The best ways to store cookware and lids

January 8, 2025 by
 |  7 Comments  |  Leave Comment
stainless steel pan lids of varying sizes overlapping each other
A common New Year's resolution is to become more organized. I would not be surprised if more containers, organizers, and other storage solutions are sold in the first month of the year than the rest of the months combined. Unfortunately, many of the so-called 'best' organizing products end in disappointment. Some are flimsy while others seem better in theory than… read more

Food news antipasto

January 6, 2025 by
 |  3 Comments  |  Leave Comment
We will start the new year by looking back at 2024 with Food and Wine's report on its top food stories of 2024. I had forgotten about a couple of these, such as the foray into surge pricing by some restaurant chains and California becoming the first state to ban sell-by dates. Others stuck in my mind including the many… read more

The end of an Ottolenghi era

January 5, 2025 by
 |  One Comment  |  Leave Comment
Yotam Ottolenghi is by far the most popular author in the EYB Library. The top three books by number of Bookshelves are his, and he has five of the top 10 books in the Library. If you look at individual recipes ranked by buzz, Ottolenghi again dominates. For the past seven years he has written a weekly column for The… read more

An avocado a day keeps the doctor away?

January 2, 2025 by
 |  Leave Comment
A glass bowl containing a salad with chunks of avocado and cucumber, sprinkled with chopped herbs.
Developing a daily avocado habit can lead to better food choices, according to a recent study. The study of 1,000 participants split them up into two groups, with one eating an avocado each day and the other eating their regular diet. Researchers found that the first group ended up making better dietary decisions overall, eating more vegetables and fewer foods… read more

Lucky foods to start 2025

January 1, 2025 by
 |  2 Comments  |  Leave Comment
We've written before about foods that are traditional to eat on the first day of the New Year to bring about good fortune and prosperity, but for me this never gets old. First, I majored in anthropology, so cultural traditions around food fascinate me. Second, I like eating many of the so-called lucky foods because they are delicious. Doughnuts are… read more

New Year’s cookbook and cooking intentions

December 31, 2024 by
 |  15 Comments  |  Leave Comment
A white book opened to see the blank inside pages, on a white background
We are just a couple of hours away from 2025 (and some of our Members are already in the new year), so it's time to reflect on the past year and look forward to our aspirations for the next. In 2024, I wrote that my intentions were to make more high reward/low effort recipes and to make better use of… read more

Food news antipasto

December 29, 2024 by
 |  4 Comments  |  Leave Comment
This is the last antipasto for 2024, and we start out by celebrating one of my favorite foods: the humble potato. Wired brings us a glow up of the ever-so-versatile spud, naming it the 'most perfect vegetable' - and telling us why we are eating it wrong. The TL;DR is that we should eat fewer French fries, but the article… read more

After Christmas sales to get everything Santa forgot

December 27, 2024 by
 |  Leave Comment
A woman with her hair in a bun sits at a desk in front of a computer screen that has a "sale 70% off" image on it
Now that the wrapping paper and ribbons are gathered up it's time to assess what items on your wish list were overlooked - or to make plans for the gift cards you received. I was surprised with a Nordic Ware gift certificate so I'm headed there to peruse the sale items, but there are many more companies offering deals worth… read more

Eating during twix-mas

December 27, 2024 by
 |  Leave Comment
The days from Christmas to New Year's can seem like a food purgatory as you wait a week for the next big party after indulging in a huge feast. What to feed everyone in this in-between time can be a challenge. There are leftovers, of course, but no one wants to eat the same thing for days in a row.… read more

Good reasons to eat cookies and cheese

December 25, 2024 by
 |  One Comment  |  Leave Comment
Often when a food study is conducted on something that isn't a known healthy item like vegetables, the result indicates that we shouldn't eat it because it raises cholesterol or is linked to cancer. However, two recent studies find that you should eat the items in question: sugar and Camembert cheese. The first found that while an excess of sugary… read more

Have yourself a crabby little Christmas

December 23, 2024 by
 |  Leave Comment
Everywhere you look during the holidays, someone is making gorgeous treats. Adorable gingerbread houses, twee cookie trays, impeccable and realistic Bûche de Noël. But what's available for the crabby among us who aren't into traditional Christmas cheer? For the bah humbug Scrooges and Grinches, may I suggest Krampus Bread? If you aren't familiar with this yuletide character, Krampus "is the… read more

Food news antipasto

December 22, 2024 by
 |  One Comment  |  Leave Comment
We learned this week that restaurant critic Grace Dent will replace Gregg Wallace as a judge for the next series of Celebrity MasterChef. She will front the show alongside longtime host John Torode. Wallace stepped aside following claims of misconduct. Dent is excited about her new role, saying “My whole family watches it. It’s all about uncovering and championing talent – and… read more

When a night owl has to make breakfast

December 21, 2024 by
 |  6 Comments  |  Leave Comment
I am not a morning person. Ever since I can remember, I have preferred to stay up late and sleep in the next morning. Making it to the office on time has always been a struggle, and although I have done it for decades, it never seems to get easier. So when I have to make breakfast for guests, I… read more

Olive oil prices set to drop in 2025

December 20, 2024 by
 |  2 Comments  |  Leave Comment
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

The complexities of the Ina Garten/Martha Stewart relationship

December 18, 2024 by
 |  One Comment  |  Leave Comment
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
 |  5 Comments  |  Leave Comment
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

Food news antipasto

December 15, 2024 by
 |  2 Comments  |  Leave Comment
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

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

December 14, 2024 by
 |  One Comment  |  Leave Comment
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

Food trends for 2025

December 13, 2024 by
 |  Leave Comment
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

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

December 11, 2024 by
 |  Leave Comment
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
 |  Leave Comment
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

Food news antipasto

December 9, 2024 by
 |  One Comment  |  Leave Comment
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
 |  One Comment  |  Leave Comment
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

Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook recommendations for 2024

December 5, 2024 by
 |  2 Comments  |  Leave Comment
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
 |  2 Comments  |  Leave Comment
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
« Older posts
Newer posts »
Seen anything interesting? Let us know & we'll share it!

Categories

Archives