Cookbooks for Chefs & Gastronauts alike this Christmas

Earlier this week I took to the social networks asking: Looking for recommendations. Books for Foodies & chefs for Christmas that have been released this year please. Loads of you responded, for which I’m very gratefully. For chefs there is a far an away winner, in terms of a recommendation. Too Many Chiefs Only One … Read more

Book Review ~ Pierre Koffmann, Memories of Gascony

1990 was a seminal year in terms of cookbooks. Marco Pierre White first published the now legendary ‘White Heat’, which moulded a generation of chefs and Pierre Koffmann released ‘Memories of Gascony’. Although Mr Koffmann’s book was over shadowed by his young protégé’s tome, it was always considered a classic by those who knew better. … Read more

Book Review ~ Drink Me! by Matt Walls

Every now & then chefhermes.com gets approached to review or taste test various products for which I have not that much interest. On the surface of it the latest offering from Quadrille’s ‘New Voices in Food’ was one of those type of offerings. The blog hinges more around food & kitchens rather than the front … Read more

Book Review ~ Eleven Madison Park, The Cookbook

As I may have mentioned once or twice on ChefHermes.com I have regular chats on Twitter with a chef called Jon Jones. Besides the regular ass whooping I hand him on the ‘who can do the first #FF (Friday follow)’ we generally chat about all things catering & food related. In more recent times he … Read more

Latest Offerings from Quadrille, Classic Voices in Food

Some time ago I was sent two books from publishers Quadrille, not the normal show case of new talent or the formulaic seasonal TV recipe tie in from a sleb chef. No, the new series from the publishing house is rejuvenating old & unheard of classics, hence the name Classic Voices in Food I suppose. … Read more

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