The World is a Kitchen

It's no secret that we love authors who use TypePad -- our bookstore is full of published writers who blog on the service. And while many use their blogs to carry on conversations with their readers from book to book, some enterprising authors create individual blogs for each new release. (You get unlimited blogs at our Pro level.) Such is the case with The World is a Kitchen, a new book that collects culinary adventures from around the globe, edited by Michele Jordan and Susan Brady. The compilation takes readers into kitchens from the Americas to Africa to Asia, with a few extra nibbles in Europe. The blog, on the other hand, is a feast of information from and about the book -- sample chapters, contributor bios, reviews, upcoming readings, culinary tours and classes, and links to prominent food/travel blogs. Simple, yet sumptuous, this smartly designed book blog is a great example of how sharing -- whether its food in a foreign land, or bites from a published book -- can make strangers into friends.