 1990 by long-time friends Hiroko Kiiffner and Jane Ross. I recently sat down with Hiroko to ask, “What’s up with the bee?” Read Full Post

• The Making of Return to the Rivers: Manuscript Phase

  by Janna Hall • July 23, 2012 • Behind The Scenes

  

  In this series, we'll show you the behind the scenes process of publishing Vikas Khanna's new Himalayan cookbook: Return to the Rivers. Follow us for a sneak peek at meetings, the design process, our "cooking lab" where we will try new recipes, photo shoots, and even some field trips to the best Tibetan and Nepalese restaurants in the area. First up: the manuscript phase. Read Full Post

• First Bite: How to Cook Gluten-Free

  by Jennifer • March 5, 2012 • Cooking

  

  Take a first look at Elizabeth Barbone's newest kid-friendly, gluten-free cookbook that's full of easy recipes for even the busiest of cooks. Read Full Post

• Perfect Pasta, the Piatto Unico Way

  by Jennifer • August 2, 2011 • News

  

  Toni Lydecker shares her best tips for the perfect pasta in an excerpt from her upcoming cookbook, Piatto Unico. Read Full Post

• 580 Blue Sweaters

  by Jennifer • August 1, 2011 • Behind The Scenes

  

  In an excerpt from Flavors First, Vikas Khanna shares the story of how he was able to open his first catering company at age seventeen in the most unexpected way. Read Full Post

• First Bite: Piatto Unico

  by Jennifer • July 25, 2011 • News

  

  Take a sneak peek at Toni Lydecker's upcoming Piatto Unico. Read Full Post

• First Bite: Flavors First

  by Jennifer • July 18, 2011 • Behind The Scenes

  

  Your first look at Vikas Khanna's Flavors First, to be released on Indian Independence Day, August 15th. Read Full Post

• Author Pierre Thiam on CNN

  by Jennifer • November 17, 2010 • News

  

  Check out video of chef and author Pierre Thiam's spotlight on CNN Inside Africa, where he discusses helping New Yorkers discover African cuisine. Read Full Post

• Lake Isle’s 20th Anniversary Bash

  by Jennifer • November 17, 2010 • News

  

  To celebrate our last 20 years of cookbook publishing and our newest author, Vikas Khanna, Lake Isle authors, designers, photographers, editors, and dear friends came together for a night of great food and music at the Rubin Museum of Art. Read Full Post

• Senegalese Summer Success!

  by Jennifer • June 28, 2010 • News

  

  Thanks to everyone who came out for a wonderful night at Le Grand Dakar to celebrate Pierre Thiam on Iron Chef America. It was an amazing night with lots of great food, drink, music and company. The above photo was taken by photographer and writer, Clay Williams, who took some great shots of the night. Read Full Post

• Senegalese Summer

  by Jennifer • June 11, 2010 • News

  

  Celebrate the season and author Pierre Thiam's battle on Iron Chef America with a night of good food, cool drinks and hot Afrobeat at his Brooklyn restaurant, Le Grand Dakar. Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 7pm. Click here for ticket purchase. Read Full Post

• Elizabeth Barbone Blogging About Gluten-Free Baking on Serious Eats

  by Jennifer • May 25, 2010 • News

  

  Look out for author Elizabeth Barbone on Serious Eats, where she'll be writing a weekly column on gluten-free baking. For her premiere post, she covers baking gluten-free sandwich bread, which as Elizabeth says, "suffers from a bit of a bad reputation. The premade loaves tend to be expensive and homemade recipes often are dense and fall apart when sliced." Elizabeth's beautifully photographed and instructional post is the perfect solution because "sometimes in life, you just need a sandwich." Amen to that. Read Full Post

• Lake Isle Celebrates 20 Years

  by Jennifer • May 25, 2010 • News

  

  This week, Publishers Weekly covers Lake Isle's 20th anniversary. The piece looks back on just a few of the things Lake Isle has to celebrate—from the Rachael Ray years to the projects we have coming up ahead. Read Full Post

• The $0.69 Stand for Cooking With Your iPad

  by Jennifer • April 15, 2010 • Cooking

  

  If you're bringing your new iPad into the kitchen to cook with and don't want to spend a fortune on a stand, New York Times multimedia guru Andrew DeVigal has got the answer: a $0.69 plastic business card holder from Office Depot. Read Full Post

• Savoring Spring: Asparagus with Tomatoes, Olives and Ricotta Salata

  by Jennifer • April 8, 2010 • Cooking

  

  It's 90 degrees and sunny here in New York this week, but it's still spring when it comes to the greenmarket. As asparagus begins to show up at your local markets, try out this recipe for Asparagus with Tomato-Olive Garnish from Toni Lydecker's Seafood alla Siciliana. Read Full Post

• Yolele Honored at Paris Cookbook Fair

  by Jennifer • April 8, 2010 • News

  

  Founded in 1995 by Edouard Cointreau, last week the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards honored Pierre Thiam's Yolele! Recipes from the Heart of Senegal with a Special Jury Award. The awards event launched the Paris Cookbook Fair, the largest cookbook and wine book trade fair in the world. Read Full Post

• Welcome to Our New Site

  by Jennifer • March 2, 2010 • News

  

  Welcome to the newly redesigned Lake Isle Press site! We've added some great new features, including: individual author profiles, book pages, recipes, and book previews. Check out our blog, Lake Isle Buzz, where we'll be blogging about cooking, industry news, and even some behind the scenes glimpses at how our cookbooks get from manuscript to finished product. A huge thanks to our very talented web designer, Chris from Florida Flourish, for destroying the myth that redesigning a Web site can be a nightmare. Read Full Post

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