Featured Cookbooks & Recipes

EYB wants to make your cooking life easier. Our main focus has always been indexing cookbooks and magazines so you can efficiently search your own collection instead of paging through individual indexes. We also aim to keep members up to date on the best new titles being published. Our latest feature, EYB Book Preview, allows you to view an extract from a… read more

How Britain’s smelliest cheese got its name

Have you ever come across a food and wondered where it got its unusual name? "There has to be a fantastic story behind that product," you may mutter to yourself. If so, check out Gastro Obscura's article on Britain's smelliest cheese, called Stinking Bishop.  There are no bishops involved in the story, although it does involve pears, monks, and a… read more

Risotto & Beyond – Ruffoni Risotto Pot Set

My heart raced when I first read the title of John Coletta's book, Risotto and Beyond: 100 Authentic Italian Rice Recipes for Antipasti, Soups, Salads, Risotti, One-Dish Meals, and Desserts. Risotto is Italian comfort food at its finest and to be able to make a great risotto is a gift and one that I have mastered over the last few years.… read more

One butter to rule them all?

  If you have read a baking book published in the US in the past ten years, chances are you have come across the word Kerrygold. The Irish butter has become the most popular European-style butter in the United States, and many bloggers and cookbook authors swear by it. Eater explains how a butter from Ireland grew to be the… read more

Rediscovering Russian cuisine

  When you say the words 'Russian food', most people immediately think of borscht, beef Stroganoff, or possibly golubtsi. Many dishes everyone believes are classic Russian foods are not, in fact, Russian, according to Maksim Syrnikov. He has spent over twenty years researching pre-Soviet Russian foods, writing several (Russian language) cookbooks in the process. Syrnikov is a man on a… read more

Hong Kong Diner by Jeremy Pang

Jeremy Pang descends from a long line of Chinese chefs. He developed his passion for food early on and understood the importance of, and correlation between, basic cooking skills and eating well. Pang credits his father for his love of food as he was the one who encouraged him to try exciting flavours and exotic foods as a boy. After… read more

Spring’s best non-cookbook food books

  There is only so much time one can spend reading and cooking from cookbooks (in theory, anyway), but what can one do to remain occupied in the interim? Read other food-related books, of course! You can use Eater's guide to the 10 best new non-cookbook food books to make your library requests or fill up your Amazon cart.  One… read more

Tasting Paris by Clotilde Dusoulier

Clotilde Dusoulier, the beloved author of the blog Chocolate & Zucchini, has a new exciting cookbook out this month. Tasting Paris: 100 Recipes to Eat Like a Local shares more than 100 recipes, including both classic and contemporary dishes, as well as 125 evocative photographs that will charm readers. Clotilde is a native Parisienne, who as I mentioned, is the voice behind the… read more

Besh Group and Alon Shaya settle their dispute

Several months ago, when the news of sexual misconduct allegations about John Besh came to light, another problem for Besh's restaurant group was also brewing. Chef Alon Shaya, who led the Besh Restaurant Group (now known as BRG Hospitality) establishment bearing his name, said that he was forced out because he spoke up about the allegations. The dispute between the… read more

Turnip Greens & Tortillas by Eddie Hernandez

Eddie Hernandez is the chef and partner of Taqueria del Sol, a chain of counter-service Mexican restaurants in Tennessee and Georgia. In life and in his debut cookbook, Turnip Greens & Tortillas: A Mexican Chef Spices Up the Southern Kitchen, the musician turned chef, makes no apologies about his style of cooking where the word authentic doesn't factor in. What is… read more

Featured Cookbooks & Recipes

EYB wants to make your cooking life easier. Our main focus has always been indexing cookbooks and magazines so you can efficiently search your own collection instead of paging through individual indexes. We also aim to keep members up to date on the best new titles being published.  Our latest feature, EYB Book Preview, allows you to view an extract from… read more

Edible flowers add a pop of color and flavor

  From where I'm sitting in the northern US, spring seems like only a distant possibility even though it is mid-April. We're being socked with a blizzard, and the cold and snow makes one dream about the first pops of color that signal the start of the growing season. Many of the first plants to bloom happen to be edible,… read more

Martha Stewart to be part of ‘Chopped’ next season

After managing dozens of successful ventures including publishing, design, writing and several television programs, Martha Stewart could retire to her Maine estate and live a quiet retirement. But that is not the domestic doyenne's style, so it should come as no surprise that she has found another project. Discovery Network recently announced that Stewart would become a judge on the… read more

Bakeland by Marit Hovland

My world revolves around cookbooks. Everything about a great cookbook inspires me from the endless possibilities they offer, whether it be the exploration of a new cuisine or soaking in the knowledge of a different culture - they bring the world to me.  I know that I can turn to a cookbook to slip away for a while and take… read more

Ottolenghi keeps it simple in his new cookbook

  Show of hands: how many of you have preordered Yotam Ottolenghi's upcoming cookbook Simple? Oh my, that's a lot of hands (mine included)! Four of Ottolenghi's books command the #1, 2, 6, and 8 spots in the EYB Library by number of bookshelves. It's no wonder, as his approachable recipes burst with flavor, color, and texture.  His latest effort,… read more

Meyer’s Bakery by Claus Meyer

Claus Meyer, one of the original co-founders of Copenhagen's esteemed Noma, has been taking the world by storm with his fresh, Nordic cooking. The Nordic Kitchen, his first English language cookbook, targeted the home cook with personal family recipes. This book is seasonally organized to take advantage of ingredients when they are at their peak. Delivering 350 recipes and helpful tips for… read more

Bake for SYRIA, the cookbook and the cause

#Bake for SYRIA by Lily Vanilli will be released this June to work alongside  these amazing cookbooks #Cook for SYRIA and #Soup for SYRIA to continue to raise money for relief efforts in Syria.  Contributors include: Anna Jones, Bill Granger, Dalia Dogmoch, Deliciously Ella, Dominique Ansel, Helen Goh, Imad Alarnab, Jamie Oliver, Jasmine Hemsley, Jordan Bourke, Lily Vanilli, Maggie Beer, Melissa Hemsley, Paul A… read more

Nigella Lawson says never call yourself “just” a home cook

As Nigella Lawson embarks on her US tour in support of the new cookbook At My Table, fans across the country are making plans to visit the domestic goddess at their local bookstore. For those who are not fortunate enough to live near one of the tour spots, we have a small consolation prize: a wonderful letter she penned for… read more

Christopher Kimball’s Kuhn Rikon Durotherm Casserole at Sur la Table

Christopher Kimball's new line at Sur la Table hit the shelves last month and I am loving the items I have tried so far. Be sure you read more about these quality products and enter our giveaway for a chance to win a copy of Christopher Kimball's Milk Street: The New Home Cooking, a  Traverse Power Whisk, and a $50.00… read more

The winner of Food52’s ‘The Piglet’

2018's The Piglet cookbook competition may have been the best one yet. Sixteen amazing cookbooks (you can find the complete list here) went head-to-head in a bracketed contest, with the winners advancing to the next round. There were some tough calls along the way, and the usual criticism about the way the judges approached each book.  The Piglet is different than… read more

Catalonia – José Pizarro

The Catalonia region, in northeastern Spain, is known for the lively beach resorts of Costa Brava, the energy of Barcelona, and the Pyrenees Mountains. The cuisine of this region is often classified as "Catalan mountain" or western Mediterranean and boasts some of the best chefs (Ferran Adrià) and cooks in the world  In Catalonia: Recipes from Barcelona and Beyond, José Pizarro traveled from… read more

Preservation Pantry by Sarah Marshall

When Sarah Marshall started her hot sauce business, Marshall's Haute Sauce, she discovered that too much of her produce was getting thrown away. She made it her mission to use these tossed aside remains in creative ways. In her debut cookbook, Preservation Pantry: Modern Canning from Root to Top & Stem to Core she delivers over 100 recipes for whole-food canning and preserving… read more

These classic books are being overlooked by new cooks

For many of us, learning to cook meant spending time with classic cookbooks like Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Joy of Cooking, The Fannie Farmer Cookbook, and others published between in the last 60+ years. All of these books share one trait: they are not lavishly illustrated. A few line drawings appear here and there to demonstrate a technique,… read more

Japan – The Cookbook

Nancy Singleton Hachisu is a trusted voice with regard to Japanese cuisine. Japanese Farm Food and Preserving the Japanese Way: Traditions of Salting, Fermenting, and Pickling for the Modern Kitchen are two treasured volumes in my collection. Her books have a beautiful elegance about them while being approachable and authoritative. Nancy has brought Japanese food into my wheelhouse unlike any other author.  Her… read more

A new and improved Instant Pot is coming soon

  The Instant Pot juggernaut shows no signs of stopping, despite a recent recall over one of its models. Cooks everywhere have come to depend on the machine's versatility and speedy cooking. If you like the current models of Instant Pot, such as the one shown above, just wait until you see what is coming next. Taste of Home gives… read more
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