Saveur Blog Award winners announced

October 3, 2017 by
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  The 8th Annual Saveur Blog Awards were announced last evening in Charleston, South Carolina. In each category, awards were given to the choices made by the editors at Saveur and by readers in the online polling. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who voted for the EYB blog during the nomination process; your support means the world to us. … read more

The books that shape a career

October 2, 2017 by
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When Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly burst onto the scene seventeen years ago, it ushered in boom times for celebrity chefdom and a golden age for food television. J. Kenji López-Alt is one of many chefs and culinary professionals who credit the book with inspiring their career choice. On Facebook, López-Alt posted a missive about how the book … read more

Food & Wine’s surprising benefactor

September 28, 2017 by
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  You may have seen the news that Hugh Hefner, the founder of Playboy magazine, died yesterday at the age of 91. "What's that got to do with food?" you may wonder. As it turns out, a great deal: Hefner was instrumental in launching Food & Wine Magazine.  Food & Wine was first published as a "preview issue" tucked inside… read more

Barry Callebaut announces a new kind of chocolate

September 11, 2017 by
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  Move over dark, milk, and white chocolates, there's a new kid in town: ruby chocolate. Last week chocolate giant Barry Callebaut announced that after 10 years of research and development, it is releasing a new type of chocolate that boasts a naturally reddish hue. This new variety of chocolate - the first since the development of white chocolate 80… read more

At My Table – Nigella Lawson – UK Tour Dates and BBC Six Part Series

September 10, 2017 by
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The domestic goddess, Nigella Lawson's At My Table: A Celebration of Home Cooking is slated for publication on September 21st in the UK. It seems in our book loving universe, we are always longing or anticipating publication dates. Here in the US, At My Table will be available in the Spring of 2018. Those of us who are not keen on… read more

Gourmet Traveller announces 2018 Restaurant Award winners

August 25, 2017 by
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Indexed magazine Australian Gourmet Traveller announced the winners of its 2018 Restaurant Awards on Wednesday. The awards included ten categories including best restaurant, best chef, best wine list, and best new talent. The winners were culled from the semi-finalists announced earlier this year.  For the first time in 20 years, the Restaurant of The Year honors went to an establishment… read more

The best food television shows of 2017

August 22, 2017 by
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For cookbook lovers, nothing beats cracking open a favorite book and settling in to browse and dream of new tastes and techniques. Sometimes you have to put down the book, however. Thank goodness for a plethora of television shows to fill the time in between book reading sessions! This fall, everyone's favorite baking show, The Great British Bake Off, debuts… read more

In Search of Israeli Cuisine

August 18, 2017 by
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In Search of Israeli Cuisine is a film that highlights the dynamic food scene in Israel. The film's chef/guide is Michael Solomonov, a James Beard Award winning chef and co-owner of acclaimed Zahav in Philadelphia. He is also the author of the cookbook Zahav (one of my most treasured books). The chef was born in Israel and has lived and traveled there… read more

Legendary editor Judith Jones has died

August 2, 2017 by
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The culinary world is in mourning today after learning of the death of legendary cookbook editor and author Judith Jones. Jones passed away last evening at her summer home in Walden, Vermont, from complications of Alzheimer's disease. She was 93.  Jones was a long-time senior editor and vice president at Alfred A. Knopf. She was instrumental in the publication of… read more

Food trend predictions from the Fancy Foods show

July 17, 2017 by
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  Every year, thousands of people gather for the annual Summer Fancy Food Show, where more than 2,600 specialty companies showcase their goods to the press, consumers, and potential buyers. This year, Cook's Illustrated sent one of its tastings and testings team members, Hannah Crowley, to the show. After eyeing and sampling hundreds of products, she made some predictions for trends… read more

The New York Times plans to charge for its recipe database

June 28, 2017 by
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  In a bold move, The New York Times announced that it plans to turn its cooking website and app into a subscription service. Beginning next week, NYT Cooking will charge $65 USD per year for access to the 18,000+ recipes from staff writers like Melissa Clark and Sam Sifton. There will be an option to pay $5 for four weeks if you… read more

Pioneering chef Alain Senderens dies at age 77

June 27, 2017 by
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French chef Alain Senderens, who helped create nouvelle cuisine, has died at age 77. In the 1960s and 1970s, Senderens, along with a coterie of French chefs including Paul Bocuse and Michel Guerard, pioneered a lighter, sleeker style of cooking that moved away from sauce-heavy traditional French cuisine.   Senderens helmed two different three-Michelin-star restaurants (L'Archestrate and Lucas Carton) for 28 years combined.… read more

Guild of Food Writers announces 2017’s winners

June 26, 2017 by
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  The Guild of Food Writers is the professional association of food writers and broadcasters in the United Kingdom. Established in 1984, it now has approximately 425 members including authors, broadcasters, columnists and journalists.  The Guild recently announced its 2017 award winners at a ceremony held in London.  Sri Owen, the author of several Indonesian and southeast Asian cookbooks and one of the… read more

Food & Wine makes a move

June 23, 2017 by
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 It's no secret that print publications are struggling in the digital economy. Sometimes this means a magazine or newspaper will fold or make major changes. In the case of Food & Wine Magazine, we can be thankful it's the latter. The magazine just announced that it was relocating from New York to Alabama.  Such a geographic shift may be puzzling,… read more

Famed baker Flo Braker dies at 78

June 16, 2017 by
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  We just learned the sad news that baking legend Flo Braker has died at the age of 78. The San Francisco Gate reported that Braker died of complications following a fall.  Braker wrote several popular cookbooks, including her 1984 debut, The Simple Art of Perfect Baking, as well as the award-winning Sweet Miniatures  and The Baker's Dozen Cookbook. She also… read more

Shakeup in aisle five

June 16, 2017 by
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  In news that sent shivers down the backs of grocers across the US, and to a lesser extent Canada and the UK, Amazon announced today that it is buying Whole foods for $13.7 billion USD. When the news hit, stocks of major grocery chains like Kroger and Walmart dropped several percentage points. The reason these food retailers - and… read more

Bittman’s back

June 14, 2017 by
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Prolific cookbook author, respected food columnist, and EYB Member favorite Mark Bittman made waves when he left The New York Times back in 2015. He bounced around a bit following his departure, with a brief stint at the vegan meal-kit company Purple Carrot and a major move to the West Coast. Even though he still thinks leaving the NYT was the… read more

A sneak peek at Rose Levy Beranbaum’s upcoming book

May 7, 2017 by
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Fans of Rose Levy Beranbaum have become better bakers thanks to her exquisite and thorough baking books, starting with Romantic and Classic Cakes, the groundbreaking The Cake Bible, and 2014's The Baking Bible. Rose is not content to rest on her laurels, however, and is busy working on another project titled Baking Basics. She recently posted about the photo shoot for… read more

Grant Achatz is working on a new cookbook

May 3, 2017 by
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  Over 500 EYB Members have a copy of Alinea by Grant Achatz on their Bookshelves. Alinea  was one of the first books to bring molecular gastronomy to the masses, written by a groundbreaking chef who continues to push boundaries in the restaurant world. Now Achatz is working on another cookbook, although this one isn't based on the restaurant, but rather… read more

James Beard chef and restaurant awards

May 2, 2017 by
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Yesterday the James Beard Foundation announced the winners of its chef and restaurant awards. Previously they announced the nominees and semi-finalists, with many contenders from across the United States competing in various regional and national categories like Best Chef Midwest or Outstanding Restaurateur. You might recognize some of the chefs and restaurateurs who have written successful cookbooks, like Michael Solomonov of… read more

JBF announces 2017 media award winners

April 25, 2017 by
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  At a gala held this evening, the James Beard Foundation announced its 2017 James Beard Media Award winners. This year will definitely go down as the Year of the South in American cookbooks. While Deep Run Roots was the runaway winner in the IACP awards, Ronni Lundy swept the JBF, winning in the American Cooking category as well as… read more

Seeds of Peace

April 8, 2017 by
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We here at Eat Your Books love to spread the news of how food brings the world together in offering hope through gathering around the table to share food along with experiences.  Earlier this week, I shared our worldwide promotion on #CookForSyria which is raising funds to help children affected by the conflict in Syria. My hope in sharing books that… read more

The world’s 50 best restaurants of 2017

April 5, 2017 by
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  The annual ranking of the World's 50 Best Restaurants has just been revealed. For the first time in several years, a US restaurant tops the list. Daniel Humm and Will Guidara's Eleven Madison Park moved up two spots from last year to claim the title of World's Best Restaurant for 2017.  The 2016 winner, Osteria Francescana  led by chef Massimo Bottura,… read more

Ina Garten announces a new show

March 23, 2017 by
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Looking for a good new cooking show to watch? Keep your eyes on Food Network, because Ina Garten has just announced that she's working on a new show that will air on the cable channel. It appears that the series, titled 'Cook Like a Pro', is already in production and will likely premiere in May of this year. Garten, author… read more

New GBBO hosts announced

March 18, 2017 by
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Channel 4 has announced who will replace Mary Berry, Mel Giedroyc, and Sue Perkins this fall for the new season of GBBO, the first at the show's new home. The rumors have been confirmed: Sandi Toksvig, food writer Prue Leith, and comedian Noel Fielding will join Paul Hollywood for the next season.  Leith said she was "so thrilled to be joining... the… read more
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