The plating trend that some chefs find vexing

December 6, 2017 by
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  When you eat at a fine-dining establishment, it's become commonplate to find precisely arranged droplets of sauce or a discrete schmear of puree on your plate. The trend started many years ago and shows no signs of abating, but not everyone finds it pleasing, says Nina Martyris on NPR's 'The Salt'.  In an article titled 'Haute Dots of Sauce… read more

The Simple Bites Kitchen

December 6, 2017 by
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The Simple Bites Kitchen: Nourishing Whole Food Recipes for Every Day by Aimée Wimbush-Bourque beautifully shares the popular blogger's love of whole foods along with heart-warming kitchen stories and recipes that are nutritious, fairly simple to make, and utterly delicious. Aimée knows the challenges that come with feeding a family and tackles them head on by providing lunchbox inspiration, supper… read more

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s non-traditional wedding cake preference

December 5, 2017 by
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  With all of the negativity that seems to be invading my news feed these days, I must admit I am a sucker for food-related posts that lighten my mood. Today's winner in that regard was the announcement of the type of wedding cake that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly favoring.  Food and Wine reports that the royal… read more

Valerie’s Home Cooking

December 5, 2017 by
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Valerie's Home Cooking: More Than 100 Delicious Recipes to Share with Friends and Family by Valerie Bertinelli is a celebrity cookbook that delivers recipes that present beautifully and taste great.  Rosemary and pepper crackers, Chicken with lemon-wine sauce, and Brown sugar sriracha bacon bites are just a few of the recipes that will become family favorites. Valerie comes from a… read more

Kitchen Creativity – Kuhn Rikon Chef Kitchen Tools – Gneiss Spice

December 4, 2017 by
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Kitchen Creativity: Unlocking Culinary Genius-with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Ideas from the World's Most Creative Chefs by Karen Page is one of my top cookbooks of 2017. You may find that inclusion a bit odd as this title contains no recipes, but what is great about this title is that it guides cooks to more inventive and intuitive approaches to cooking without recipes! … read more

How the Food Network went from low budget to high influence

December 4, 2017 by
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  It seems impossible to imagine cooking today without mentioning food television shows or chefs that rose to stardom cooking on TV. Yet it wasn't that long ago when the commercial food television industry was in its infancy. To be sure, there were shows on public television, but you could count food personalities on one hand. That all changed starting… read more

Holiday gifts from your favorite authors

December 3, 2017 by
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  Jenny has already provided some amazing lists of wonderul holiday gifts for cooks and cookbook lovers. In addition, we have a listing of sites featuring holiday hampers and gifts from the most popular chefs and cookbook authors around the world. Some of these items can be shipped and others need to be picked up in store. These gifts would… read more

Top Cookbooks of 2017

December 2, 2017 by
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Every food writer and site puts up some type of best of list. Eat Your Books, as you well know, is dedicated to cookbooks, as am I, naturally our list will be longer. I base this list on all the cookery books published in 2017 from around the globe. I only include books that I have purchased or received for… read more

The fascinating history of celery

December 2, 2017 by
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These days, about the only place you'll see celery being served is alongside Buffalo wings, in a Bloody Mary, or as part of a relish tray (where it will likely remain after all of the other vegetables are eaten). That wasn't always the case, says Heather Arndt Anderson. Beginning in the mid-1800s and continuing for almost 100 years, celery was… read more

Chocolatiers aim to make you rethink white chocolate

December 1, 2017 by
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  White chocolate is often derided as not being "real chocolate", and critics dismiss it as being one-dimensional and overly sweet. A growing number of chocolatiers are quietly changing that perception, one confection at a time, says food writer Simran Sethi, author of Bread, Wine, Chocolate: The Slow Loss of Foods We Love.  Most food historians agree that we can… read more

Two Weeks of Featured Cookbooks and Recipes

December 1, 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

Modern French Pastry

November 30, 2017 by
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Modern French Pastry: Innovative Techniques, Tools and Design by Cheryl Wakerhauser is not your grandmother's pastry cookbook. In the world of cookbook reviews, the word unique gets flung about like spun sugar, but I swear on my stack of vintage French tart pans - this title is unique and exciting.  Cheryl Wakerhauser is the owner of Pix Pâtisserie in Portland, Oregon… read more

The most popular Christmas candy in each state

November 30, 2017 by
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I have to admit I'm a sucker for lists, so I was tickled when Jenny shared this with me: a listing of the top Christmas candy for each state in the US. I knew that people in the US have a sweet tooth, but was a bit taken aback that we will spend $1.93 billion USD on candy for the holiday… read more

Little steps helped accomplish a big dream

November 29, 2017 by
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Conventional wisdom says that if you want to publish a cookbook but don't have a huge Instagram following, own a wildly successful restaurant, or host a popular television cooking show, it's almost impossible to get taken seriously by agents and publishers. It's a good thing that Reem Kassis didn't believe in conventional wisdom, because she recently published a cookbook without… read more

Eat Your Books Cookbook Club January – March Selections

November 29, 2017 by
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In September we announced the formation of the Eat Your Books Cookbook Club on Facebook. We have grown to over 4,400 members and welcome all to join us. In October and November, roundup posts highlighting the wonderful creations our members have been posting were shared. For ease in locating EYB Cookbook Club articles, I have tagged all posts with #EYBcookbookclub and include a link… read more

Julie Taboulie’s Lebanese Kitchen

November 29, 2017 by
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From the time she was a young girl, Julie Ann Sageer, was affectionately called "Julie Taboulie" by her family. Always passionate about preparing and cooking the traditional food of her Lebanese heritage,  she shares that passion in her first cookbook, Julie Taboulie's Lebanese Kitchen: Authentic Recipes for Fresh and Flavorful Mediterranean Home Cooking. The cookbook is the perfect companion to Julie's… read more

Spice support: holiday baking spices

November 28, 2017 by
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  As they enter the holiday baking season, bakers the world over are assessing their pantries to make sure they have enough of the requisite spices and flavorings to complete their baking agendas. Vanilla, cinnamon, anise, nutmeg, cloves, allspice, cardamom and ginger form the backbone of flavor for many baked goods. We have already discussed cinnamon and cardamom in previous… read more

The Vegetable – Recipe, review and giveaway

November 28, 2017 by
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The Vegetable: Recipes that Celebrate Nature by Caroline Griffiths and Vicki Valsamis is a collection of 130 plant-based recipes featuring fresh flavors and exciting combinations that will delight anyone looking to eat more vegetables. Over the last few years, cookbooks focusing on vegetable dishes have become incredibly tempting and exciting. With stunning full-color photography throughout, the book is broken down by… read more

Le Chef releases its list of the top 100 chefs in the world

November 27, 2017 by
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  Yesterday, Le Chef magazine announced its annual compilation of the 100 best chefs in the world for 2018. Chef Michel Troisgros from Maison Troisgros restaurant in Ouches, France, was named as the  best chef in the world for 2018.  The list also includes names you know and might expect, like Alain Ducasse, René Redzepi, Massimo Bottura, Thomas Keller, Daniel Boulud, Corey Lee, and Grant… read more

Lure – Recipe, review and giveaway

November 27, 2017 by
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Lure: Sustainable Seafood Recipes from the West Coast by Ned Bell and Valerie Howes will open your mind to a vast array of fish and shellfish that you might not have considered before. Here, readers embark on a wild Pacific adventure and discover the benefits of healthy oils and rich nutrients that seafood deliver.  This cookbook, authored by chef and seafood… read more

Baked in Vermont – Gesine Prado – and other television news

November 26, 2017 by
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Gesine Bullock-Prado's baking cookbooks are incredible. If the woman wrote a book on how to boil water, I'd buy it. Bake It Like You Mean It: Gorgeous Cakes from Inside Out is my favorite - but all of her titles, including her memoir, will never leave my collection. As I had a cooking show playing in the background this weekend, I… read more

‘Molto Mario’ returns for a limited run

November 26, 2017 by
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  It's been over ten years since Molto Mario last appeared on the Food Network, and twenty years since it debuted. Since 2005, when the show departed the airwaves Mario Batali has become busier and even more famous as co-host of The Chew and with several Eataly locations. Apparently he has a little room in his hectic schedule, however, as he… read more

You’ve never seen a gingerbread house like this

November 25, 2017 by
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I've posted some incredibly detailed gingerbread houses on this blog - one displayed at the White House in 2015, and last year a gingerbread dream house. Each time I think "how can anyone top that?" yet each subsequent baking season brings another show-stopping house. This year I may have found one that just cannot be outdone. It came to my… read more

Ways to use those Thanksgiving leftovers

November 24, 2017 by
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  Our non-U.S. members may be getting weary of our Thanksgiving posts, but it's hard to overlook the one holiday truly devoted to eating. This will be the final post of the year on Thanksgiving, to help out those (like me) who made too much - I mean, a generous amount of food yesterday. Marcus Samuelsson has a few ideas… read more

Instant Pot Miracle Review, recipe and giveaway plus Instant Pot Giveaway

November 24, 2017 by
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Instant Pot Miracle: From Gourmet to Everyday, 175 Must-Have Recipes by The Editors at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt shares a collection of recipes approved by the maker of the world's best known multi-cooker, Instant Pot.  This title is full of international flavors including Peruvian chicken bowls with green sauce, Moroccan chicken tagine, and Indian-style lentil soup. American classics include Grown-up sloppy… read more
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