Two cutting-edge culinary items: Cooking with cannibis & 15 weird lollipops

May 1, 2012 by
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Here at EYB we like to bring our community cutting-edge news from the culinary world. In that spirit, here are a couple of items that caught our attention. In Oregon, the first restaurant specializing in marijuana-baked items has opened and is sharing their cooking tips with their clients (please use only where legal). And we present 15 weird lollipops. While insects… read more

Basic cooking plus foods of the future

April 18, 2012 by
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We've recently run across two insightful, but quite different interviews about cooking and food. In the first, Mark Bittman discusses his new book, How to Cook Everything: The Basics. And, per usual, he doesn't sugar coat his opinions, stating frankly, "We know people skip two or three generations learning how to cook. Everyone with a brain acknowledges cooking is important."… read more

Best jarred pasta sauces, food porn, Food Blogging for Dummies

April 15, 2012 by
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It's either Sunday or Monday morning, depending on where you're reading this, and either way we've gathered a variety of serious - and not so serious - articles for some fun reading. We're presenting a recent taste test on jarred pasta sauces from Serious Eats, we're looking at Neil Patrick Harris' new Twitter feed "Food Porn," and there's a collection on… read more

Steak scam – that isn’t Kobe beef you’re eating

April 13, 2012 by
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Forbes Magazine is running a two-part expose on the latest food scam - selling high-priced steaks and meat for even higher prices by labeling them "Kobe." The label "Kobe" became synonymous with high quality beef after numerous reports about a Japanese beef cow, grown in a small herd, that is intensively nurtured to provide the tenderest meat. And, in fact, in… read more

A list for dreaming and a list for practical use

April 11, 2012 by
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For today's blog we were torn between dreaming of traveling to the best outdoor farmer's markets or presenting some practical advice on how to best store your food items. Taking the easy way out, we decided to do both. First up is National Geographic's list of the top 10 outdoor food markets (thanks to The Kitchn for pointing us in this… read more

The best and worst grocery stores

April 4, 2012 by
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As reported by ABC News, Consumer Reports just published an indepth report on the best and worst supermarkets. Among some of their more interesting findings: most shoppers do not shop exclusively at just one store; store brands are as popular as brand names; and, to save money, always enter the store from the left side. And the most liked? Wegman's, Trader… read more

IACP expands its awards to infinity and beyond (or at least the new media)

April 3, 2012 by
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The International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) has traditionally handed out annual cookbook awards, among the most prestigious in the industry. Additionally, they have honored great culinary writing with the Bert Greene Awards. This year, in a further outreach, they expanded their awards to include "New Media and Broadcast," a group containing online food blogs, websites, and culinary video and… read more

Does chocolate help keep you lean?

March 27, 2012 by
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Over at Salt they're discussing some recent good news for chocolate lovers - new research that shows that eating chocolate regularly may help keep you thinner. Why? It's possible that due to special compounds in the chocolate, the fat in chocolate may leave our bodies before being absorbed. No one is yet arguing for an all-chocolate diet, but eating a… read more

Designer fruit-the iMandarin

March 25, 2012 by
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Described as a "celebration of a fruit's perfect design," the Smithsonian blog, Designer Decoded, has a seven-part article on the Cutie - a seedless, easily peelable mandarin designed specifically to be kid-friendly. We're not talking about genetic modification, rather a design and marketing approach almost as intense as what created the iPhone, As the blog says: "While more obviously designed objects are… read more

Eat intensely flavored food to keep portion sizes small

March 23, 2012 by
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According to the Salt (NPR's food blog) and a study in Flavour, smell can affect how much we eat. The more intense the aroma, the smaller the bite. It's logical; when we encounter a new especially aromatic food, we tend to try it out with just a nibble. This could be a diet approach that even the most avid foodie… read more

What’s new in the natural products expo

March 22, 2012 by
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Remember chia pets? They're back....but now on your plate-at least the seeds are. The largest natural products exposition was recently held in Los Angeles and, besides reintroducing chia seeds, it highlighted some interesting trends in natural foods. Supplements are losing favor while old-fashioned ingredients are making a comeback. Snacks, drinks, and baby foods are all "hot" categories. And a big… read more

Andrew Carmellini comes clean on ghostwriters

March 19, 2012 by
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I just saw a funny tweet where chef Andrew Carmellini owns up to the important role his co-writer played in the writing of his two cookbooks.  If only all cookbook "authors" were this honest.  Though in full disclosure, his co-writer is also his wife! read more

Now Gwyneth too denies using ghostwriters

March 18, 2012 by
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Gwyneth Paltrow has added her voice to the chorus of cookbook authors denying they use ghostwriters.  It is interesting though that her book My Father's Daughter was used to illustrate the article in the New York Times that stirred up this hornet's nest.  What exactly did her co-writer Julia Turshen do if Gwyneth wrote every word herself, as she now claims? read more

Pizza cornucopias

March 16, 2012 by
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With the release of the new iPad, other innovations have received little attention. But the recent pizza expo in Las Vegas-attended by 10,000 people-highlighted some fun developments in the world of pizza. So are pizza cones the next big pizza thing? read more

Hear Susie talk about how her job as a cookbook reviewer impacts her kids

March 13, 2012 by
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Fascinating radio piece by Susie on New England Public Radio on how her constant testing of cookbooks for her reviewing jobs at NPR Radio, The Boston Globe and of course EYB, mean that her children very rarely get repeat dinners.  And how their palates have had to adjust to the exotic and (sometimes) downright bad. read more

London eating

April 29, 2011 by
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Although I now live on the opposite side of the world to my home city of London, I'm fortunate to get back often enough to still feel in touch.   I don't tend to keep up to date while I'm away, so sometimes I find a new trend has gripped the country since my previous visit, though I'm still hoping for… read more

A very special dinner

March 27, 2011 by
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Every so often we get to do something that is so special we can't believe it's really happening.  I had that feeling this weekend when I had the privilege of attending a dinner cooked by two of the world's greatest chefs - Heston Blumenthal and Thomas Keller.  They had got together at a beautiful spot on the east coast of New Zealand at… read more

EYB Road Trip

May 4, 2010 by
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We got back home today after two weeks on the road.  In two weeks we visited San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Boston and New York.  Had some wonderful experiences, climaxing Sunday night with the James Beard Awards in NY.  A parade of amazing cookbook authors took the stage - Claudia Roden (Cookbook Hall of Fame for A Book of Middle Eastern Food),… read more

Eat Your Books Award at IACP

April 23, 2010 by
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We just got back from the IACP Cookbook Awards where I presented the Eat Your Books Award.  All the nominees were tremendous books - we were delighted to present it to Stephanie Alexander for Stephanie Alexander's Kitchen Garden Companion.  Well, I would have done if she had been there so it went to Lauraine Jacobs from New Zealand (an ex-IACP… read more

Jamie Oliver’s petition to improve children’s eating habits

April 1, 2010 by
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Jamie Oliver has launched an online petition to improve the eating habits and lifetime health of America's children.  This ties in with his new TV show Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution which is currently showing on ABC.  Jamie hopes to present the petition to Barack & Michelle Obama at the end of the series. You can see how many votes your state has generated - if you live… read more

James Beard Book Award nominations announced

March 26, 2010 by
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The nominations for the prestigious James Beard Cookbook Awards were announced today.  They can be viewed on our JB Awards nominations page.  We will be attending the awards in New York on May 2nd which is going to be exciting.  We have also created a page listing all the IACP Award nominations which includes the Eat Your Books Award. read more

Ruth Reichl on what cookbooks mean to her

February 9, 2010 by
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Ruth Reichl didn't like Adam Gopnik's article in The New Yorker and on her blog she explains how her approach to cooking differs. I'm definitely in Ruth's camp - cooking because you love to do it and because you love feeding other people good things to eat. Adam's constant striving for perfection, and disappointment that each recipe never quite takes him there, doesn't connect… read more

NPR stories worth catching

December 7, 2009 by
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Susie was featured on NPR yesterday talking about her selection of the best cookbooks of 2009 - you can hear her discussion with Lianne Hansen on Weekend Edition. Another interesting piece on NPR recently was a discussion between Adam Gopnik of the New Yorker and Monica Bhide, author of Modern Spice, with Rebecca Roberts on Talk of the Nation. This is a fascinating analysis,… read more

Julie & Julia

August 12, 2009 by
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Saw 'Julie & Julia' last night and loved it.  Based on the books My Life in France by Julia Child and Julie & Julia by Julie Powell, this juxtapositions the two stories.  Julia is finding herself through French cooking (then relatively unknown in US home kitchens) and Julie is finding herself by cooking her way through Julia's Mastering the Art of French Cooking and then blogging about it.  I've… read more
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