A spoonful of vinegar, recipes, EYBD Previews and more

This week while cruising through my recommended articles – thank you Google – I came across one entitled The Unexpected Condiment That Adds Color and Flavor to Chocolate Cake.

“Just a tablespoon in the batter can transform a dense, heavy dessert into something lighter, fluffier, and even more delectable. Vinegar not only affects the texture of a cake, but its color and flavor as well. Though at first this might sound unappetizing, as vinegar has such a harsh flavor, it works well in concert with the cake’s other ingredients to form a harmonious finished product.”

I do put a teaspoon of vinegar in my pecan pie filling as it cuts a little of the sweetness – I learned that from Carla Hall. But I have not tried vinegar in cake recipes? Have any of our Members?

If it works for cakes, can it work in brownies? There are 70 recipes in our Library for brownies with vinegar as an ingredient – I cannot wait to try vinegar in my next chocolate cake or batch of brownies.

There are 576 recipes – 184 online recipes – for chocolate cake with vinegar as an ingredient in our Library.

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For those who are new to our site or who may have missed the news, last month we announced that we have connected the EYB database to ckbk’s library of digital cookbooks. ckbk is a cookbook subscription site where you can access the full content of more than 700 great cookbooks, the majority of which are indexed here on EYB (and more will be indexed). For all the details, please see Jane’s post.

The last few weeks on Eat Your Books

Since our last roundup, Darcie has written these articles:

• Finally some good news about food prices
• Changing old ways in the kitchen
• Gardens are full of miracles and disappointments
• James Beard Cookbook Award winners
• Are robots coming to a restaurant near you?
• To become a better cook, start scribbling
• Celebrate National Doughnut Day
• Recipes to welcome summer
• Going bananas
• The ebb and flow of ingredients
• James Beard Award-winning chef to open indigenous food lab

Darcie’s weekly food news antipasto is shared every Sunday and the tag #foodnews brings up these information-packed posts from the most current to the first one. Darcie can be followed on Instagram at darcie_bakes.

Since our last roundup, I have posted the following:

• Pasta Masterclass Cookbook Giveaway (US/UK/AU/NZ)
• Food & Drink Modernist Cuisine Photography – Giveaway (US)
• May 2023 New Cookbook Review
• May 2023 EYB Cookbook Club Summary
• June 2023 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary (updated with Kitchen Arts Letters summer session and more)
• In case you missed it: All things cookbook care, management and organizational roundup
• 2023 Cookbook Preview Listing – (updated)
• Cookbook deals are updated when time permits so check that post for new sales – the publisher links automatically update -the ICYMI post explains the post in detail.
• Calendar – check for updates

My Instagram is thecookbookjunkies.

Jenny and the EYB Team

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Recently Indexed Titles

Our team of member and pro indexers are working hard indexing titles, both new and old. Below are just a few highlighted titles that were recently indexed. Remember to view the most current indexed titles – they will always show up at the top of the EYB Library and your Bookshelf. Recent indexed magazines can be found here. For information on member indexing, please see this roundup with more details.

• Ed Mitchell’s BBQ by Ed and Ryan Mitchell Events
• Paella: The Original One-Pan Dish: Over 50 Recipes for the Spanish Classic by Omar Allibhoy
• Vegetable Revelations: Inspiration for Produce-Forward Cooking by Steven Satterfield
• Bake from Scratch, Volume Seven: Artisan Recipes for the Home Baker by Brian Hart Hoffman
• Veg Forward: Super Delicious Recipes that Put Veggies at the Center of the Plate by Susan Spungen Events
• Pomegranates and Artichokes: Recipes and memories of a journey from Iran to Italy by Saghar Saterah ckbk
• Tekebash and Saba: Recipes from the Horn of Africa by Saba Alemayoh ckbk
• Yiayia: Time-perfected Recipes from Greece’s Grandmothers by Anastasia Miari
• Grand Dishes: Recipes and Stories from Grandmothers of the World by Anastasia Miari ckbk
• Flavcity’s 5 Ingredient Meals: 50 Easy Recipes with Expert Shopping Tips by Bobby and Dessi Parrish ckbk
• Simple and Delicious Vegan: 100 Vegan and Gluten-Free Recipes Created by ElaVegan by Michaela Vais ckbk
• Brunch with Brother Marcus: Recipes from the Eastern Med by Tas Gaitanos and Alex Large ckbk
• Vietnamese Vegetarian: Simple Vegetarian Recipes From a Vietnamese Home Kitchen by Uyen Luu
• Comfort and Joy: Irresistible Pleasures from a Vegetarian Kitchen by Ravinder Bhogal
• The Australian Blue Ribbon Cookbook: Stories, Recipes and Secret Tips from Prize-Winning Show Cooks ckbk and The Blue Ribbon Cookbook: Recipes, Stories and Tips from Prizewinning Country Show Cooks by Liz Harfull ckbk
• Hidden Kitchens of Sri Lanka by Bree Hutchins ckbk
• Flavour Kitchen: Vibrant Recipes with Creative Twists by Crystelle Pereira Events
• Picnics and Other Outdoor Feasts and Everything Tastes Better Outdoors by Claudia Roden
• 52 Shabbats: Friday Night Dinners Inspired by a Global Jewish Kitchen by Faith Kramer
• Home Cooked: Recipes from the Farm by Kate Humble

There are many more books that have been indexed including ckbk titles so be sure to check the Library and sort by date indexed.

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Member Photo of the Week

Japanese milk bread rolls from The All-Purpose Baker’s Companion (Revised and Updated) (page 182) by King Arthur Baking Company submitted by member anya_sf

Have you uploaded any of your own photos yet? Learn more! Please remember to update your profile with your Instagram name if you would like to be tagged in any photos that we share!

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Featured Online Recipe

Ham and cheese omelette from RecipeTin Eats by Nagi Maehashi

Add RecipeTinEats to your Bookshelf for 1,294 additional recipes

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Featured EYBD Preview Recipe

Summer berry tartlets with vanilla bean cream from Summer Fruit Pastries: 60 Sumptuous Recipes from Galettes to Tartlets by Ryland Peters & Small

We currently have 6,523 EYBDigital Recipes indexed. All can be added to your Bookshelf.

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EYBDigital Previews

Recently, we uploaded our 1,606th EYBDigital Preview where a selection of full sample pages are available including the titles below.

Learn more about EYBDigital Previews.

Note: All Preview recipes are indexed, whether the full book is indexed or not. Any Preview recipe can be added to your Bookshelf.

• 11 recipes from The Outdoor Cook: How to Cook Anything Outside Using Your Grill, Fire Pit, Flat-Top Griddle, and More by America’s Test Kitchen
• 2 recipes from I’ll Drink to That!: Broadway’s Legendary Stars, Classic Shows, and the Cocktails They Inspired by Laurence Maslon
• 6 recipes from Every Night of the Week Veg: Meat Free Beyond Monday by Lucy Tweed Pub date August 24th, 2023
• 2 recipes from Rintaro: Food and Stories from a Japanese Izakaya in California by Sylvan Mishima Brackett Pub date October 10, 2023

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Cookbook Giveaways
Click on the Blue Link below to enter

• Enter our US giveaway to win one of four prize packages each to include a copy of Susan Gravely’s Italy on a Plate: Travels, Memories, Menus, two Italian dish towels from VIETRI, and a pack of six spices from Burlap & Barrel. Contest expires June 12th, 2023.
• Enter our US giveaway to win one of two copies of Totally Kosher: Tradition with a Twist! 150+ Recipes for the Holidays and Every Day by Chanie Apfelbaum. Contest expires June 15th, 2023.
• Enter our US/UK/AU/NZ giveaway to win one of three copies of Salt of the Earth: Secrets of a Greek Kitchen by Carolina Doriti. Contest expires June 16th, 2023.
• Enter our US/CA/UK giveaway to win one of four copies of Dark Rye & Honeycake: Festival Baking from Belgium, the Heart of the Low Countries by Regula Ysewijn. Contest expires June 17th, 2023.

The cookbook giveaway roundup shares all current giveaways including those open worldwide and to other regions.

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