Best selling cookbooks of 2017

January 23, 2018 by
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Last month our friends at cookbook stores around the world gave us their picks for their favorite books of 2017. Now we asked them for their top sellers. We thought it would be interesting to compare the lists from specialist stores in the USA to that for all US sales from the publishing industry data company, Nielsen.   The unstoppable… read more

Best of the Best Cookbook List 2017

December 21, 2017 by
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Each year, Jane collects the "best cookbooks" lists from a wide variety of sources, ranging from television to radio to bloggers to newspapers - over 300 lists in total. After aggregating and ranking 815 books, Jane compiled the winners into EYB's "Best of the Best" cookbooks of 2017. This year Yotam Ottolenghi is back in the top cookbook spot for… read more

The best cookbooks of 2017 by the experts

December 19, 2017 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, think about supporting your… read more

New Bookmarks feature

May 23, 2017 by
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You will notice when you look at your Bookshelf Recipes tab that there is now a chef's hat icon* before every recipe title. This is a new Bookmark feature that will show you at a glance on your recipe search results whether you have cooked a recipe (green), want to cook a recipe (orange) or have not chosen either (gray) -… read more

Best of the best cookbooks list 2016

December 22, 2016 by
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  Each year, Jane collects the "best cookbooks of 2016" lists from a wide variety of sources, ranging from television to radio to bloggers to newspapers - over 300 lists in total. After aggregating and ranking nearly one thousand books, Jane compiles the winners into  EYB's "Best of the Best" cookbooks of 2016. After a few years of crushing the… read more

The best cookbooks of 2016 by the experts

December 21, 2016 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, think about supporting your… read more

Buy a gift certificate and win a free lifetime membership

November 21, 2016 by
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You know how useful you find Eat Your Books? How about sharing that benefit with all your friends and family who love to cook? Gift certificates are available for one, two and three year memberships. And every gift certificate you buy between now and Dec 31 will enter you into a drawing to win one free lifetime EYB membership -… read more

Author interview with Angela Liddon

September 6, 2016 by
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For the past 6 years, award-winning blogger Angela Liddon has shared energizing, plant-based recipes on her blog Oh She Glows. Her goal is to inspire you to embrace more plant-based foods in your diet without feeling the least bit deprived. After publishing a successful first cookbook (The Oh She Glows Cookbook), Liddon decided to write a follow-up. This second book,… read more

A big milestone and a new feature

August 26, 2016 by
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50,000 Online Recipes from Cookbooks! We passed a huge milestone this month! As I hope you are aware, we link to cookbook and magazine recipes reproduced online if they have been reproduced with the publisher's permission. And this month we reached 50,000 online recipes from cookbooks. The cookbooks indexed by EYB contain an average of 193 recipes, so this is like… read more

Author interview with Kristin Donnelly

August 26, 2016 by
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Food & Wine-editor-turned-freelance-writer Kristin Donnelly calls her blog Eat Better Drink Better because that's what she aims to do most days. By better, Kristin isn't referring to some unattainable, lofty goal, but rather she means tastier, often healthier and more sustainable cooking. Kristin continues to write and develop recipes for Food & Wine as well as publications like Every Day… read more

August 2016 cookbook roundup

August 25, 2016 by
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Every month Jane and Fiona wade through hundreds of cookbooks, selecting and reviewing all the best new releases of U.S., Canada, U.K., Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand cookbooks. The only thing left for you to do is to add them to your Bookshelf. August is a hodge podge of books. One trend that stands out are collections of books, each… read more

A passion for Rome and its food

August 22, 2016 by
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Kristina Gill is the food and drinks editor at DesignSponge.com, a home and lifestyle site with over 1.2 million readers per month. Her original recipes, and those she hand-selects from celebrated authors, chefs, and readers have appeared weekly as the "In the Kitchen With" column since 2007. She is also a food and travel photographer. Kristina transferred to Rome in… read more

How to make leafy greens irresistable

August 8, 2016 by
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Acclaimed cookbook author and blogger Dana Jacobi combines healthy ingredients with creative twists. She is the award-winning author of fifteen cookbooks. When Williams-Sonoma wanted to feature healthy cooking, they asked her to write or co-author six books!  She has also written for publications, including O: The Oprah Magazine, Cooking Light, Vegetarian Times, and The New York Times, and for 19 years,… read more

July cookbook roundup

July 26, 2016 by
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Every month Jane and Fiona wade through hundreds of cookbooks, selecting and reviewing all the best new releases of U.S., Canada, U.K., Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand cookbooks. The only thing left for you to do is to add them to your Bookshelf. July brings a focus on Indian recipes with cookbooks from several respected authors. Grain-free cooking and baking… read more

Excerpt from ‘Pure Delicious’

July 18, 2016 by
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Food blogger and author Heather Christo was once "openly skeptical about the very existence" of food allergies, but when her young daughter had repeated unexplained illnesses, she reluctantly came to the conclusion that food allergies could be the problem. After extensive testing, she learned that not only did her daughter, Pia, have many food allergies, but so did she and… read more

Author Q&A with Domenica Marchetti

July 15, 2016 by
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Domenica Marchetti is a food writer, recipe developer, and cooking teacher who specializes in Italian home cooking. She learned to cook from her Italian-born mother, who put her to work crafting capelletti, ravioli, and other Italian culinary delights as soon as she could see over the kitchen counter. A former newspaper reporter with a master's degree in journalism from Columbia… read more

Recipes for a life filled with food and love

June 29, 2016 by
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Béatrice Peltre is a food writer, stylist and photographer working out of her home studio in Boston. She is a regular contributor to the Boston Globe Food Section, and her work has appeared in many publications. Her indexed blog, La Tartine Gourmande, is popular with EYB Members. Beatrice has just published her second cookbook, My French Family Table: Recipes for… read more

June 2016 cookbook roundup

June 28, 2016 by
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Every month Jane and Fiona wade through hundreds of cookbooks, selecting and reviewing all the best new releases of U.S., Canada, U.K., Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand cookbooks. The only thing left for you to do is to add them to your Bookshelf. June's trends have shifted from grilling to another summertime specialty - salads. But although we see several… read more

Q&A with the authors of Batch

June 27, 2016 by
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Joel MacCharles and Dana Harrison are the duo behind the popular website WellPreserved.ca. Dana's love of great food is only matched by her love for tasty design. She is the Creative Director at WellPreserved, where she makes sure everything looks as good as it tastes. Joel is a home cook and writer. He loves to cook a great meal, but beyond… read more

Recipe excerpts from Clean Cakes by Henrietta Inman

May 26, 2016 by
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Henrietta Inman is a skilled pastry chef and owner of Henrietta Inman Pâtissière and Hen's Clean Cakes. After gaining a distinction in the Professional Pâtisserie Scholarship at Westminster Kingsway College, London, she worked in a number of award-winning kitchens including the Michelin-starred Lanesborough Hotel, London. Henrietta lives in Suffolk and does baking demonstrations, runs cookery classes and sells at farmers'… read more

Sharing the flavours of her childhood

May 26, 2016 by
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Sumayya Usmani was born and raised in Karachi, Pakistan and has lived in the UK for 10 years, first in London and now in Glasgow, Scotland. Always passionate about her heritage cuisine, she has grown up cooking the food she knows as Pakistani with the women of her family, and this kindled her love for cooking from an early age.… read more

May 2016 cookbook roundup

May 24, 2016 by
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  Every month Jane and Fiona wade through hundreds of cookbooks, selecting and reviewing all the best new releases of U.S., Canada, U.K., Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand cookbooks. The only thing left for you to do is to add them to your Bookshelf. Last month's biggest trend - grilling and barbecue - continues its strong showing in May. Healthy… read more

Review of Aperitivo by Marisa Huff

May 24, 2016 by
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Today we are starting a new feature - Jenny Hartin will be reviewing a new cookbook every week. Jenny is an enthusiastic home cook who lives in Colorado, owns the website The Cookbook Junkies and runs the Facebook group also called The Cookbook Junkies. The Facebook group is a closed group of 30,000 cookbook fans - new members are welcome. Jenny's first… read more

Classic Spanish recipes for today’s busy cook

May 5, 2016 by
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  Spain's most popular cookbook, 1080 Recipes, was originally published in 1972, and sold over 3 million copies in Spain. That volume, along with its sister title The Book of Tapas, were both written by the authorities on Spanish cooking: the late Simone Ortega and her daughter Inés. Now a new book, Quick and Easy Spanish Recipes, culls the quickest… read more

April 2016 cookbook roundup

April 28, 2016 by
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Every month Jane and Fiona wade through hundreds of cookbooks, selecting and reviewing all the best new releases of U.S., Canada, U.K., Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand cookbooks. The only thing left for you to do is to add them to your Bookshelf. The biggest April trend is grilling and barbecue, fitting as the Northern Hemisphere heads into cookout season.… read more
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