The Baker in Me – Daphna Rabinovitch

January 31, 2017 by
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The Baker in Me by Daphna Rabinovitch is a collection of over 250 delights for the baker in all of us. Daphna, a trained pastry chef, is a home baker at heart. These are not recipes that were tested in a professional bakery - they were created in a kitchen just like our own.   The author begins with a chapter… read more

Cookbook Giveaway – The Baker in Me

January 31, 2017 by
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The Baker in Me by Daphna Rabinovitch is a collection of over 250 delights for the baker in all of us. A truly beautiful baking bible that will satisfy any level of experience. For more information on this title, please see our review and recipe post. We are pleased to offer three copies of The Baker in Me to our EYB Members in… read more

Enhance your cooking with video recipes

January 31, 2017 by
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  Did you know there are over 4,300 video recipes in the EYB Library? They are from a variety of sources including blogs like 101 Cookbooks and Serious Eats, newspapers and magazines like The New York Times, Bon Appetit, and Food Network Magazine;  from favorite authors like Annabel Langbein and Yotam Ottolenghi. Some of these recipes are specific "how-to" instructions,… read more

The intersection of food and politics

January 30, 2017 by
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  In order to find interesting food news to share with EYB Members, I spend considerable time on social media (tough job, I know). I follow hundreds of food writers, publications, chefs, and bloggers on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. As I am sure that Members in the US can verify, our feeds as of late are peppered with political posts… read more

The Year of the Rooster

January 29, 2017 by
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  Billions of people the world over are ringing in the Chinese New Year with celebrations, fireworks, and of course, food. Many of us will opt for takeaway, but others of us will likely make our own meals to ring in the Year of the Rooster. If you're among the latter, TV chef Ching-He Huang has a few pointers to help… read more

Cookbooks of the Middle East and the World

January 29, 2017 by
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Omnivore Books posted a photo in their San Francisco store window this weekend in an attempt to spread the love of not only international cookbooks but also different cultures and the people behind those traditions and cuisines. I borrowed a portion of their photo (above) for this post. I've been a fan (hoarder) of all things international - not only cookbooks… read more

Cookbook Giveaway – Bowls of Plenty

January 28, 2017 by
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Bowls of Plenty: Recipes for Healthy and Delicious Whole-Grain Meals by Carolynn Carreño is not your typical grain book. It is chock full of international recipes, American favorites and desserts. Carolynn makes grain bowls cool, tempting and delicious. You will be bowled over (as I was by this title). (I'm here all night tip your servers.) For more information on… read more

Bowls of Plenty: Recipes for Healthy and Delicious Whole-Grain Meals by Carolynn Carreño

January 28, 2017 by
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Bowls of Plenty: Recipes for Healthy and Delicious Whole-Grain Meals by Carolynn Carreño dishes up (is bowled up a thing?) over 75 delicious recipes for hearty meals in the humble bowl. Does the cookbook collector need another book for bowl food? Yes, when it is as great and unique as this one.   I admit - I'm the first to… read more

Food serves as a bridge to cultures

January 28, 2017 by
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  Food has served as a bridge between cultures dating back to ancient times. Emissaries carrying gifts always brought some type of food from their homeland like fruits, vegetables or baked goods that were novel to the country they were visiting. The gifts served more than one purpose: beyond a mere gesture of goodwill, the foods provided insight into the… read more

The trouble with minimal-ingredient recipes

January 27, 2017 by
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One of the most frequently clicked recipe subcategory for many food websites is the "5 ingredients or fewer" section. Cooks looking for simple meals flock to those minimalist recipes. Bonnie Berwick investigates this phenomenon in a recent Washington Post article, wondering why these recipes often leave out a few essential ingredients - and why they frequently disappoint.     Most of… read more

Featured Cookbooks & Recipes

January 27, 2017 by
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At Eat Your Books we want to bring you the best recipes - our dedicated team searches out and finds online recipes excerpted from newly indexed cookbooks and magazines. New recipes from the best blogs are indexed daily and members index their favorite online recipes using  the Bookmarklet all the time. Below you'll find this week's recommendations from the EYB team.… read more

Food in fiction

January 26, 2017 by
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We've reviewed books in which food plays a major part on this blog before, writing about which great meals in literature, and the top kitchens in literature, among others. Over at the website bookriot.com, writer Sarah Nicolas is really diving into the topic. She's got a list of her favorite 100 works of food fiction.  Nicolas has divvied up her… read more

Cookbook Giveaway – Vij’s Indian

January 26, 2017 by
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Vij's Indian: Our Stories, Spices and Cherished Recipes by Meeru Dhalwala and Vikram Vij is a beautiful book packed with 80 recipes, stories, background and more that will equally please the beginner to experienced cook.  For more information on this title, please see our review and recipe post. We are pleased to offer three copies of Vij's Indian to our EYB… read more

Vij’s Indian Our Stories, Spices and Cherished Recipes

January 26, 2017 by
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Vij's Indian: Our Stories, Spices and Cherished Recipes by Meeru Dhalwala and Vikram Vij opens with these words "Cooking is the doorway to caring about where our food comes from, taking care of our families and taking care of our health. It connects our hands to our senses and to everyone's hearts." Such a simple statement that carries so much… read more

Vancouver cookbook store to close

January 25, 2017 by
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  I'm afraid we have some sad news to report in the world of cookbook stores. After a 20 year run, Barbara Jo's Books to Cooks, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, is shutting its doors. In her letter, owner Barbara Jo says that she will keep the website and will report there on her future plans at a later date. … read more

Exciting Baking Books of 2017

January 25, 2017 by
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I know what you are thinking - the dust hasn't settled on 2016 and this cookbook enabler is already revving us up for 2017. I feel it is my duty to keep you fully informed on what greatness in the cookbook field is coming our way and today I want to concentrate on baking titles.  If you pre-order using our… read more

Are James Beard’s six essential herbs right for today’s cooks?

January 24, 2017 by
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In 1974, James Beard published his iconic Beard on Food. In that tome, he listed the six herbs that he couldn't cook without (actually seven because he felt parsley was so universal that it didn't need to be named). The Beard Foundation recently excerpted the list and Beard's explanation of his selections. The must-have herbs were basil, bay leaf, rosemary, savory,… read more

Craft Burgers & Crazy Shakes from Black Tap

January 24, 2017 by
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Craft Burgers and Crazy Shakes from Black Tap by Joe Isidori is a fun, modern cookbook that brings a feeling of nostalgia home. What is more iconic when we think of American food than a burger and shake (okay....maybe a hot dog and apple pie)?  Black Tap restaurants are the place to be in New York with four locations citywide.… read more

Cookbook Giveaway – Craft Burgers & Crazy Shakes

January 24, 2017 by
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Craft Burgers and Crazy Shakes from Black Tap by Joe Isidori is a burger lover's dream. With exciting burger flavor combinations, multiple sauce and side recipes and a whole flip-side of shakes that are crazy good, it's the book that will bring out the kid in all of us. For more information on this title, please see our review and… read more

Ruby Tandoh takes on the clean eating phenomenon

January 23, 2017 by
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It seems that every food website you see has a feature or two on 'clean eating'. Bloggers who promote the tenets of the movement (few or no carbs- especially sugar, few processed foods, and a focus on vegetables) have become nearly overnight sensations. GBBO contestant and bestselling cookbook author Ruby Tandoh recently contributed an opinion piece to The Guardian in which she… read more

January 2017 – Cookbook Roundup

January 23, 2017 by
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Each month I happily wade through hundreds of cookbooks, selecting and reviewing all the best new releases from U.S., Canada, U.K., Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand and this month one from Belgium! The only thing left for you to do is to add them to your Bookshelf.  Time to put health first this month as many of January's titles reflect… read more

Recipe hoarders

January 22, 2017 by
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  Have you ever had a dish that you wanted to recreate, so you asked for the recipe - only to be denied by the person who made the dish? It might be understandable for a chef to keep a recipe trademarked, but what about your neighbor or family member? Is it fair to keep recipes a secret? Over at… read more

Author Article – Lisa Q. Fetterman

January 22, 2017 by
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Sous Vide at Home: The Modern Technique for Perfectly Cooked Meals by Lisa Q. Fetterman and Meesha Halm and Scott Peabody demystifies immersion circulation technology while providing easy recipes for the home kitchen.  Lisa Q. Fetterman is the CEO and founder of Nomiku, the maker of the first affordable sous vide device - she knows her stuff. Recipes such as Halibut… read more

Cookbook Giveaway – Sous Vide at Home

January 22, 2017 by
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Sous Vide at Home: The Modern Technique for Perfectly Cooked Meals by Lisa Q. Fetterman and Meesha Halm and Scott Peabody demystifies immersion circulation technology while providing easy recipes for the home kitchen.  For more information on this title, please see our author interview post. We are pleased to offer three copies of Sous Vide at Home to our EYB Members in… read more

Stories about food and women

January 21, 2017 by
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  Many men love to cook and are well represented in professional kitchens, but for centuries the everyday task of feeding the family has predominantly rested on the shoulders of women. They are the ones who toiled, day in and day out, often in difficult circumstances, to make sure that everyone was fed. Many of us learned to cook at… read more
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