The Passing of a Food Lover
Monday, February 5th, 2007Sharon Tyler Herbst, passed away on January 26. Not everyone may know her name, but anyone who has a serious interest in food has a copy of her book, the Food Lover’s Companion, close at hand. It’s one of the references I recommend for any food newbie.
This compact paperback, a kind of dictionary-encyclopedia, is the source most of us go to when we want to ensure we have the right number of “cs” in focaccia or to find out what castor sugar is when translating an Irish recipe (superfine sugar). [more…]
