The last two weeks: Open call for James Beard entries, who is Linda Skeens, cookbook news, recipes and more

The entry period has begun for James Beard submissions. Please see this post for more detailed information. If you are an author or publisher and have any questions about this process, please email me at jenny@eatyourbooks.com.

Who is Linda Skeens? In June the memes were flying all over social media regarding the prize winning champion of the Virginia State Fair. She won first, second and third place for best cookies. She also swept all three awards for candy and for savory bread. In fact, she won the blue ribbon for cake, pie, brownie, sweet bread and best overall baked good (that was strawberry fudge.) And there is more. She also won for canned tomatoes, canned corn, pickled peppers, sauerkraut, relish, spaghetti sauce and both jelly and jam. Then she took top honors in quilt embroidery. And after the Virginia Kentucky District Fair posted the dominating results to Facebook in June, she went viral. If she entered a contest, she won.

In 2023, we will find out what all the hullabaloo is about. Her book Linda Skeens Blue Ribbon Kitchen Cookbook will be available one year from the time that she went viral. You can pre-order the title on Linda’s website.

About a year ago, we shared the news about Sharon Wee’s Growing Up in a Nonya Kitchen: Singapore Recipes from My Mother 2012 cookbook being plaguerized. The good news is that Wee’s book is now back in print and can be ordered. Click our BUY BOOK button or call your local bookstore to have them order you a copy. I just received it today and it is lovely.

For the first time in nearly three years, Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks is hosting an event at her iconic New York City store. On October 15th from 1:30 to 3:30 pm EST, Yvette Zuniga Jemison will be signing copies of her new book My South Texas Kitchen: Traditional Recipes and Modern Tips. Yvette has additional events planned. You may click on the Book Record for more information.

Lastly, coming October 12th Antoni Porowski, cookbook author and star of “Queer Eye”, will host a food contest on Netflix for adult amateurs inspired by an iconic children’s toy: Easy-Bake Battle: The Home Cooking Competition. Our friend Kat Kinsman will be co-hosting an episode in December! Check out the trailer here. My only thought is how long will these episodes be if everything is baked with a light-bulb powered oven?

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The last two weeks on Eat Your Books

Since our last roundup, Darcie has written these articles:

• Apple season is the sweetest
• How to eat like a king
• The foods of Yom Kippur
• Celebrate National Coffee Day
• Comfort food history: the story of mac and cheese

Darcie’s weekly food news antipasto is shared every Sunday and the tag #foodnews brings up these information-packed posts from the most current to the first one. Darcie can be followed on Instagram at darcie_bakes.

Jane, Darcie & Jenny’s GBBO recaps were published for Weeks 2 and 3:

• The Great British Bake Off/Baking Show – Week 2 – Biscuit Week
• The Great British Bake Off/Baking Show – Week 3 – Bread Week

Since our last roundup, I have posted the following:

• The Complete Chinese Takeout Cookbook Giveaway (US/UK/AU/NZ)
• Pierogi by Zuza Zak Cookbook Giveaway (US/UK/AU/NZ)
• Small Batch Bakes – Cookbook Giveaway (Worldwide) – Updated to include a Nordic Ware sheet pan (US/CA only)
• Open call for James Beard Media Awards
• October 2022 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary (updated)
• September 2022 New Cookbook Review
• September 2022 EYB Cookbook Club Summary (This month Jessie Sheehan joins the group to answer any baking questions.)
• This week: A few Feature reminders, recipes, EYBD Previews and more (ICYMI – reminders re: entering cookbooks and bookmarklets).
• 2023 Cookbook Preview Listing – updated with new titles
• Cookbook deals are updated when time permits so check that post for new sales — the publisher links automatically update (the ICYMI post explains the post in detail).
• Please be sure to check our Calendar for other events and classes updated this week. Recently updated two events for Bobby & Sophie Flay.

My Instagram is thecookbookjunkies.

Jenny and the EYB Team

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Recently Indexed Titles

Our team of member and pro indexers are working hard indexing titles, both new and old. Below are just a few highlighted titles. A reminder: newly indexed titles will always show up at the top of the EYB Library and your Bookshelf so you will always know which titles have just been indexed. Recent indexed magazines can be found here. For information on member indexing, please see this roundup with more details.

• The Great British Bake Off: Favourite Flavours by the Bake Off Team
• Bake My Day by Katherine Sabbath
• Cassoulet Confessions by Sylvie Bigar
• Bras, the Tastes of Aubrac by Sébastien Bras
• The Food Saver’s A-Z by Alex Elliott-Howery and Jaimee Edwards
• Japanese Home Cooking by Maori Murota
• Tenderheart by Hetty McKinnon
• Expressions: Art in Pastry by Julie Jones
• Spice: A Cook’s Companion by Mark Diacono
• Ottolenghi Test Kitchen by Yotam Ottolenghi and Noor Murad
• Jacques Pépin Art of the Chicken by Jacques Pépin
• Bread Head: Baking for the Road Less Traveled by Greg Wade
• Simply Vegan Baking by Freya Cox
• Home Is Where the Eggs Are by Molly Yeh
• What’s Gaby Cooking: Take it Easy by Gaby Dalkin
• Food52 Simply Genius by Kristen Miglore
• Gateau by Aleksandra Crapanzano
• The Complete Chinese Takeout Cookbook by Kwoklyn Wan
• Real Life Recipes: Fantastic Fuss-Free Food by Tom Kerridge
• River Cottage: Good Comfort by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
• Cooking: Simply and Well, for One or Many by Jeremy Lee
• Moro Easy by Samantha Clark and Samuel Clark
• The Mediterranean Dish by Suzy Karadsheh
• The Mexican Vegetarian Cookbook by Margarita Carrillo Arronte
• Pour Me Another by J. M. Hirsch
• The Bartender’s Manifesto by Toby Maloney, Emma Janzen and The Bartenders of The Violet Hour
• New European Baking by Laurel Kratochvila
• The Pain D’Avignon Baking Book by Uliks Fehmiu and Kathleen Hackett
• The Delmonico Way by Max Tucci
• Modern Classic Cocktails by Robert Simonson
• Holiday Cookies Collection by Brian Hart Hoffman
• Sheet Pan Sweets: Simple, Streamlined Dessert Recipes by Molly Gilbert
• Castle Rock Kitchen by Theresa Carle-Sanders
• The Joy of Better Cooking by Alice Zaslavsky
• JapanEasy Bowls & Bento by Tim Anderson

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Member Photo of the Week

Pak choy with fresh shiitake (Xiang gu xiao bai cai) and Braised trout in chilli bean sauce (Dou ban yu)  from Every Grain of Rice: Simple Chinese Home Cooking by Fuchsia Dunlop submitted by member CheesyKranskyLove

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Featured Online Recipe

Peaches & cream cake (Karpatka) from Kitchen Projects by Nicola Lamb

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EYBDigital Previews

Recently, we uploaded our 1,420th EYBDigital Preview where a selection of full sample pages are available including the titles below.

Learn more about EYBDigital Previews.

Note: To learn why you cannot add all EYBDigital Preview recipes to your Bookshelf, please read this Help page.

• A selection of pages and 12 recipes from Supper: Recipes Worth Staying in For by Flora Shedden Pub date Oct 27th, 2022
• 3 recipes from The Shared Kitchen: Meals Made for Sharing with Your Community by Clare Scrine
• 3 recipes from Dine in Palestine: An Authentic Taste of Palestine in 60 Recipes from My Family to Your Table by Heifa Odeh
• 3 recipes from Canada’s Food Island: A Collection of Stories and Recipes from Prince Edward Island by Farmers and Fishers of Prince Edward Island

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Cookbook Giveaways
Click on the Blue Link Below to Enter

• Enter our US/UK/AU/NZ giveaway to win one of three copies of Green Kitchen: Quick + Slow: 100 Joyful Vegetarian Recipes by Luise Vindahl and David Frenkiel. Contest expires October 10th, 2022.
• Enter our US/CA giveaway to win one of three copies of Persiana Everyday by Sabrina Ghayour. Contest expires October 12th, 2022.

The cookbook giveaway roundup shares all current giveaways including those open worldwide and to other regions.

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