48 Years Later, Julia Child Tops Bestseller List

And to prove it, he's publishing a cookbook

(NEWSER) - Cancer left Roger Ebert unable to eat or speak —but it didn’t rob his ability to cook. The beloved film critic, who often reminisces about the foods he misses (root beer, Steak ‘n Shake) on his blog , doesn’t mind sharing a restaurant meal or a kitchen cooking lesson with a reporter. “Food for me is in the present tense,” he tells the New York Times . And to prove it, he’s publishing a cookbook. More»

Penguin reprinting 7K cookbooks over 'silly mistake'

(NEWSER) - Some 7,000 copies of an Australian cookbook are being reprinted after readers discovered a recipe calling for "freshly ground black people." Books already on the shelves will not be recalled. Penguin Group Australia spokesman Bob Sessions said he found the misprint "quite forgivable" because "proofreading a cookbook is extremely difficult." If "anyone is small-minded enough to complain about this very silly mistake, then we will happily replace" the book, he added. The bizarre ingredient was called for in a Pasta Bible recipe for tagliatelle with sardines and prosciutto, notes UPI . More»

Would you really trust Miss Piggy in your kitchen?

(NEWSER) - They call them the “Real Housewives,” but does that actually mean they know how to cook? Apparently at least one of them thinks she does: Teresa Giudice, whose Skinny Italian proves that “all you have to these days to be considered an authority on cooking is flip over tables when angry,” writes Kim Conte for Café Mom . Other misguided celebrity "cooks": More»

Academic interest in marriage obscures personal touch in Committed

(NEWSER) - Eat, Pray, Love author Elizabeth Gilbert's new book, Committed, has our heroine coming to terms with marriage after swearing off the institution, with the aid of a lot of research. Some critics aren't convinced:

• "One generally doesn’t indulge another person’s emotional processing at this length unless the jabbering is likely to conclude with sex," Ariel Levy writes in the New Yorker . And that's not where the book goes—rather, it ends with "suspicious" "peace and contentment."

Deceptively Delicious wasn't plagiarized, federal judge rules

(NEWSER) - A federal judge in New York has tossed out a suit claiming that a cookbook by Jerry Seinfeld's wife plagiarized a rival's book. Jessica Seinfeld's Deceptively Delicious, like Missy Chase Lapine's The Sneaky Chef, shows parents how to sneak vegetables into their kids' food—an idea nobody can copyright, the judge said. She added that Seinfeld's book is "bright and cheerful" while Lapine's is "dry and text-heavy," the New York Daily News reports. More»