Our Favorite Instant Pot Cookbooks

January 26, 2018 by
 |  2 Comments  |  Leave Comment
The Instant Pot® has been the subject of many promotional and informational posts here at Eat Your Books including A Beginner's Guide; an In-Depth Look; French Tips and Instant Pot Fever. These articles may be helpful for anyone who have recently purchased this product. Type in a search in our cookbook library with just the words "Instant Pot" you will find 51 cookbook results with… read more

Three Book Giveaway from Oxmoor House

January 25, 2018 by
 |  82 Comments  |  Leave Comment
How is that resolve to cook healthier meals in 2018 holding up? I know I could make better choices for my family and myself. Thankfully, Oxmoor House has three beautiful books designed to help us get back on track, one meal at a time. First we have 100% Real: 100 Insanely Good Recipes for Clean Food Made Fresh by Sam… read more

The Cookie that is Taking Over the World, Or At Least Mine

January 24, 2018 by
 |  5 Comments  |  Leave Comment
When I first laid eyes on Dining In: Highly Cookable Recipes by Alison Roman, I knew it was special.  In October's monthly cookbook roundup, I wrote: "This title shares 125 recipes that are tempting enough to attract seasoned cooks but easy enough for the novice. Roman is known for her keeper recipes and simple approach as well as for her fun,… read more

Autentico – Rolando Beramendi

January 21, 2018 by
 |  97 Comments  |  Leave Comment
When I first picked up Rolando Beramendi's Autentico: Cooking Italian, the Authentic Way, I was instantly reminded of why Italian food is loved worldwide: simple elegance. Rolando is an importer and connoisseur of the finest ingredients from Italy which is reflected beautifully in this book, his guide to Italian food. Manicaretti, his company, is a frequent winner of awards and… read more

Patricia Heaton’s Food for Family and Friends

January 18, 2018 by
 |  69 Comments  |  Leave Comment
Most of us know Patricia Heaton, the actress, from her hit shows, Everybody Loves Raymond and The Middle, as well as other tv and movie roles. It was in October 2015 when Patricia Heaton Parties aired on the Food Network that we learned the busy mother of four also has a passion for cooking and entertaining.  On February 6th, Patricia Heaton's Food for Family and… read more

I Heart Rome – Maria Pasquale

January 17, 2018 by
 |  102 Comments  |  Leave Comment
I Heart Rome: Recipes & Stories from the Eternal City by Maria Pasquale is a guided tour with beautiful food and location photography, classic recipes, and stories from the Italian capital. Profiles of food purveyors and chefs told along with quirky stories and glorious pictures, take the reader on an inspiring journey through the Rome that tourists rarely get to… read more

Honey & Spice – Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich

January 17, 2018 by
 |  2 Comments  |  Leave Comment
  Bear with me, I'm a little giddy. Those two wonderfully kind people pictured above, Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich, are the married couple behind the wildly successful Honey & Co. Restaurant in London and are two of my favorite authors. Their first cookbook, Honey & Co. Food from the Middle East was the Sunday Times Food Book of the Year in the… read more

Made in Vietnam – Tracey Lister & Andreas Pohl

January 16, 2018 by
 |  97 Comments  |  Leave Comment
This week I am going to bring you several promotions on books that take you around the world with delicious bites in follow up to my Globetrotting through your cookbook library.  First up, we have Made in Vietnam: Homestyle Recipes from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh by Tracey Lister and Andreas Pohl (a reissue of their 2014 title Real Vietnamese Cooking). This vibrant… read more

Globetrotting through your cookbook library

January 14, 2018 by
 |  2 Comments  |  Leave Comment
This weekend is one of administrative work but the urge to write had to be answered. While I believe my love of cookbooks started from wanting to be better than what had been drilled into me as a child, it blossomed due to my need to explore other cultures that interested me. I didn't want to become a close-minded recluse… read more

Grow Cook Nourish by Darina Allen

January 13, 2018 by
 |  108 Comments  |  Leave Comment
Darina Allen runs the world-renowned cooking school at Ballymaloe in County Cork, Ireland. She founded the school with her brother, Rory O'Connell, in 1983 and since then has authored many cookery books. Besides running the school with her brother, her daughter-in-law, Rachel Allen, also teaches there and lives nearby.  The family connection travels back to when Darina (O'Connell then) started as a… read more

Smoking Hot & Cold by Charlotte Pike

January 11, 2018 by
 |  58 Comments  |  Leave Comment
Smoking Hot & Cold: Techniques and Recipes for Smoked Meat, Seafood, Dairy, and Vegetables by Charlotte Pike provides nearly 100 recipes to add flavor and depth to our dishes in the form of smoke. Of course, we are all familiar with smoking proteins but what about smoking vegetables and condiments or even dessert? Charlotte has us covered with chapters covering Fish,… read more

Smitten Kitchen Every Day by Deb Perelman

January 10, 2018 by
 |  160 Comments  |  Leave Comment
Smitten Kitchen Every Day: Triumphant and Unfussy New Favorites, Deb Perelman's long anticipated follow up to her New York Times best selling, The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook, delivers more than 100 new, easy-to-cook, impossible-to-resist recipes. Deb's blog is indexed for our members (one click and you can add 1,150 searchable recipes to your bookshelf). It is often said that sequels are never as good as the… read more

Baco by Josef Centeno

January 9, 2018 by
 |  98 Comments  |  Leave Comment
Josef Centeno is the chef credited with capturing the myriad tastes of Los Angeles on one plate. In his debut cookbook written with food writer, Betty Hallock, Bäco: Vivid Recipes from the Heart of Los Angeles, he delivers his food - vibrant and fresh with influences taken from the melting pot of cuisines that make up this fascinating food paradise. Recipes span from… read more

The Farm Cooking School

January 8, 2018 by
 |  97 Comments  |  Leave Comment
The Farm Cooking School: Techniques and Recipes for Inspired Seasonal Cooking by Ian Knauer and Shelley Wiseman is one of the titles that made my best of 2017 list. Ian and Shelley run The Farm Cooking School in New Jersey and their schedule of classes can always be found on our Calendar. Ian has written or co-written three other books:… read more

I Love India by Anjum Anand

January 7, 2018 by
 |  122 Comments  |  Leave Comment
I Love India: Recipes and Stories from City to Coast, Morning to Midnight, and Past to Present is Anjum Anand's eighth book. Here, she delivers her favourite dishes in a beautiful tribute to her homeland and its extraordinary food culture, drawn from its diverse regions as well as from a host of traders, settlers and immigrants over the years. The… read more

Homemade Pasta Made Simple – Manuela Zangara

January 4, 2018 by
 |  105 Comments  |  Leave Comment
Homemade Pasta Made Simple: A Pasta Cookbook with Easy Recipes & Lessons to Make Fresh Pasta Any Night by Manuela Zangara is an all-in-one pasta cookbook for stress-free pasta making at home. Manuela was born and raised in Italy and shares authentic Italian food on her blog Manu's Menu. I have marked several of her blog recipes to try: Danubio,… read more

Cheers to the Publican Paul Kahan

January 3, 2018 by
 |  72 Comments  |  Leave Comment
Cheers to The Publican, Repast and Present: Recipes and Ramblings from an American Beer Hall by Paul Kahan, Cosmo Goss and Rachel Holtzman is a narrative-rich cookbook by Chicago's superstar chef whose destination restaurant, The Publican, is known for its incredibly delicious pork- and seafood-centric, beer-friendly cooking. I admit it, I'm a fan of restaurant cookbooks - I love the… read more

Lomelino’s Pies by Linda Lomelino

January 2, 2018 by
 |  97 Comments  |  Leave Comment
Linda Lomelino has the gift. She magically transforms sweet treats into beautiful works of art. Her photographs are enchanting and her recipes are killer good. Last year, we featured her title My Sweet Kitchen (and shared her recipe for Oreo and Raspberry Cheesecake). Her books are a source of culinary and photographic inspiration.  In Linda's latest Lomelino's Pies: A Celebration of Pies, Galettes, and Tarts, she… read more

Tasty Naughty Healthy Nice – Susan Jane White

December 29, 2017 by
 |  70 Comments  |  Leave Comment
Susan Jane White is pure fun. How can I make that statement when I've never met the woman? If you take into consideration the names of her cookbooks (The Virtuous Tart: Sinful but Saintly Recipes for Sweets, Treats, and Snacks and Tasty. Naughty. Healthy. Nice.: Whole Food Made Sinfully Delicious), her cheeky narrative in those books, and the joy she radiates in… read more

Looking forward to 2018

December 28, 2017 by
 |  4 Comments  |  Leave Comment
I loathe being the one that is putting up the Valentine's Day displays a few days after the December holidays, yet I've spent the last few days filtering through 2018 releases from around the world. Even though bindings haven't been broken in on those spectacular cookbooks of 2017, it is never too early to start planning ahead. The new year… read more

Super Tuscan by Gabriele Corcos and Debi Mazar

December 27, 2017 by
 |  101 Comments  |  Leave Comment
Gabriele Corcos and Debi Mazar's second cookbook, Super Tuscan: Heritage Recipes from Our Italian-American Kitchen, is as delightful as their best-selling debut book, Extra Virgin. Here, the dynamic duo return with dishes that are easily replicated, simple - yet elegant, and so very delicious.  I have made almost half the recipes from their first title and was on the edge of my… read more

Nandita Godbole – Ebook Giveaways

December 22, 2017 by
 |  57 Comments  |  Leave Comment
Nandita Godbole is the voice behind the website, Curry Cravings, where she shares her expertise in Indian cuisine. She is also the author of several books on Indian cooking and today I am sharing two titles with you. Nandita pulled from her grandfathers' teachings to share the fundamental building blocks of the Indian cuisine in Crack The Code: Cook Any Indian Meal… read more

Best of the Best Cookbook List 2017

December 21, 2017 by
 |  3 Comments  |  Leave Comment
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

Corrections and Notes for the Americanized version of Sweet by Yotam Ottolenghi

December 20, 2017 by
 |  21 Comments  |  Leave Comment
We are baking our way through Sweet over at the Eat Your Books club which we created just for this special book. As some of you may know, the Americanized version has some errors with regard to conversions and temperatures (only the books that have the Fig pavlova on the cover as shown on the right). The errata sheet has… read more

The best cookbooks of 2017 by the experts

December 19, 2017 by
 |  Leave Comment
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
« Older posts
Newer posts »
Seen anything interesting? Let us know & we'll share it!

Categories

Archives