More with Less by Jodi Moreno

August 20, 2018 by Jenny

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Jodi Moreno is a trained natural foods chef and award-winning blogger known for keeping food simple. In her third book, More with Less: Whole Food Cooking Made Irresistibly Simple, she creates bold, satisfying flavors using only whole food ingredients. The 130 recipes in this title are approachable and utilize easy techniques while requiring 10 ingredients or less! While the dishes in… read more

Wild Bread – Flour – Water – Air

August 18, 2018 by Jenny

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Wild Bread: Sourdough Reinvented by MaryJane Butters completely reinvents the concept of healthier-for-you, naturally fermented sourdough. Until now, sourdough was perceived as too much work and sour-tasting, artisan-style-only loaves. Here, her quick and easy 1 minute 2x/day technique demonstrates the use of eight different types of flours for each bread featured - everything from gluten-free brown-rice flour to quinoa to common… read more

Bake From Scratch Volume 2

August 15, 2018 by Jenny

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Bake from Scratch is an incredible magazine which I have written about in prior articles: the Taste of the South's makeover and the publication of Cook Real Food. Hoffman Media, the publisher, produces magazines that contain recipes and photographs that equal, and at times surpass, cookbook quality. Each year they compile all those tempting recipes from their magazine into one beautiful book. … read more

The Art and Craft of Chocolate

August 14, 2018 by Jenny

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The earliest evidence of chocolate dates back to 1900 BC where it was used in beverages in Mexico. In Nathan Hodge's The Art and Craft of Chocolate: An Enthusiast's Guide to Selecting, Preparing and Enjoying Artisan Chocolate at Home, the world-renowned chocolatier shows how to hack the basic principles of chocolate-making at home using tools as simple as a food processor, a hair… read more

The Bordeaux Kitchen

August 12, 2018 by Jenny

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In February, I was able to attend the IACP* conference in New York where I met a number of authors including Tania Teschke, who wrote The Bordeaux Kitchen: An Immersion into French Food and Wine, Inspired by Ancestral Traditions. Tania is an old soul who cares deeply about others and nutrition. Her demeanor puts you at ease and her kindness is… read more

The Great Grilled Cheese Book

August 8, 2018 by Jenny

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Which foods we delegate as comfort food are as different as each of our individual personalities. For me, growing up in a depressed midwestern town, I was served tomato soup and grilled cheese every Friday at our elementary school. Pulling off my gloves, red cheeked from the wintery playground after a die-hard round of four-square, I couldn't wait to get… read more

Southern Baked – Promotion and Giveaway

August 7, 2018 by Jenny

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Last month, we announced EYBDigital, our preorder incentive that provides digital access to a cookbook (after purchasing the print book) for a number of titles coming this Fall If you preorder a title 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,… read more

Levant by Rawia Bishara

August 6, 2018 by Jenny

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Levant: New Middle Eastern Flavours by Rawia Bishara pays tribute to the cuisine that has blossomed from the wall flower of global cuisine to one whose dance card is filled. Rawia is also the author of Olives, Lemons & Za'atar and owner of Brooklyn's Tanoreen restaurant who believes one of the greatest assets of Middle Eastern cuisine is its inherent fluidity,… read more

John Boos Board and Bites on Boards

August 4, 2018 by Jenny

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For as long as I have loved being in the kitchen one of the items on my must have list was a Boos® cutting board. Earlier this year, I shared a review of the Boos® Prep Master Cutting Board that has been well used in my kitchen. Boos makes beautiful, quality products and has been generous enough to send me a John… read more

Win a Swiss Diamond wok and a copy of Vegetarian Viet Nam

August 2, 2018 by Jenny

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Quality cookware is a necessity for success in the kitchen and happens to be one of my obsessions (those obsessions are all related - cooking, cookbooks, cookware, food). Finding a great wok has been the most challenging for me. I've bought at least a half dozen varieties of woks and always ended up destroying them either while seasoning or ruining… read more

In the French Kitchen with Kids by Mardi Michels

August 1, 2018 by Jenny

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Mardi Michels is the voice behind the website eat. live. travel. write. Her debut cookbook, In the French Kitchen with Kids: Easy, Everyday Dishes for the Whole Family to Make and Enjoy was released yesterday, July 31st. Do not let the title deter you - this is a book that cooks of any age will appreciate. Mardi teaches French language at an elementary… read more

Southern From Scratch

July 31, 2018 by Jenny

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Ashley English has authored a number of cookbooks ranging from homesteading to pie making to picnics. Her books are treasures and will become worn and food splattered from love and use. Her latest, Southern from Scratch: Pantry Essentials and Down-Home Recipes delivers 150 recipes that will not only guide us to creating our own Southern foods pantry but will inspire and encourage us to… read more

The Curry Guy – Review, Recipes and Giveaway

July 30, 2018 by Jenny

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Dan Toombs ("The Curry Guy") has perfected the art of replicating Indian restaurant cooking after traveling the United Kingdom and sampling dishes to learn curry house kitchen secrets. He then went back to his kitchen to recreate and refine those dishes that taste like takeout from our favorite restaurants but in less time and for far less money. Dan has… read more

How to Taste by Becky Selengut

July 30, 2018 by Jenny

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I love cookbooks and I find myself making some hard choices as I go about the arduous task of what stays and what goes in my latest purge. We've moved to our new home and I am trying to house all my cookbooks in my office as well as two book cases in our family room area. Some cookbooks are… read more

The Indian Vegetarian Cookbook

July 27, 2018 by Jenny

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In The Indian Vegetarian Cookbook, Pushpesh Pant delivers fresh, delicious, easy Indian vegetarian dishes that don't compromise on flavor, texture or enjoyment. Pant, a professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi and a regular recipe columnist, is also the author of Phaidon's global bestseller, India: The Cookbook as well as a library of other titles. Here, the author shares 150 healthy… read more

Dosa Kitchen by Nash Patel and Leda Scheintaub

July 25, 2018 by Jenny

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Every day millions of South Indians eat a light, crisp crepe made of rice and lentils with or without an endless number of various fillings. These crepes are called dosas and are attractive to many with dietary restrictions as they are gluten-free and dairy-free with the added benefits obtained from being a fermented product. The varieties of savory or sweet… read more

The Flavor Matrix – James Briscione with Brooke Parkhurst

July 19, 2018 by Jenny

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The Flavor Matrix: The Art and Science of Pairing Common Ingredients to Create Extraordinary Dishes by James Briscione and Brooke Parkhurst is a revolutionary new guide to pairing ingredients, based on groundbreaking research into the chemical basis of flavor. As an instructor at one of the world's top culinary schools, James Briscione thought he knew how to mix and match ingredients.… read more

French Grill – Cookbook GIveaway

July 18, 2018 by Jenny

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Susan Herrmann Loomis states that barbecue was invented in France. When the Gauls were racing through lush forests in what is now Brittany, Normandy, and the Loire Valley, hunting game, they would return to the village, build a fire, and split their prize from barbe a queue (head to tail) for roasting. While we'll never know for sure who sparked… read more

Tuscany by Katie and Giancarlo Caldesi

July 17, 2018 by Jenny

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In 1997 restaurateur, Giancarlo Caldesi met artist, Katie. He fell in love with her painting and she with his pasta. They now sit at the helm of two restaurants, Caffé Caldesi and Caldesi in Campagna, run a busy cookery school, have authored a library of cookery books and have two sons. The cooking couple's latest title, Tuscany: Simple Meals and Fabulous Feasts… read more

Too Good To Waste by Victoria Glass

July 15, 2018 by Jenny

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Jamie Oliver has stated that the Western world wastes three times the amount of food needed to feed the planet's hungriest people and that up to 50% of our household food will get thrown away every week, untouched. Today, we have more food choices at our fingertips than ever before, but the amount we throw away is at an all-time high.… read more

Ostro by Julia Busuttil Nishimura

July 12, 2018 by Jenny

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Julia Busuttil Nishimura started her blog Ostro in 2014 and has steadily gained a strong and loyal following for her uncomplicated, seasonal food. As an Australian of Maltese descent and a fluent Italian speaker, who is married to a Japanese man, Julia expertly brings together a broad range of cuisines and culinary influences using the very best produce available. Her style is… read more

Mouneh

July 11, 2018 by Jenny

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Obtaining a copy of Mouneh: Preserving Foods for the Lebanese Pantry by Barbara Abdeni Massaadl has been the object of my obsession for the last seven years. If I could reclaim the hours I've spent googling and searching for a copy of this book, I'd be able to take up a new hobby (I'd probably just read more cookbooks). A year ago… read more

Fire Food by Christian DJ BBQ Stevenson

July 10, 2018 by Jenny

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Christian "DJ BBQ" Stevenson had a successful career as a radio and TV broadcaster before his passion for cooking over fire changed his course. He is now the second most popular BBQ in the world on YouTube as well as a regular on Jamie Oliver's FoodTube channel. Stevenson's first book entitled, Jamie Oliver's Food Tube: The BBQ Book, was a big… read more

The New Spanish

July 5, 2018 by Jenny

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The New Spanish: Bites, Feasts, and Drinks by Jonah Miller and Nate Adler presents the cuisine of Spain with an exuberance that takes into consideration the way we eat and cook today. Packed with brilliant illustrations and quirky photography, this book is a full throttled ride to Spain that delivers everything but typical tapas fare. It is the authors' hope… read more

From the North Promotion

July 2, 2018 by Jenny

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From the North: A Simple and Modern Approach to Authentic Nordic Cooking by Katrin Bjork celebrates the classic dishes of Nordic countries, while making them more accessible and approachable for the rest of the world. Katrín was born in Iceland, moved to Denmark to study photography and ended up living there for 14 years. Now she resides in New York where… read more