Cookbook Giveaway – Breaking Breads

Uri Scheft's Breaking Breads is magic. It is tied for the number one spot on my best cookbooks of 2016 (coming soon). You can read more about this title on our review post which includes a recipe for Jerusalem Bagels and Chocolate Babka that you can bake now! We are pleased to offer three copies of this title to our EYB Members… read more

Breaking Breads by Uri Scheft

Uri Scheft is the bread whisperer. His Breads Bakery in New York and Lehamim Bakery in Tel Aviv are all the rage and rightfully so. Breaking Breads, his debut title, is one of the most beautifully done bread books I've come across. I must be honest, I'm not one to crave bread - bagels - yes - a hollowed out, well toasted… read more

Gifts for cookbook lovers

These gifts would be a delight for any food or cookbook lover to unwrap. If you know of any sites that we've missed, let us know in the comments and we'll add them to the post.  UK Yotam Ottolenghi - Gift hampers and kits (more items on the main page) Nigella Lawson - Stationery and gift wrap Fuchsia Dunlop - Authentic Chinese Cooking Set… read more

Featured Cookbooks & Recipes

Do you find other people's comments on recipes helpful? Have you written your own recipe Notes? It's a great way to remind yourself how a dish turned out and share your experience with the EYB community. On each Recipe Details page you'll find a Notes tab. Adding online recipes to your EYB Bookshelf is a really great way to expand… read more

Cooking and baking are good for your mental health

At the end of a stressful week, I look forward to the weekend so that I can relax in the kitchen with a baking project. To paraphrase a popular saying, a bad day in the kitchen is better than a good day at work. Baking and cooking are forms of therapy for me, and I'm sure most EYB Members would agree.… read more

A cookbook ‘starter library’

  Cookbook lovers not only read, collect, and cook from cookbooks, they also love to share their passion with others by giving cookbook gifts. Whether the gift is for a holiday, wedding, graduation, or other important life event, a cookbook is not only useful and thoughtful, it can become a cherished reminder of someone's love. Over at indexed blog The… read more

Ingredient – Ali Bouzari

In Ali Bouzari's debut book, Ingredient: Unveiling the Essential Elements of Food, each of the fundamental building blocks of food are fully explored to allow cooks a way to visualize and respond to what's really happening in the pan. An ingredient is a tomato, a tortilla, or some tarragon. An Ingredient (with a capital "I") is a recurring theme (or fundamental… read more

Cookbook Giveaway – Ingredient by Ali Bouzari

Ingredient: Unveiling the Essential Elements of Food by Ali Bouzari is a "how cooking works manual" that any serious cook should devour. You can read more about this title in our review post.   We are pleased to offer three copies of this title to our EYB Members in the U.S., Canada and the U.K.   One of the entry options… read more
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