Food, Wine & Cooking Resources

While nothing can replace learning first hand at one of our cooking classes or a wine tasting party, I've rounded up some of my favorite resources to help you learn about all things food and wine. I've also included some of my favorite local spots.

Wine Resources

Wine 101
A great place to get started

Vine Pair

Expand your knowledge base
Learn about wine growing regions

Wine Folly

How to pronounce wine varietals
Gewurtztraminer Anyone?

Wine Ponder

Where to buy clean-crafted wine?
Scout & Cellar

WINE SHOP

Cookbooks

I read cookbooks like novels...Although I've accrued quite a collection - I've found the best way to test out a book is to get a copy from your local library and see if you will really use it!

My Favorite Cookbooks

Julia's Kitchen Wisdom by Julia Child

The Chefs Collaborative Cookbook by Chefs Collaborative & Ellen Jackson

My Father's Daughter by Gwyneth Paltrow

Simply Ming One-Pot Meals by Ming Tsai

The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook by Ina Garten

Craft of Cooking by Tom Colicchio

Hors d'oeuvres by Eric Treuille & Victoria Blashford-Snell

Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child

Ski Town Soups by Jennie Iverson

The Summer Shack Cook Book by Jasper White

The Vermont Farm Table Cookbook by Tracey Medeiros

Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcela Hazan

Joy of Cooking by Rombauer, Becker & Becker

How to cook everything by Mark Bitman

OK...I need to stop...I could go on and on!!!

Books about food and wine that I love

My Life in France - Julia Child w Alex Prud'homme

Love by the Glass: Tasting Notes from a Marriage - Dorothy Gaiter & John Brecher

Wine Food - Dana Frank & Andrea Slonecker

How I learned to cook - collaboration edited by
Kimberly Witherspoon and Peter Meehan

Wine Folly - Magnum Edition

Kitchen Confidential - Anthony Bourdain

Where I Source My Food

Farmers To You | Wellesley Farmer's Market
A year round weekly online market. Order by Sunday at midnight. Pick up at site 1 -2:15pm on Thursdays in Wellesley. Other pick up sites available.
Use Promo Code SIPCOOKLEARN to get $25 off your 1st order

Fells Market
The best local place to shop for fresh cuts of meat near Wellesley, MA. My favorite feta cheese. Simply the best neighborhood market.

Volante Farms
In the late Spring, I plant a vegetable and herb garden. If not using seed I get my starter plants from here. Also a great source for organic soil. They also grow their own vegetables and source items from other local farmers. A great place to shop.