Vegetable Kingdom & Kuhn Rikon Kitchen Tools

Enter our giveaway to win a copy of Vegetable Kingdom: The Abundant World of Vegan Recipes by Bryant Terry with one grand prize winner receiving two handy kitchen tools from Kuhn Rikon products: a mortar & pestle and Epicurean ratchet grinder. Please see our calendar for the author's book tour. The latest work by Bryant Terry showcases 100 accessible recipes… read more

This week: Favorite pie cookbooks, best apple pie recipes, cookbook giveaways, and previews

Last month, we featured the best recipes for pie crust. As I was updating our EYB cookbook library with new 2020 titles, the myriad baking books (which made me giddy with anticipation) and ten specific books devoted to pie being published this year caught my attention. Pie baking has suddenly become baking's It Girl. I thought it was time to… read more

Were you a pie baker, when pie baking wasn’t cool?

Remember when Bundt cakes were only for funeral eats and definitely not considered to be one of the cool kids of baking. The same can be said about pies. Pies were made by grandmothers who whipped them out for holidays, but the pie times they are a-changing - pie baking isn't just for grandmas anymore. Thanks to the power of… read more

Super Sourdough – Cookbook Giveaway

Enter our giveaway (US/UK/AU/NZ) to win a copy of Super Sourdough: The Foolproof Guide to Making World-Class Bread at Home by James Morton. James Morton was a finalist in The Great British Bake-off (2012). During his time in the tent, he was a medical student and made star baker three times. James has written several cookbooks including titles on bread… read more

See You on Sunday Cookbook Giveaway with Smithey Cast Iron

Enter our giveaway to win one of three copies of See You on Sunday: A Cookbook for Family and Friends by Sam Sifton with one grand prize winner receiving a Smithey cast iron pot. The author's events are shared on our calendar. Sam Sifton is the food editor of The New York Times, the founding editor of NYT Cooking and a… read more

February 2020 – New Cookbook Review

I've been busy adding scores of new cookbook releases in our library. There are so many exciting titles coming to us this year. Ina Garten's Modern Comfort Food, Yotam Ottolenghi's Ottolenghi Flavour (Ottolenghi is touring this year with Samin Nosrat), Vivian Howard's This Will Make It Taste Good, Jonathan Waxman's The Barbuto Cookbook, Nigella Lawson's Cook, Eat, Repeat: Ingredients, Recipes… read more

February 2020 EYB Cookbook Club Summary

We have a helpful community here at Eat Your Books that has flowed into our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club and Sweet Eat Your Books Cookbook Club, places 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: The Art of Simple Food: Notes, Lessons, and Recipes from… read more

This week: The best roast chicken recipe; 70,000 cookbook recipes available online and more!

What do you think of when you hear Sunday supper? For me, roast chicken ranks high for our family as a meal that we all enjoy. The beauty of this meal is that it is relatively simple to master. My son could eat chicken, gravy, mashed potatoes and popovers every single day. Throw in my simple leftover bread dressing and… read more

Rachael Ray 50 Cookbook & Rachael Ray Cookware Giveaway

Enter our US giveaway to win one of five copies of Rachael Ray 50: Memories and Meals from a Sweet and Savory Life: A Cookbook by Rachael Ray and one grand prize winner will receive a set of Rachael Ray's Create Delicious cookware. Rachael Ray 50: Memories and Meals from a Sweet and Savory Life: A Cookbook shares 125 recipes with 25… read more

Order up: one recipe, hold the narrative

This was a busy weekend, one in which I worked very late on both Saturday and Sunday. This morning I eased into my day by scrolling through my Facebook feed. The following post from one of our favorite book stores, Kitchen Arts & Letters caught my attention. My first thought was to question just which recipes Kathryn likes? Most recipes… read more

Provence – Cookbook Giveaway

Enter to win a copy of Provence: The Cookbook: Recipes from the French Mediterranean by Caroline Rimbert Craig in our giveaway (two copies US, one copy worldwide provided by Eat Your Books). Provence is currently a Kindle cookbook deal! Caroline Rimbert Craig hails from generations of fruit farmers in Provence, where her great grandfather co-founded the wine cooperative in her… read more

Salt & Time: Recipes from a Russian Kitchen – Cookbook Giveaway

Enter our US giveaway to win a copy of Salt & Time: Recipes from a Modern Russian Kitchen by Alissa Timoshkina. Siberia stretches from the Ural Mountains to the far east and south from the Arctic Ocean to the borders of Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and China. What do you think of when you hear Siberia? Frozen hinterlands, the Gulag, an undesirable… read more

This week: King cake and Madri Gras recipes, a preview of upcoming giveaways, cookbook previews and more!

This year Mardi Gras falls on the 25th of February, with celebrations happening in the two weeks leading up to the date itself. The largest celebrations occurring on the two weekends before the day itself, which always falls on a Tuesday. Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday is the food-laden fête before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season. One of… read more

Rage Baking – Cookbook Promotion

Enter our US/CA giveaway to win a copy of Rage Baking: The Transformative Power of Flour, Butter, Sugar, and Women's Voices by Kathy Gunst and Katherine Alford. Please note the authors' events that begin on February 17th are shared on our calendar. As of today, Rage Baking is a part of the buy three books for the price of two on Amazon.… read more

Beyond the North Wind – Cookbook Giveaway

Enter our US giveaway to win a copy of Beyond the North Wind: Russia in Recipes and Lore by Darra Goldstein. Please note the author is touring and her events are on our calendar. Beyond the North Wind is an intriguing, thoughtful study of Russian cuisine and culture brought to us by Darra Goldstein who has been immersed in the… read more

Quick Bites: Kat Kinsman

People who love food are the best people. I enjoy learning more about my favorite cookbook authors, food writers, and bloggers and hope you do as well. Every few weeks, I will share a new article under the tag #QuickBites. Upcoming columns will feature: Melissa Clark and Paula Forbes. Two years ago at the IACP conference in New York, I… read more

This week: The best brownie recipes, Valentine’s treats, giveaways, EYBD previews and more

While I am not a huge chocolate fan, my husband and son are chocolate fiends. Anything vanilla or citrus-flavored send my way and I will imbibe until my stretchy pants give up the ghost. So, I don't bake the types of treats I adore for two reasons: those desserts are not met with the enthusiasm that chocolate garners and number… read more

Cool Beans – Cookbook Giveaway & Circulon Cookware

Enter our US giveaway below to win a copy of Cool Beans: The Ultimate Guide to Cooking with the World's Most Versatile Plant-Based Protein, with 125 Recipes by Joe Yonan with one grand prize winner receiving a Circulon Symmetry 5.5-Qt. Covered Straining Casserole in Merlot. Please note the author's cookbook events on our calendar. Joe Yonan is the author of… read more

Jubilee – Cookbook Giveaway

Enter our giveaway open to US/CA to win a copy of Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African-American Cooking by Toni Tipton-Martin from the publisher. EYB is providing one copy outside US/CA worldwide. Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African-American Cooking by Toni Tipton-Martin is a celebration of two hundred years of African-American cooking. The author’s vast research is shared in… read more

This week: The best wings and game-day snacks, giveaways, EYBD previews and more.

The Super Bowl is this Sunday in the United States. While football fans are tuning in for the football showdown, there are even more of us that are excited for the anticipated commercials (Super Bowl commercials in the US are a big deal) and the feast that is spread out to snack upon during field goals, touchdowns, flag throwing, and… read more

Sour – Cookbook Giveaway

Enter our giveaway (open to US/UK/AU/NZ) to win a copy of Sour: More Than Mere Taste: The Magical Element That Transforms Your Cooking by Mark Diacono. Mark Diacono is the author of several titles including the award-winning A Year at Otter Farm: Inspiring Recipes Through the Seasons and A Taste of the Unexpected: How to Grow and Cook with Remarkable… read more

Gennaro’s Pasta Perfecto!: The Essential Collection of Fresh and Dried Pasta Dishes

Enter our US/UK giveaway to win a copy of Gennaro's Pasta Perfecto!: The Essential Collection of Fresh and Dried Pasta Dishes by Gennaro Contaldo Gennaro Contaldo is an Italian chef and restaurateur, known for his association with his British protégé, Jamie Oliver, and his partnership with fellow Italian chef Antonio Carluccio and their BBC Two television series Two Greedy Italians.… read more

This week at EYB – The best pie crust recipe, new EYBD previews, giveaways and more.

National Pie Day is a celebration of pies that occurs annually in the United States on January 23. Being reminded of this had me pondering all things pie. If there is one thing that most pie lovers can agree upon it is that the crust is just as important, if not more crucial, to the success of a great pie.… read more

Taste of Home feature on our own Jane

In the new Feb/Mar issue of Taste of Home magazine the "Why I Cook" feature is on our own co-founder, Jane. She explains how her cookbook collection started, why she loves to cook and bake, and what British foods she brings back from trips back to the UK. You can read the full article here. We have been busy working… read more

Keeping it Simple – Cookbook Giveaway

Enter our giveaway (open to US/UK/AU/NZ) to win a copy of Keeping It Simple: Easy Weeknight One-Pot Recipes by Yasmin Fahr who will be in Boston for a few events next month. Keeping It Simple by Yasmin Fahr is inspired by the author's column at Serious Eats where the focus is on fast, flavor-filled one-pot recipes. The dishes here are… read more
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