Is this a golden age of desserts?

April 19, 2017 by
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  For many years - decades , even - desserts at restaurants were often an afterthought. Only in the finest dining establishments would you find a dedicated pastry chef who would put together a well-considered, challenging, and delicious dessert menu. In the aftermath of the financial crisis in the late 2000s, even those restaurants began to cut their pastry programs.… read more

Cookbook Giveaway – Cin Cin Wood-Fired Cucina

April 19, 2017 by
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Cin Cin Wood-Fired Cucina by Andrew Richardson celebrates the 25th anniversary of the famous Cin Cin Ristorante + Bar in Vancouver. The restaurant and cookbook both focus on fresh, local ingredients that are allowed to shine in recipes. For more information on this cookbook, please see our review and recipe post.  We are pleased to offer two copies of this title to our EYB Members in the… read more

Cin Cin Wood-Fired Cucina

April 19, 2017 by
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Cin Cin Wood-Fired Cucina by Andrew Richardson celebrates the 25th anniversary of the famous Cin Cin Ristorante + Bar in Vancouver. The restaurant and cookbook both focus on fresh, local ingredients that are allowed to shine in recipes. Showcasing wood-oven cooking techniques and filled with spectacular photographs, each ingredient is highlighted by section. With recipes for Fried Zucchini Blossoms - Montasio, Goat Cheese… read more

Browse cookbooks in a hotel lobby

April 18, 2017 by
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  If you are planning to visit New York City, we found a hotel that you may never want to leave if you love cookbooks. Matt Sartwell, the managing partner of Kitchen Arts & Letters has opened a branch of the culinary bookstore in the lobby library of the Park South Hotel in NoMad. The site will feature a wide variety of… read more

Cookbook Giveaway – Tartine All Day

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Tartine All Day: Modern Recipes for the Home Cook by Elisabeth Prueitt, Jessica Washburn and Maria Zizka hit the shelves this month and I did my cookbook happy dance. Tartine's books are favorites of Eat Your Book members and this cookbook lover as well. Over the years, I have made many recipes and have not experienced a flop. This is how bad I… read more

Tartine All Day

April 18, 2017 by
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Tartine All Day: Modern Recipes for the Home Cook by Elisabeth Prueitt, Jessica Washburn and Maria Zizka hit the shelves this month and I did my cookbook happy dance. (Think Elaine - Seinfeld). Tartine's books are favorites of Eat Your Book members and this cookbook lover as well. Over the years, I have made many recipes and have not experienced a flop. This… read more

Meet the new Queen of Ice Cream

April 17, 2017 by
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  Unlike the recent spate of ice cream cookbooks, Hello, My Name is Ice Cream by Dana Cree isn't a book from an iconic local shop or specialty label ice cream manufacturer. As indexed magazine Saveur explains in its interview with Dana, the cookbook is more of "a single-subject edition of Modernist Cuisine, or a biochem textbook where the at-home exercises reward you… read more

Highlights of April’s Cookbooks Part 3

April 17, 2017 by
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April is a busy month - over 150 cookbooks from around the world being released that will make it to our roundup. My first  and second preview posts focused mainly on US titles and today's features more international releases. If you wish to buy or preorder any of these titles, using our BUY BOOK button helps support our indexing efforts by providing a… read more

The ultimate guide to Italian bakeries

April 16, 2017 by
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EYB Members, being very worldly, are likely familiar with a great many Italian baked goods and desserts like biscotti, pannetone, and cannoli. But these delicious treats are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Italian baking. Dozens more fried doughs, cookies, and frozen treats hail from Italy, with intriguing names like zeppole, cassatini, and pasticiotti. If you… read more

What is sumac?

April 15, 2017 by
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  It seems like Middle Eastern food is becoming more popular by the minute. As people focus on the cuisine of the region, they will undoubtedly encounter a few spices and herbs that are unfamiliar to them. One of the newer (to Western palates) spices to emerge recently is sumac. Let's take a quick look at this versatile spice.  Sumac… read more

Eat This Poem by Nicole Gulotta

April 15, 2017 by
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Eat This Poem: A Literary Feast of Recipes Inspired by Poetry by Nicole Gulotta features 75 original recipes accompanied by poems from 25 of America's most beloved poets.  Nicole, the author, is the writer of the popular blog by the same name, Eat This Poem. This is a lovely book that will please the poetry lover, cookbook lover and lover of… read more

Cookbook Giveaway – Eat This Poem

April 15, 2017 by
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Eat This Poem: A Literary Feast of Recipes Inspired by Poetry by Nicole Gulotta features 75 original recipes accompanied by poems from 25 of America's most beloved poets. Nicole has several events planned - check to see if she is in your area. For more information on this cookbook, please see our review and recipe post.  We are pleased to offer five copies of this title… read more

Pale foods can be nutritious too

April 14, 2017 by
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  We've all heard the mantra from health professionals: for optimal nutrition, eat brightly colored foods. Dark green, vivid orange, deep purple - all of these rich colors are associated with foods high in vitamins and beneficial compounds. Despite this correlation, many pale foods are healthy, too. The Toronto Globe and Mail explains, discussing five colorless foods that are good for… read more

Featured Cookbooks & Recipes

April 14, 2017 by
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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

Food for Soul

April 13, 2017 by
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When chefs become famous, they usually work to expand their restaurant empire by opening new locations, often in far-flung places. Celebrated chef Massimo Bottura of Osteria Francescana, located in Modena, Italy and one of the world's top restaurants, has chosen a different path. Instead of creating more eateries, he is focusing his energy on an initiative to ameliorate the growing… read more

Jack’s Wife Freda – Cookbook, Restaurant, and a Love Story Generations Old

April 13, 2017 by
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Jack's Wife Freda: Cooking From New York's West Village by Dean and Maya Jankelowitz is a crush-worthy book. From it's funky green cover with the image of Dean's grandmother, Freda, to the photographs, recipes and overall cool vibe of this book - I am smitten. Jack's Wife Freda are a pair of wildly popular restaurants that deliver Jewish comfort-food to New… read more

Cookbook Giveaway – Jack’s Wife Freda

April 13, 2017 by
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Jack's Wife Freda: Cooking From New York's West Village by Dean and Maya Jankelowitz is a crush-worthy book. From it's funky green cover with the image of Dean's grandmother, Freda, to the photographs, recipes and overall cool vibe of this book - I am smitten. For more information on this cookbook, please see our review and recipe post.  We are pleased to offer three… read more

Cocktails get help from the kitchen

April 12, 2017 by
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The cocktail renaissance is in its second decade, and now that the classics have been rediscovered and updated, creativity and innovation are defining the craft. Bartenders across the globe are incorporating new ideas and ingredients into their drinks, often borrowing heavily from the kitchen and garden.  Carrot juice and even mushrooms are finding their way into glasses at bars across… read more

Cookbook Giveaway & Cabot Cheese – Melts and Milk. Made.

April 12, 2017 by
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To celebrate National Grilled Cheese day, we have a special prize package in our contest today open to Eat Your Books members in the US. Three winners will win a copy of  Melts: Over 50 Delicious Toasted and Grilled Sandwich Recipes by Fern Green, a copy of Milk. Made. : A Book About Cheese: How to Make It, Buy It and Eat… read more

Croque Monsieur Battle * Melts v. Milk. Made.

April 12, 2017 by
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Today, April 12th, is National Grilled Cheese Day and to celebrate such a gooey, delicious observation, I put two great Croque Monsieur recipes to the test. Who won? Keep reading to find out.  The bottom Croque Monsieur (and the one to the right on the spatula in the photo above) is from Melts, a new release from Fern Green.  The… read more

Are these the next big kitchen trends?

April 11, 2017 by
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  Chances are if you have a lot of cookbooks, you also have a lot of kitchen equipment. When you see all of those delicious recipes you simply must try, items like tagines, Dutch ovens, stand mixers, and specialty baking pans find their way into your home. The folks at Cook's Illustrated have just returned from eyeing new equipment from the… read more

Highlights of April’s Cookbooks Part 2

April 11, 2017 by
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Last week, I shared a preview post featuring a baker's dozen of US cookbooks and one would think I'd be done. But as I stated, there are roughly 150 titles being released in April - I've only just begun! Today, I have another thirteen titles to share with Eat Your Book members. The next preview post will focus on international releases and… read more

Cookbook Giveaway – Chicken in the Mango Tree

April 11, 2017 by
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Chicken in the Mango Tree: Food and Life in a Thai-Khmer Village by Jeffrey Alford is part memoir and part cookbook which documents his journey from Toronto to Kravan, a small village in rural Thailand. He shares the journey that led him to his new life in this village that he shares with his partner, Pea, a talented forager, gardener… read more

Chicken in the Mango Tree by Jeffrey Alford

April 11, 2017 by
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Chicken in the Mango Tree: Food and Life in a Thai-Khmer Village by Jeffrey Alford is part memoir and part cookbook which documents his journey from Toronto to Kravan, a small village in rural Thailand. He shares the journey that led him to his new life in this village that he shares with his partner, Pea, a talented forager, gardener and… read more

The evolution of eating

April 10, 2017 by
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  Those who subscribe to a Paleo diet are often convinced it is better for us because it mimics how our ancestors ate. They argue that evolution hasn't caught up to our modern, starch-heavy diets. Until recently, it has been difficult to determine if this is true, but new technology has provided researchers with more insight on the diets of… read more
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