The Hot Chicken Project – Cookbook Giveaway

May 12, 2020 by
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Enter our giveaway open to US/UK/AU/NZ to win one of three copies of The Hot Chicken Project: Words + Recipes | Obsession + Salvation by Aaron Turner. "Hot chicken ain't nothing but the truth." Acclaimed Australian chef Aaron Turner, owner of Igni and author of the cookbook of the same name, tackles hot chicken in his latest work. For Turner,… read more

This week: Recipes for one bowl baking, a preview of 2020 baking cookbooks, EYBD previews, and cookbook giveaways.

May 9, 2020 by
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This week, my cousin posted on social media that she had a cake mix fail. It appears that the cake mix she used expired in 2015. I came to the rescue too late with some links sharing one-bowl cake recipes and thought our members would like to add a few quick recipes to their arsenal. One-bowl vanilla cake We have… read more

Lucky Rice Cook-Along and The Essential Asian Pantry Box

May 7, 2020 by
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Danielle Chang, the author of Lucky Rice: Stories and Recipes from Night Markets, Feasts, and Family Tables and the mastermind behind the LUCKYRICE festival, a multi-city celebration of Asian culture and cuisine, is working to help small merchants who are struggling as a result of the pandemic. Join Danielle Chang for a Cook-Along and live viewing of the new season… read more

Donna Hay – Week Light

May 6, 2020 by
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Enter our giveaway to win a copy of Week Light: Super-Fast Meals to Make You Feel Good by Donna Hay. (3 copies US; one copy worldwide provided by Eat Your Books). Australia's bestselling cookbook author and most trusted home cook, Donna Hay, returns with a beautiful new cookbook that you'll want to use every night of the week. The vibrant… read more

Quick Bites – Cathy Barrow

May 5, 2020 by
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Cathy Barrow is an award-winning author, knitter, traveler, cook, teacher, and gardener. Published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Serious Eats, Food52, The Local Palate, Garden & Gun, Southern Living, NPR, and National Geographic, Cathy believes in the power of home cooking and the stories that connect us to food, culture, home, friends, and family. Her first cookbook,… read more

Ina Garten – new Barefoot Contessa episodes and a cookbook

May 5, 2020 by
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Ina Garten's Barefoot Contessa Returns to the Food Network with New Season May 16th. Set your DVRs. As I shared months ago in our 2020 Preview post, the cooking maven has a new cookbook coming this fall Modern Comfort Food which can be preordered now. In Modern Comfort Food, Ina Garten shares 85 new recipes that will feed your deepest… read more

Let Them Eat Cake!

May 2, 2020 by
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A short while back I wrote, Were you a pie baker, when pie baking wasn’t cool?. I was excited and overwhelmed by the sheer number of pie cookbooks slated for publication this year. Move over pie cookbooks, cake cookbooks are heading into Dodge. Personally, I am a cake over pie dessert person and this year's crop of cookbooks covering cakes… read more

Hershey’s Lodge Chocolate Chip Cookie

May 2, 2020 by
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A central Pennsylvania lodge is joining restaurants across the country in generously sharing the most sought after recipes. The Hershey Lodge's famous chocolate chip cookies recipe joins the ranks as one of the chocolate chip cookie recipes I have tried: Doubletree, Levain copycat, Allison Roman's chocolate chunk shortbread, amongst many others. One of our weekly roundups covered all things chocolate… read more

This week: The best scone recipes, free downloadable cookbook, EYBD previews and giveaways

May 2, 2020 by
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This year Mother's Day will undoubtedly be different from most. Since many will not be able to celebrate traditionally with a meal out, how about baking something up for mom? A basket of scones, mom's favorite tea, and a baking cookbook (recommendations below) can be dropped off while maintaining the social distancing rules. Scones can be a baker's nemesis. Over… read more

Aran – Flora Shedden – Cookbook Giveaway

May 1, 2020 by
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Enter our US/UK/AU/NZ giveaway to win one of three copies of Aran: Recipes and Stories from a Bakery in the Heart of Scotland by Flora Shedden. We all remember Flora Shedden, the youngest semi-finalist in the Great British Bake Off, Season 6 (2015). Five years later and the bake-off star has written two cookbooks Gatherings: Recipes for Feasts Great and… read more

100 Techniques – Cookbook Giveaway

April 29, 2020 by
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Enter our US giveaway to win one of three copies of 100 Techniques: Master a Lifetime of Cooking Skills, from Basic to Bucket List by America's Test Kitchen Editors This is America's Test Kitchen's first book devoted to technique and features 100 innovative techniques, paired with more than 200 innovative recipes that put the techniques into home-kitchen applications. Now is… read more

Isolation Baking by Jamie Schler

April 29, 2020 by
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Jamie Schler, the author of Orange Appeal: Savory & Sweet (review), owns the Hôtel Diderot in France where she churns out delicious dishes for her family and guests. As with many in the travel and other non-essential businesses, things have been rough during this time but that hasn't stopped her from cooking and baking and sharing those dishes on her social media… read more

April 2020 New Cookbook Review

April 26, 2020 by
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Just a short month ago, the pandemic was around-the-clock news and today it remains the same. COVID-19 has stopped the presses, literally. Typically, April is the third-largest month for cookbook releases. Many titles that would be in our review below were shelved until September or October mainly in the effort to allow the authors to tour to promote those titles.… read more

This week: Crumbles, crisps, cobblers, Brown Betty and buckles, recipes, Ottolenghi virtual event 4/26, cookbook previews and giveaways

April 24, 2020 by
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This week's Spring Baking Championship (Food Network) episode covered crumbles, crisps, cobblers, Brown Bettys, and buckles oh my! I may think I'm savvy enough to know the difference between these desserts but I'd be wrong. Thinking our members might be in the same denial about what makes a crisp a crisp or a buckle a buckle, I did some research.… read more

April 2020 EYB Cookbook Club Summary

April 23, 2020 by
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We have a helpful community here at Eat Your Books that has flowed into our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club where we share our successes and fails in cooking and baking from specific cookbook titles. This month we’ve been cooking from the following titles: Main Selection: Greenfeast: Spring, Summer or Greenfeast: Autumn, Winter by Nigel SlaterBaking Selection: Midwest Made: Big, Bold Baking from the Heartland by Shauna SeverOnline… read more

The Irish Cookbook

April 23, 2020 by
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Enter to win one of two copies of The Irish Cookbook by Jp McMahon. Open to US/UK/AU/CA members. Ireland's remarkably rich food heritage dates back to 8000 BC and, in The Irish Cookbook, acclaimed chef Jp McMahon captures its unique culinary origins and varied influences. Irish food is the summation of what the land and sea give; the book's 500… read more

Family Meal – Digital Cookbook to Benefit Restaurant Workers

April 19, 2020 by
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On May 5, Penguin Random House will publish Family Meal: Recipes from Our Community, a digital-only collection featuring more than 40 recipes from our roster of chefs and home cooks. 100% of the proceeds will benefit the Restaurant Workers’ Covid-19 Emergency Relief Fund, which supports on-the-ground efforts in the restaurant community during this challenging time. From Ligurian Focaccia to Shrimp… read more

This week: Banana bread and other quick bread recipes, Mother’s Day gift ideas, cookbook previews and giveaways

April 17, 2020 by
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When the pandemic took a foothold, bread was kneaded by home bakers that had never kneaded before. This week seems to indicate that we have entered the phase of all things banana bread. In our EYB Cookbook Club, members are sharing photos of Shauna Sever's The only banana bread you'll ever need (photo below) from her title Midwest Made. The… read more

Beautiful things that bring me joy, Part II (Gift guide)

April 16, 2020 by
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On March 29th I shared Canelés, friands, baking cookbooks and things that bring me joy – Part I and today I will bring you part two. These two posts are perfect places to find inspiration for Mother's Day. I adore Ruffoni. Once a year I treat myself to a piece and for Valentine's Day I gifted myself the Ruffoni Historia… read more

The Outdoor Kitchen Cookbook Giveaway

April 14, 2020 by
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Enter our US giveaway to win one of three copies of The Outdoor Kitchen: Live-Fire Cooking from the Grill by Eric Werner and Nils Bernstein. The Outdoor Kitchen: Live-Fire Cooking from the Grill by Eric Werner is the long-awaited second title from the chef behind Hartwood. To learn more about Hartwood, the restaurant and the cookbook, please see this review.… read more

Hartwood by Eric Werner & Mya Henry

April 14, 2020 by
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As I was preparing a promotion for The Outdoor Kitchen: Live-Fire Cooking from the Grill by Eric Werner. I pulled my review written in 2015 for Werner's debut cookbook, Hartwood: Bright, Wild Recipes from the Restaurant at the Edge of the Yucatan and wanted to record it here. Hartwood is such a gorgeous book that its praises warrant repeating. Learn… read more

DoubleTree Hotel’s Chocolate Chip Cookie – Is it worthy of the hype?

April 11, 2020 by
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Unless you are truly isolating on top of a mountain with no connection to the outside world, you have most likely noticed a parade of chocolate chip cookies in your social media feed. Why have loaves of bread been replaced by trending chocolate chip cookies? Because there is a God and he/she is wonderful. DoubleTree Hotels shared their chocolate chip… read more

Online cooking experiences, author events and more.

April 11, 2020 by
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Random House is throwing virtual parties featuring their authors. Up today is Joe Yonan on Random House's Instagram page at 4 pm EST. The full schedule for Random House virtual events can be found here. A few highlights include Hugh Acheson on April 13th at 4 pm EST, David Lebovitz on April 16th at 4 pm EST, and Tiehan Gerard… read more

This week: Best macaroni & cheese, cheesecake recipes, cookbook news and more

April 10, 2020 by
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Two of my most requested recipes while living in New York were macaroni and cheese and cheesecake. Do you see a theme? I have made both of these dishes hundreds of times in many variations over the years. Every Easter I would be assigned these dishes and would often bring something new I came across just to shake up things… read more

Procrastibaking – Anolon Bakeware Set

April 9, 2020 by
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Enter our US giveaway to win one of three copies of Procrastibaking: 100 Recipes for Getting Nothing Done in the Most Delicious Way Possible by Erin Gardner. One grand prize winner will receive the following baking items from Anolon: Advanced Muffin Pan with Silicone Grips and Lid, Eminence Mini Loaf Pan and Teak Prep Set Pastry Wheel Cutter, Pastry Brush,… read more
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