Helpful features and tips for using EYB including adding books to the Library; recipes and more

Happy New Year! Since we have new Members joining, I’d like to go over a few helpful features in this new year. First, please bookmark this article which is updated each time a new feature is added to Eat Your Books. It can be found on the Home Page as well.

A member in the EYB Cookbook Club recently asked two questions 1) Why does EYB do previews on a title that is not indexed? and 2) What is ckbk?We do previews on titles to give our Members a look inside upcoming and current books. Those books may not qualify for indexing but may be of interest to many Members. The bonus is that EYBD Preview recipes are now indexed and can be added to your Bookshelf. See this article: EYBD Preview indexes.

With regard to his second query, ckbk is a cookbook subscription site where you can access the full content of more than 800 great cookbooks, the majority of which are indexed here on EYB (and more will be indexed periodically). Every book in the EYB Library that is also on ckbk now has a ckbk logo with a link to the full book – see photo above. For more information, please see this article EYB and ckbk are linking up.

Lastly, regarding manually adding cookbooks to the Library. Please know that most current and popular books are already entered in the Library and most are indexed. Before manually adding a book, search for the ISBN or book title – and if not available – using the ISBN try our automatic import function before adding manually. For more information on adding books manually when you do not have an ISBN or that book may be a non-English title, please see this article. If you manually add a book and we have a question, be sure to check your spam or junk email folders for emails from us.

Our team is excited for a new year of cookbooks and working with our Members to answer any and all concerns.

The last few weeks on Eat Your Books

Since our last roundup, Darcie has written these articles:

• The best meals of 2023
• Making the most of holiday cooking gifts
• New Year’s food intentions
• Chef and author Bill Granger has died at 54
• What’s going on with butter?
• Batali attempts a comeback
• Counting down the top recipes of the year
• The surprising history of gingerbread
• Kitchen product trends for 2024
• 2024 food trends: anything, everything, and SPAM
• Keep that fancy wine out of the fridge, say experts
• Sizing up ingredients‘
• Savoring every bite
• Which came first, the chicken or the recipe?
• What’s in that supermarket sourdough?
• Celebrating National Cookie Day
• The humble ramekin is a kitchen workhorse

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.

Jane has posted her annual best books by the experts (and she will soon be posting Best of the Best of 2023):

• The best books of 2023 by the experts

Since our last roundup, I have posted the following:

• The Curry Guy One Pot – Cookbook Giveaway (US/UK/AU/NZ)
• Croatian Savoury Baking Cookbook Giveaway (Worldwide)
• ScheckEats – Cookbook Review and Giveaway (US/CA)
• Italy by Ingredient, Recipe Kit Box & Class Giveaway (US)
• A Very Chinese Cookbook: 100 Recipes from China and Not China (But Still Really Chinese) – Cookbook Review & Giveaway (US/CA)
• Holiday Gift Guide – Favorite Books of 2023 & Giveaway (Worldwide)
• January 2024 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary
• December 2023 New Cookbook Review
• December 2023 EYB Cookbook Club Summary
• 2024 Cookbook Preview
• Cookbook deals are updated when time permits so check that post for new sales – the publisher links automatically update and please see the ICYMI post.
• Calendar – check for updates

My Instagram is thecookbookjunkies.

Jenny and the EYB Team

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. ckbk titles notated as such – for more information on ckbk see Jane’s post. 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.

• Knife Drop: Creative Recipes Anyone Can Cook by Nick DiGiovanni
• Bitter by Alexina Anatole
• Nadiya’s Simple Spices by Nadiya Hussain
• The Hairy Bikers’ Ultimate Comfort Food by The Hairy Bikers
• Madeleine Kamman’s Savoie by Madeleine Kamman ckbk
• Earls: The Cookbook (Anniversary Edition)
• Farmhouse Vegetables: A Vegetable-Forward Cookbook by Michael Smith
• These Delicious Things by Jane Hodson
• Ginger Pig Christmas Cook Book by Tim Wilson and Rebecca Seal
• The Core of an Onion by Mark Kurlansky
• Baking for Pleasure: Comforting Recipes to Bring you Joy by Ravneet Gill
• Michel Roux at Home by Michel Roux Jr.
• Salad Pizza Wine: And Many More Good Things from Elena by Janice Tiefenbach, Stephanie Mercier Voyer, Ryan Gray and Marley Sniatowsky
• Brunch The Sunday Way by Alan Turner and Terrence Williamson
• The Sweet Polish Kitchen by Ren Behan
• Even More Basics to Brilliance by Donna Hay
• Desi Kitchen by Sarah Woods
• Ester: Australian Cooking by Mat Lindsay and Pat Nourse
• The Art of Friday Night Dinner by Eleanor Steafel
• Nadiya’s Simple Spices by Nadiya Hussain
• Bayrut: The Cookbook by Hisham Assaad
• Asian Tapas: Small Bites, Big Flavors by Christophe Megel and Anton Kilayko ckbk

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Member Photo of the Week

Yeasted buns with sweet cheese and fruit from The Sweet Polish Kitchen: A Celebration of Home Baking and Nostalgic Treats (page 50) by Ren Behan submitted by Member Zosia

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

Vietnamese lettuce wraps with peanut sauce from RecipeTin Eats by Nagi Maehashi

Add RecipeTin Eats blog to your Bookshelf for 1,369 additional recipes

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Featured EYBD Preview Recipe

Citrus revani from Peináo: A Greek Feast for All: Recipes to Feed Hungry Guests by Helena Moursellas and Vikki Moursellas

We currently have 7,207 EYBDigital Recipes indexed. All can be added to your Bookshelf.

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EYBDigital Previews

Recently, we uploaded our 1,748th 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.

• 8 recipes from One Pan Chicken: 70 All-in-One Chicken Recipes For Simple Meals, Every Day by Claire Thomson 
• 4 recipes from Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs, & Juice: Cocktails from Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks by Toni Tipton-Martin
• 3 recipes from Bite-Sized French Pastries for the Beginner Baker: Includes Tarts, Sables, Madeleines and More by Sylvie Gruber
• 3 recipes from Oakville Grocery The Cookbook: Seasonal Recipes from the Heart of Wine Country by Oakville Grocery ckbk

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Cookbook Giveaways
Click on the Blue Link below to enter

• Enter our US/CA giveaway to win one of two copies of The Artful Pie Project: A Sweet and Savoury Book of Recipes by Denise Marchessault with artwork and photography by Deb Garlick. Contest expires January 12th, 2024.
• Enter our US/CA giveaway to win one of three copies of Maman & Me: Recipes from Our Iranian American Family by Roya Shariat and Gita Sadeh. Contest expires January 12th, 2024.
• Enter our worldwide giveaway (3 copies US/CA and 1 copy worldwide provided by EYB) to win one of four copies of The German Baking Book: Cakes, Tarts, Breads, and More from the Black Forest and Beyond by Jürgen Krauss. Contest expires January 12th, 2024.
• Enter our US giveaway to win one of three prize packages which include a copy of Bread and Roses: 100+ Grain Forward Recipes Featuring Global Ingredients and Botanicals by Rose Wilde and a Hedley and Bennett apron; a five pound bag of of Whole Grain from Barton Spring Mill and a bottle of Graza Olive Oil. Contest expires January 14th, 2024.

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

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