This supper club bridges cultures

June 11, 2017 by
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One of the best ways to learn a language is through everyday experiences like eating. That's part of the philosophy behind the Manchester, England supper club called Heart and Parcel. The club teaches English to migrant women through cookery classes.  The club's co-founders and teachers Karolina Koscien and Clare Courtney came up with the idea after funding cuts to English… read more

Full Moon Suppers at Salt Water Farm

June 10, 2017 by
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Full Moon Suppers at Salt Water Farm: Recipes from Land and Sea by Annemarie Ahearn is the debut title from the New York City chef who left her job in the big city and started a cooking school for home cooks in Maine.  Salt Water Farm is located in Lincolnville, Maine and shares menus that reflect the treasures of each season… read more

Bourdain predicts the next food trend

June 10, 2017 by
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It's safe to say that Anthony Bourdain has tasted most of the flavors the world has to offer. After eating his way around the globe, one cuisine stands out to the renowned traveler. Bourdain predicts that Filipino food will become the next big culinary trend in the US.   He believes that the food of the Philippines is underated and… read more

Cookbook Giveaway – Full Moon Suppers

June 10, 2017 by
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Full Moon Suppers at Salt Water Farm: Recipes from Land and Sea by Annemarie Ahearn is the debut title from the New York City chef who left her job in the big city and started a cooking school for home cooks in Maine.  For more information on this cookbook, please see our review post,  which shares a recipe for a rustic but lovely Rhubarb… read more

Cooking for the James Beard House

June 9, 2017 by
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Following James Beard's death in 1985, a group of his friends and colleagues, led by Julia Child, banded together to find a fitting use for the culinary icon's home, a New York City brownstone. Beard had welcomed students, authors, chefs, and other food  professionals into his home. The kitchen there was a integral part of America's mid-to-late-20th century food scene.  We… read more

Featured Cookbooks & Recipes

June 9, 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

One ingredient Yotam Ottolenghi can’t live without

June 8, 2017 by
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  Every cook has a short list of "can't live without" ingredients, including popular chef Yotam Ottolenghi. His list includes olive oil, lemons, coffee and - the one thing he says he can't live without - tahini. He prefers Middle Eastern-made versions to Greek or Cypriot varieties. The difference between the two, he says, is that the Middle Eastern version is… read more

Cookbook Giveaway – Desserts LaBelle

June 8, 2017 by
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Desserts LaBelle: Soulful Sweets to Sing About by Patti LaBelle is a collection of the singer's favorite dessert recipes including a chapter on diabetic-friendly treats. With moving personal stories from her career and life along with photographs of her and her family, this is the most personal cookbook the singer has written. For more information on this cookbook, please see our review post, … read more

Desserts LaBelle by Patti LaBelle

June 8, 2017 by
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Desserts LaBelle: Soulful Sweets to Sing About by Patti LaBelle is a collection of the singer's favorite dessert recipes including a chapter on diabetic-friendly treats. With moving personal stories from her career and life along with photographs of her and her family, this is the most personal cookbook the singer has written. Unless you have never heard of YouTube, you… read more

Green Kitchen at Home – David Frenkiel

June 7, 2017 by
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Green Kitchen at Home: Quick and Healthy Vegetarian Food for Everyday by David Frenkiel and Luise Vindahl is filled with over 100 delicious vegetarian recipes straight from their Stockholm kitchen. With quick and easy ideas for weekday lunches and supper, slightly more elaborate dishes for the weekend and everyday recipes for breakfast and dessert, this book shares how they build… read more

Cookbook Giveaway – Green Kitchen at Home

June 7, 2017 by
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Green Kitchen at Home: Quick and Healthy Vegetarian Food for Everyday by David Frenkiel and Luise Vindahl is filled with over 100 delicious vegetarian recipes straight from their Stockholm kitchen. With quick and easy ideas for weekday lunches and supper, slightly more elaborate dishes for the weekend and everyday recipes for breakfast and dessert, this book shares how they build… read more

What’s the difference between sorbet, sherbet, ice cream, and gelato?

June 7, 2017 by
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Cool, rich and creamy treats like ice cream, sherbet, sorbet, and gelato are some of life's best simple treasures. They are all delicious, but there are distinctions between the types of frozen dessert. As with most food items, exceptions blur the lines among the desserts, and there are peculiarities between countries that make strict definitions nearly impossible. If you are… read more

June Cookbook Preview Post Part One

June 7, 2017 by
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After the Spring's huge crop of cookbooks, we are slowing down a bit in June but just in the number of new releases. There are still some great titles to be excited about as we go into summer. Most of the preview titles featured will be the subject of a promotion so check back! Following the Eat Your Books' Facebook page will… read more

Spice support: mustard seed

June 6, 2017 by
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In previous editions of Spice Support, we have focused on ingredients unfamiliar to many Western palates, like mahleb and fenugreek. Today we are looking at a common spice that you may overlook because of its ubiquitous appearance in less than its best form: mustard. Most households have some form of mustard, although frequently you'll find it in a yellow squirt… read more

Cookbook Giveaway – Malaysia – Ping Coombes

June 6, 2017 by
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Malaysia: Recipes from a Family Kitchen by Ping Coombes, winner of MasterChef 2014, brings Malaysian cuisine into the spotlight, from her family table to yours. Drawing inspiration from her mother and from the late-night stalls and street markets in her hometown of Ipoh, Ping has assembled over 100 authentic and approachable recipes that serve as the perfect introduction to the tastes, textures, and… read more

Malaysia by Ping Coombes

June 6, 2017 by
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Malaysia: Recipes from a Family Kitchen by Ping Coombes , winner of MasterChef 2014, brings Malaysian cuisine into the spotlight, from her family table to yours. Drawing inspiration from her mother and from the late-night stalls and street markets in her hometown of Ipoh, Ping has assembled over 100 authentic and approachable recipes that serve as the perfect introduction to the tastes, textures, and… read more

Pairing cookbooks with fiction

June 5, 2017 by
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Many literary classics have inspired cookbooks, such as The Boxcar Children Cookbook or The Jane Austen Cookbook. Over at the website Book Riot, Dana Staves takes a different tack - she is pairing classic cookbooks with modern fictional tales. The idea is to make something from the cookbook, then enjoy the fruits of your labors while you dig into the… read more

100 Percent Real by Sam Talbot

June 5, 2017 by
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100% Real: 100 Insanely Good Recipes for Clean Food Made Fresh* by Sam Talbot delivers100 whole-food recipes and down-to-earth advice about clean eating proving that real food is an enjoyable choice you can make every day. The Top Chef alumni's nourishing dishes are overflowing with natural flavor and free of processed ingredients, questionable additives, sweeteners, or preservatives. Sam starts out… read more

Cookbook Giveaway – 100 Percent Real Sam Talbot

June 5, 2017 by
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100% Real: 100 Insanely Good Recipes for Clean Food Made Fresh by Sam Talbot delivers 100 whole-food recipes and down-to-earth advice about clean eating proving that real food is an enjoyable choice you can make every day. The Top Chef alumni's nourishing dishes are overflowing with natural flavor and free of processed ingredients, questionable additives, sweeteners, or preservatives. For more… read more

A table, food and building a community

June 4, 2017 by
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We all have one of those friends - that totally together person who can do it all - and even when she writes about what she views as her shortcomings she further cements our total admiration of her. My friend is Kim Foster - gorgeous blonde, sexy husband, beautiful children, words spray magically from her like a fountain, champion to so many… read more

What does your egg preference say about you?

June 4, 2017 by
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  My husband and I were eating with friends the other day at a restaurant that has a popular weekly brunch menu. As we were placing our orders, one of my friends asked for a poached egg. The waitress looked at him quizzically, and said "That's the same as over easy, right?" After a quick check with the kitchen, we… read more

Why dried pasta is better than fresh

June 3, 2017 by
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  Fresh pasta has found its way into most major supermarkets, following the trend toward fresher, less processed ingredients. But just because it is fresh doesn't mean it is better than dried pasta, says Evan Kleiman. She explains why in an article in The LA TImes.  Kleiman has been saying this for  years. Back in 1994, she co-authored Pasta Fresca: An Exuberant… read more

Perfect Plates in 5 Ingredients – John Whaite

June 3, 2017 by
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Perfect Plates in 5 Ingredients by John Whaite offers innovative, scaled back recipes that are simple to cook yet impressive to serve while still packed with flavor. Usually, I am not a fan of quick and easy type cookbooks (only because I have that covered after cooking for 30 plus years), but when a cookbook is this nicely and written by… read more

Cookbook Giveaway – Perfect Plates in 5 Ingredients

June 3, 2017 by
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Perfect Plates in 5 Ingredients by John Whaite offers innovative, scaled back recipes that are simple to cook yet impressive to serve while still packed with flavor. For more information on this cookbook, please see our review post, which shares a recipe for an easy one pan supper. We are pleased to offer three copies of this title to our EYB Members in the US.… read more

Featured Cookbooks & Recipes

June 2, 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
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