Thoughtful Gourmet Blog

For my 2024 gift guide for food lovers and all things food, I sourced foods and food gift boxes from the West Coast, with one exception.

Each of these 19 cookbooks, released in 2024, is a journey, a trip to tantalize your taste buds. My list is personal – I choose to focus on chefs based in the American West where I live, in New Jersey where I grew up, and others around the world whose cooking inspires me.

When I learned I couldn’t eat gluten anymore, I set out to mimic the flavor of Pepperidge Farm stuffing. My gluten free stuffing recipe tastes just like it.

The 1986 classic, updated and republished in 2024 with recipes from the doyenne of Italian cooking in the United States by Hazan’s husband, Victor, looks and feels much like the original.

Pie is a two-part dance. Like the filling, the crust must pull its weight. Whether single or double, a good pie crust – and a good gluten-free pie crust – will be substantial enough to hold the weight of its savory, fruity filling, yet be light and flaky enough to lift the pie’s character along […]

Fear not – you can drink red wine with fish and seafood. The owners of Oakland’s Bay Grape wine shop tell you how.

Everyday staples transform into flavorful vegetarian meals loaded with character in Erin Alderon’s new cookbook, “The Yearlong Pantry.”

‘Sebze’, which translates to “vegetables” in English, is a vegetarian cookbook, focused on the cuisine of Warren’s Turkish homeland. Its 85 recipes dive into regional specialties that embrace the heart of Turkish cooking: simple ingredients prepared with your hands.