My Little Cake Tin – Cookbook Giveaway

Enter our worldwide giveaway to win one of three copies of My Little Cake Tin: Over 70 Versatile, Beautiful, Flavourful Bakes Using Just One Tin by Sinha Tarunima. Tarunima Sinha's glorious cake and biscuit creations are the stuff of Instagram dreams. And yet her baking journey started only when she came to the UK from northeast India in 2001, repurposing… read more

Verdura: 10 Vegetables, 100 Italian Recipes

Enter our worldwide giveaway to win one of three copies of Verdura: 10 Vegetables, 100 Italian Recipes by Theo Randall. In Verdura: 10 Vegetables, 100 Italian Recipes, world-renowned chef Theo Randall shares his 10 favourite vegetables and reveals his preferred ways to cook with them through 100 fabulous recipes. The vegetables that are covered are aubergines, zucchini, asparagus, artichokes, mushrooms,… read more

Food news antipasto

While much of the Northern Hemisphere swelters in the wake of heat advisories, in the Southern Hemisphere the winter is a little more chilly than normal. With heating costs soaring, it makes sense to look for ways to stay warm that don't involve turning up the thermostat. One thing you can do is to eat these five warming foods that… read more

Can you eat your way to fewer mosquito bites?

Spending a day puttering in the garden or enjoying an alfresco meal in the backyard are delightful summertime activities - at least until the mosquitos come out. They can ruin a lovely sunny day quicker than a popup rain shower. Bug sprays can help you avoid getting bitten, but they often contain chemicals that may be harmful and they usually… read more

The Caesar salad turns 100

There are many reasons to celebrate today: Independence Day in the US, EYB reaching 500,000 online recipes, and it's the birthday of the Caesar salad. It's not often that the exact origins of a dish are known, but this one is known down to the exact day. You would be forgiven if you thought the salad originated in Italy, but… read more

Half a million indexed recipes have links to the full recipe

It may seem the image is celebrating Independence Day in the USA. But no, it's fireworks for Eat Your Books today passing 500,000 Online Recipes, where one click takes you to the full recipe. 183,000 of these are from cookbooks; 146,000 are from magazines; 88.000 are from ckbk; and the balance are from blogs, newspaper columns and other online sites.… read more

Total recall

A food recall is issued almost every day in the US on either the USDA's recall website (for meat, poultry, and eggs) or the FDA's recall website (for all other foods, medicines, and medical devices). The reasons for the recalls vary - undeclared allergens, potential pathogen contamination, metal debris, undisclosed toxic ingredients, packaging defects - and no product categories are… read more

Le Creuset Factory to Table Sale

The Le Creuset Factory to Table sale is now live both online and instore and there are so many great deals to be had! If it is on your wish list, the Le Creuset piece in probably on sale! Dutch ovens, braisers, stoneware pieces, dishes and more. One of my favorite pieces is the oval skillet - pictured below -… read more

What’s the best produce (or other food) you ever had?

Over the last month in the Member Forum, EYB Members have been posting about the best produce they ever had. Member whitewoods kicked off the topic by recounting the best corn on the cob and best home-grown tomato they had ever eaten. Other Members chimed in, naming morel mushrooms, sugar snap peas, Alphonso mangoes, and the joys of growing your… read more

Food news antipasto

You've heard of Detroit pizza, Chicago pizza, New York pizza and maybe even St. Louis pizza. However, there's a new kid on the block vying for the title of best pizza: Sydney pizza. Bianca Hrovat writes that Sydney has developed its own style featuring multicultural influences, "flavoursome fermented bases, leopard-spotted crusts, and wildly creative toppings." (Subscription or free registration may… read more
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