Olive oil prices set to drop in 2025

December 20, 2024 by
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After years of sharing stories about crop failures and record-setting high prices for olive oil, there is finally some good news to deliver. Olive oil prices are going to come down next thanks to an excellent harvest in Spain. Since the olive oil harvest in Andalusia accounts for nearly 1/3 of the world's supply, this means that there should be… read more

Best books by the experts 2024

December 20, 2024 by
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Who knows cookbooks better than the owners of specialist cookbook stores? They stock and sell thousands of cookbooks and because their stores are focused on food and drink books, they are true experts. They read the books, cook from them and then share their knowledge with their customers. When shopping for cookbook gifts this holiday season, please think about supporting… read more

Festivus, an airing of grievances

December 19, 2024 by
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Festivus is a secular holiday celebrated on December 23 as an alternative to the perceived pressures and commercialism of the Christmas season. Originally created by author Daniel O'Keefe, Festivus entered popular culture after it was made the focus of the 1997 Seinfeld episode "The Strike", which O'Keefe's son, Dan O'Keefe, co-wrote. On the Seinfeld episode there is  "airing of grievances" led… read more

December 2024 New Cookbook Review

December 19, 2024 by
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We are at the end of another year of cookbook publishing. Our 2025 Cookbook Preview Post is live and will be updated regularly. Don’t forget that you can create a wishlist and share it with your loved ones. Our December 2024 EYB Cookbook Club Summary and January 2025 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary can be found at the links provided. Last May we announced that we have… read more

The complexities of the Ina Garten/Martha Stewart relationship

December 18, 2024 by
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One could argue that the two biggest female culinary icons alive today are Martha Stewart and Ina Garten. Both have had big years, Stewart with a documentary about her life and Garten with a recently-published memoir. In an interview about her documentary, Stewart suggested that there was bad blood between the two, saying that she felt like Garten abandoned her… read more

This is the flavor of the year for 2025

December 18, 2024 by
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Pantone recently released its color of the year for 2025 - Mocha Mousse (which a few people relabeled as 'Poop', but that's the internet for you) - and the 2025 flavor of the year has something in common with it. Apparently next year will be the year of 'brown', because according to the Food and Beverage Trends Report published by T.… read more

German Heritage Baking Cookbook Giveaway

December 18, 2024 by
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Enter our US giveaway to win one of two copies of German Heritage Baking: Time-Honored Recipes, Traditional Techniques, and Culinary Secrets by Heidrun Metzler. German Heritage Baking: Time-Honored Recipes, Traditional Techniques, and Culinary Secrets by Heidrun Metzler was a labor of love. The author spent ten years preserving inherited tips, techniques, ingredient knowledge and recipes. Heidrun was born and raised in… read more

Cookbook Deals

December 17, 2024 by
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I will update this post when time permits – new additions are always at the top of each bulleted list below. If no update is available, be sure to check the publisher links and "cookbook deals" links under each region as they are updated periodically. If you spot a deal that isn't in the links below (publishers and or separate entries)… read more

Food news antipasto

December 15, 2024 by
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We start out this week with a tip from an EYB Member about a new reality show that is right up our alley called Clash of the Cookbooks. It's brought to us by Roku, the same channel that hosts The Great American Baking Show. Comedian Phoebe Robinson and cookbook author and culinary historian Max Miller host the program, where "they… read more

December 2024 EYB Cookbook Club Summary

December 15, 2024 by
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Each month we previously offered at least four cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. This summer we cooked our favorite recipe from any cookbook, magazine, blog or online option and had a huge increase in participation and after a poll in the group we have decided to allow posting from all cookbooks and to offer one featured cookbook.… read more

What are the best pieces from a 157-piece Le Creuset set?

December 14, 2024 by
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Do you remember last October when Costco offered a huge set of Le Creuset for about $4,500 USD? Jane and I had questions about who would purchase this massive set, where they would store all 157 pieces, and whether they would use them all. We now have some answers, as Food and Wine recently interviewed one woman who received the… read more

Top 2024 cookbooks added to Member Bookshelves by region

December 14, 2024 by
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On December 9th, I shared this year's list of top books added to Member bookshelves in 2024. That list included 56 titles as I included a few additional books that were on 100 Bookshelves. A few Members asked if I could do a similar breakdown of those books by country and like the U.S. Postal Service, "we deliver for you."… read more

Food trends for 2025

December 13, 2024 by
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pork and cabbage dumplings on a patterned blue and white rectangular platter. A pair of red chopsticks rests at an angle in the upper left corner of the platter
At the end of the year it's common to look back at what happened in 2024 (best cookbooks lists coming up soon!) and also to predict what food trends will happen in 2025. To that end, Martha Stewart's website has five trends to look for in the coming year. Pork and Chinese cabbage dumplings from Chinese Soul Food by Hsiao-Ching… read more

The Golden Wok – Cookbook Giveaway

December 13, 2024 by
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Enter our worldwide giveaway to win one of three copies of The Golden Wok: Mastering the Art of Wok Cooking by Diana Chan. The Golden Wok: Mastering the Art of Wok Cooking by Diana Chan is the cookbook that shows you that a wok isn’t just a cooking utensil, it’s the pride of any Chinese kitchen and the most versatile pan… read more

The Giveaway Roundup

December 12, 2024 by
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All of our current giveaways are now on one convenient roundup which will be continually updated! If you are having any difficulties with entering our giveaways, please see our step-by-step help post. Giveaways are tagged by the countries the contests are open to. Bookmark the searches below for easy reference! To enter our contests click on the blue link beneath the… read more

January 2025 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary

December 12, 2024 by
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As our members know, each month we offer several cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. There are other fun cookbook clubs around the interwebs and we’d like to highlight those for those members who might want to cook or bake something other than our choices.  We want to get this information out to you so you can prepare… read more

With coffee prices on the rise, is it time to find an alternative?

December 11, 2024 by
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Coffee prices climbed sharply this year, with arabica beans up 80% as of Tuesday to an all-time high. Even the less popular robusta beans - the kind used most often in instant coffee - have doubled in price. While much of this is due to weather-related damage to crops, another factor is at play: more coffee farmers are finally being… read more

The Food Lab celebrates a huge milestone

December 10, 2024 by
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I missed this news when Kenji López-Alt announced it a couple of weeks ago but it is worth mentioning - his first solo cookbook, The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science, recently ticked past 1 million copies sold. In addition to selling a lot of copies, The Food Lab has earned a James Beard Award, was a NYT bestseller,… read more

Les Halles Special Edition and Typhoid Mary by Anthony Bourdain- Giveaway

December 10, 2024 by
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Enter our US/Canada giveaway to win one of two sets of Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook: Strategies, Recipes, and Techniques of Classic Bistro Cooking and Typhoid Mary - An Urban Historical. Bloomsbury USA has released a special 20th Anniversary edition of Anthony Bourdain’s Les Halles Cookbook: Strategies, Recipes, and Techniques of Classic Bistro Cooking as well as a paperback edition of… read more

Top fifty-six cookbooks published in 2024 added to EYB Member Bookshelves

December 9, 2024 by
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A few years ago I created a list of top cookbooks that Members added to their Bookshelves in that particular year. This year's list includes 56 titles as I included a few additional books that were on 100 Bookshelves. Please note this list does not include those books that are labeled as ckbk as those numbers are higher due to… read more

Food news antipasto

December 9, 2024 by
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Closeup of a pan of folded. golden brown Parker House rolls sprinkled with flaky salt
When Christmas rolls around, even people who normally don't cook much pull out all the stops and make a large feast for family and friends. For most, the idea of going out to dinner for this holiday is unthinkable. Yet there is something to be said for letting others do the cooking, says restaurant critic Jay Rayner. "I have cooked a… read more

Layoffs hit Eater and Thrillist

December 7, 2024 by
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The union that represents writers for Eater, Thrillist, and other entities under the Vox Media brand announced Thursday that it was "blindsided" by layoffs and restructuring that affected many of its members. The company confirmed the layoffs to The Wrap, with CEO Jim Bankoff saying that the company was “implementing role eliminations and organizational changes across our lifestyle brands (Thrillist,… read more

Nordic baking, recipes, EYBD Previews and more

December 6, 2024 by
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Please don't hate me because I love baking. Baking, especially at this time of year, is therapy for my soul. To add to my ever-growing list of obsessions, I have now added all things Nordic. Nordic Christmas decorations are coming into the house as fast as I can order them. Recently, I even ordered an Advent Star for my window… read more

Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook recommendations for 2024

December 5, 2024 by
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collage of six cookbooks: The Cake Bible 35th Anniversary Edition by Rose Levy Beranbaum, Africali by Kiano Moju, Kalaya's Southern Thai Kitchen by Nok Suntaranon, Pass the Plate by Carolina Gelen, Julia Child's Kitchen by Paula Johnson, and Sweet Tooth by Sarah Fennel
The inimitable Dorie Greenspan just published her favorite cookbooks of 2024 and I'm passing along the recommendations to our Members. I feel like no one will believe me when I state (for the nth year in a row) that the releases this year are even better than before, but Dorie agrees, saying "This year’s crop is more exciting than ever.… read more

Sensory subterfuge

December 4, 2024 by
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a wooden bowl filled with lemons sits next to two whole and two halves of lemons on a wooden surface
It is no secret that marketers find all manner of ways to encourage (some might say trick) us into purchasing their products. This of course extends to the world of food, where packaging is studiously designed to make you want to grab that particular item off the shelf. There's one marketing trick that I had never even considered until I… read more
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