This week: Best macaroni & cheese, cheesecake recipes, cookbook news and more

Two of my most requested recipes while living in New York were macaroni and cheese and cheesecake. Do you see a theme? I have made both of these dishes hundreds of times in many variations over the years. Every Easter I would be assigned these dishes and would often bring something new I came across just to shake up things a bit. One year a recipe for Pineapple casserole caught my eye and decided that it would go great with ham. I remember my sister-in-law commenting, “I can’t believe you brought a dish you had never made before.” Her statement was meant as a compliment and not incredulous by any means. The whole casserole disappeared.

Our EYB library has 4,811 recipes for macaroni and cheese (online recipes) and a whopping 8,535 cheesecake recipes (online recipes). Over the years food folks have declared that Poole’s Macaroni au gratin to be one of the best they have tried. I made it and thought it was just ok. To me, the perfect mac and cheese must not be “too cheesy”, have lots of crunchy bits and be something that is worth the effort and calories.

What makes the best macaroni and cheese for you? Which recipes are your favorites? What about cheesecake? Are you a purist or do you like to shake things up with flavors? Above is a photo of Cheesecake Factory original cheesecake from My Recipes and below is a photo of my Italian rainbow cookie cheesecake as I am definitely not a purist.

Other cheesy articles of interest:

• Five mistakes to avoid while making mac and cheese
• How to make the perfect cheesecake

Member cookbook favorites:

• Junior’s Cheesecake Cookbook: 50 To-Die-For Recipes for New York-Style Cheesecake by Alan Rosen and Beth Allen
• 125 Best Cheesecake Recipes by George Geary (George made the cheesecakes for The Golden Girls’ tapings!)
• The Mac + Cheese Cookbook: 50 Simple Recipes from Homeroom, America’s Favorite Mac and Cheese Restaurant by Allison Arevalo and Erin Wade
• Melt: The Art of Macaroni and Cheese by Stephanie Stiavetti and Garrett McCord

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This Week on our Blog

Since our last roundup, Darcie has written articles entitled: Bauer Media ceases New Zealand operation, Sugar, spice, and even more spice, Beautiful bread takes on a whole new meaning, One pan or pot, zero stress, and Rethinking holiday dinners. Darcie’s weekly food news antipasto is shared every Sunday #foodnews brings up these information-packed posts).

This week I updated the 2020 Preview Post which took a great deal of time as many titles are being shifted to later dates due to the pandemic. I also wrote a piece on my love of cookbooks prompted by a few items in the news. Be sure you have read our Ideas on how to make EYB work better for you. More giveaways were shared so be sure to check those out as well!

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Recently Indexed Titles

• Falastin: A Cookbook by Sami Tamimi and Tara Wigley
• Simple Beautiful Food: Recipes and Riffs for Everyday Cooking by Amanda Frederickson
• The Nordic Kitchen: One Year of Family Cooking by Claus Meyer
• Plants-Only Kitchen: Over 70 Delicious, Super-Simple, Powerful and Protein-Packed Recipes for Busy People by Gaz Oakley (Enter our US/UK/NZ/AU giveaway.)
• Procrastibaking: 100 Recipes for Getting Nothing Done in the Most Delicious Way Possible by Erin Gardner (Enter our US giveaway that includes a baking set from Anolon)
• Easy Everyday Keto: Healthy Kitchen-Perfected Recipes by Alicia A. Romano and America’s Test Kitchen Editors

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Member Photo of the Week

Chocolate cherry hot cross buns from Bake from Scratch, Volume Two: Artisan Recipes for the Home Baker submitted by member Zosia

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Featured Online Recipe

Easy stovetop ‘nduja mac and cheese from Serious Eats

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EYBDigital Previews

Recently we uploaded our 640th EYBDigital Preview where a selection of full sample pages is available for the following cookbooks.

Learn more about EYBDigital Previews.

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• 2 recipes and a piping tutorial from Blooms and Baking: Add Aromatic, Floral Flavors to Cakes, Cookies and More by Amy Ho (Pub date 4/28/2020)
• 3 recipes from Cast Iron Keto: 75 Low-Carb One Pot Meals for the Home Cook by Alex and Lauren Lester (Pub date 4/21/2020)
• 3 recipes from Flavors of the Southeast Asian Grill: Classic Recipes for Seafood and Meats Cooked Over Charcoal by Leela Punyaratabandhu (Be sure to enter our US giveaway to win a copy of this book and a Schmidt Bros. chef’s knife.) (Pub date 3/31/2020)
• 3 recipes from 101 Incredible Gluten-Free Recipes by Jennifer Bigler (Pub date 3/17/2020)

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Cookbook Giveaways
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• Enter our US giveaway to win one of three copies of Simple Fruit: Seasonal Recipes for Baking, Poaching, Sautéing, and Roasting by Laurie Pfalzer. EYB is also providing an additional copy worldwide.
• Enter our US giveaway to win a copy of One Pot Feeds All: 100 New One-Dish Recipes from Roasts to Desserts by Darina Allen with one grand prize winner receiving Anolon cookware. EYB is providing one additional copy worldwide.

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