Operation BBQ & Smoked Promotion Two Book Giveaway

May 29, 2019 by
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Titles:  Operation BBQ: 200 Smokin' Recipes from Competition Grand Champions by Cindi Mitchell and Stan Hays  Smoked: One Man's Journey to Find Incredible Recipes, Standout Pitmasters and the Stories Behind Them by Ed Randolph  What's to love Operation BBQ: Two hundred award-winning recipes including vegetables, soups and desserts from grand champions who volunteer for Operation BBQ. The Operation BBQ teams volunteer… read more

May 2019 Cookbook Review

May 27, 2019 by
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Here in the US, Spring releases are almost behind us and now we begin the anticipation of Fall cookbooks. Between now and then there will be plenty of cookbooks to keep us lovers happy until then. Below you will find a brief summary of titles that I have had the pleasure of reviewing. If I am not in possession of… read more

May 2019 Eat Your Books Cookbook Club Summary

May 26, 2019 by
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We have an incredible 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: A Common Table or The Food… read more

This week at Eat Your Books

May 24, 2019 by
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Eat Your Books (EYB) is a website for people who love cookbooks and want to make better use of the great recipes from those books. With EYB, a member can create their own personal Bookshelf and quickly find recipes from their cookbooks, food magazines, food blogs, personal recipe clippings, and favorite online recipes. New cookbooks (as well as older titles) are… read more

Simple & Classic by Jane Hornby

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Title:  Simple & Classic: 123 Step-by-Step Recipes Author: Jane Hornby About the author:  Jane spent six years on the team at BBC Good Food magazine. She has since made step-by-step cookbooks with Phaidon press, and created hundreds of recipes for the UK's best-loved food magazines and brands including BBC Good Food, Waitrose, Waitrose Food, Jamie, bbc.com/food and The Guardian.  … read more

The Turkish Cookbook – Promotion

May 21, 2019 by
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Title:   The Turkish Cookbook Author:  Musa Dağdeviren About the author:  The chef has been labeled the savior of Turkish cuisine and is the brilliant mind behind Çiya Kebap and Çiya Sofrasi on the Asian side of the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul. He hails from a long line of farmers and bakers, who began working in his uncle's bakery at age five.… read more

Black Sea – EYBDigital Promotion

May 21, 2019 by
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EYBD Title: Black Sea: Dispatches and Recipes, Through Darkness and Light. This title was published in the UK in November of last year and is being released in the US this month.  Author: Caroline Eden About the author: Caroline's first book was Samarkand one of my favorite books (see my interview with her and her co-author) who specializes in Central Asia and the Caucasus. She… read more

Featured Recipes, Cookbooks, EYBD Previews and Titles, Giveaways and more!

May 17, 2019 by
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Eat Your Books (EYB) is a website for people who love cookbooks and want to make better use of the great recipes from those books. With EYB, a member can create their own personal Bookshelf and quickly find recipes from their cookbooks, food magazines, food blogs, personal recipe clippings, and favorite online recipes. New cookbooks (as well as older titles) are… read more

Icing on the Cake – Tessa Huff – Cookbook Giveaway

May 16, 2019 by
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Title:  Icing on the Cake: Baking and Decorating Simple, Stunning Desserts at Home Author: Tessa Huff About the author:  Tessa is a trained pastry chef, recipe developer, and food stylist and photographer. Her blog Style Sweet CA is a source of inspiration for bakers. Her debut cookbook Layered is one of my all time favorite cake books. Book tour: Events… read more

Weber’s Ultimate Grilling – Jamie Purviance – Cookbook Giveaway

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Title: Weber's Ultimate Grilling: A Step-by-Step Guide to Barbecue Genius Author: Jamie Purviance About the author: Jamie's first job was teaching. After graduating from Stanford University, he taught writing at schools in San Francisco and then Indonesia. It was in Asia that he developed an obsession for food (although a self-confessed bad cook). After two years at The Culinary Institute of… read more

The Backyard Fire – EYBD Promotion

May 14, 2019 by
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Now with EYBDigital, if you buy a print book within the promotional period, for the first time you will have access to the full EYBD cookbook wherever you can access EYB - on vacation, at work, in the grocery store, etc. In addition to the digital book, all the features of EYB will be included in the access, at no… read more

Just Peachy – EYBD Promotion

May 14, 2019 by
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Now with EYBDigital, if you buy a print book within the promotional period, for the first time you will have access to the full EYBD cookbook wherever you can access EYB - on vacation, at work, in the grocery store, etc. In addition to the digital book, all the features of EYB will be included in the access, at no… read more

May 2019 Cookbook Previews

May 12, 2019 by
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It's preview time! This month's releases bring us a nice variety of titles from Italian small plates to pizza making, barbecue secrets, to unleashing vegetables from the amazing Jose Andrés. EYBDigital titles are noted and other pertinent information is  shared.  As always, if I have the book, I will share a blurb - if I do not, I hope to… read more

Featured Recipes, EYBDigital Previews and Books, Giveaways and More!

May 10, 2019 by
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Eat Your Books (EYB) is a website for people who love cookbooks and want to make better use of the great recipes from those books. With EYB, a member can create their own personal Bookshelf and quickly find recipes from their cookbooks, food magazines, food blogs, personal recipe clippings, and favorite online recipes. New cookbooks (as well as older titles) are… read more

Wine Country Table Promotion

May 8, 2019 by
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Wine Country Table: With Recipes Celebrating California's Sustainable Harvest by Janet Fletcher is a luxurious guided tour of breathtaking farms and wineries with a garden-to-table cooking class from the prominent Napa Valley chef.      This photo-heavy tome showcases the spirit and dishes that make wine country entertaining an evergreen trend from coast to coast. Fifteen renowned producers whose sustainable practices… read more

The Italian Table – Promotion

May 8, 2019 by
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Elizabeth Minchilli delivers the ultimate guide to Italian style entertaining in her latest book, The Italian Table: Creating Festive Meals for Family and Friends. The author has spent a lifetime of living and eating in Italy and first shared her expertise with us in Eating Rome in 2015 followed by Eating my Way Through Italy last year. Elizabeth has also written numerous books… read more

Southern Smoke – EYBDigital Promotion

May 7, 2019 by
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Now with EYBDigital, if you buy a print book within the promotional period, for the first time you will have access to the full EYBD cookbook wherever you can access EYB - on vacation, at work, in the grocery store, etc. In addition to the digital book, all the features of EYB will be included in the access, at no… read more

Little Green Kitchen EYBDigital Promotion

May 7, 2019 by
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Now with EYBDigital, if you buy a print book within the promotional period, for the first time you will have access to the full EYBD cookbook wherever you can access EYB - on vacation, at work, in the grocery store, etc. In addition to the digital book, all the features of EYB will be included in the access, at no… read more

Everything Old is New Again

May 4, 2019 by
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I started to draft this post last week, but pressing work caused it to be set aside. On Friday, seeing my friend and author Sandra Gutierrez' article in the Washington Post spurred me into action. In "Dated but not forgotten, these old food trends deserve a revival" Sandra brings back crepes, layered bean dip and chicken Marbella. It is said, "if you… read more

Featured Recipes, Cookbooks, EYBD Previews, Giveaways and More!

May 3, 2019 by
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Eat Your Books (EYB) is a website for people who love cookbooks and want to make better use of the great recipes from those books. With EYB, a member can create their own personal Bookshelf and quickly find recipes from their cookbooks, food magazines, food blogs, personal recipe clippings, and favorite online recipes. New cookbooks (as well as older titles) are… read more

Heirloom Kitchen Promotion

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For most of my life, I have felt like an orphan in search of a past. I was out of my parents' home right after my father died. I was 17. I longed for a heritage that included grandmothers teaching me how to make homemade pasta, bake cookies or to leave me her weathered rolling pin to remember our times… read more

Batch Cocktails by Maggie Hoffman

April 30, 2019 by
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Maggie Hoffman is the queen of cocktails. Between her debut book The One-Bottle Cocktail (review) and her latest Batch Cocktails: Make-Ahead Pitcher Drinks for Every Occasion, Maggie has our libation needs covered.   Entertaining is less stressful when we know the bar is covered. Many lifestyle gurus and celebrity chefs have recommended that providing a signature cocktail is the way to go to… read more

Simple Cake by Odette Williams

April 29, 2019 by
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Brooklyn apron and bakeware designer Odette Williams' Simple Cake: All You Need to Keep Your Friends and Family in Cake shares easy recipes with inventive decorating ideas for all your cake desires. With recipes for ten base cakes, fifteen toppings, and endless decorating ideas, this title makes whipping up a cake on a Tuesday afternoon a breeze.  Odette states that the recipes… read more

Family by Hetty McKinnon & John Boos Fusion Board Promotion

April 28, 2019 by
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Hetty McKinnon's books are always beautiful, inspiring and approachable. Her latest, Family: New Vegetarian Comfort Food to Nourish Every Day, is no exception. Filled with nearly 200 recipes and countless stunning photographs, this is a book to savor and use repeatedly.    The most amazing feature of this book is the "Family Story" essays shared along with recipes from individuals that… read more

The Curated Table

April 27, 2019 by
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"You eat with your eyes first." No one knows who uttered those words first, but we can all agree this well-known adage is true. Vibrant plates filled with a rainbow of colors and beautiful tablescapes enhance the appeal of a meal.  We are living in the age of Instagramable food. Everyday cooks are shooting photographs of what's on their plate… read more
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