BBC to launch new cookery show

March 3, 2017 by
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Many fans of The Great British Bake Off were saddened when they learned the program would move to Channel 4 from its home on the BBC. But it looks like viewers might be able to have their cake and eat it, too. The BBC has just announced a new show that could rival the beloved GBBO, because it stars one… read more

Olive oil prices skyrocket

February 17, 2017 by
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  It might be a good idea to stock up on olive oil. According to reports, supplies of the popular substance are dwindling and the price has skyrocketed due to several devastating weather events. Hot and humid weather in Italy attracted olive fruit flies and allowed damaging bacteria to flourish. The yield this year is expected to be only half of… read more

Is Prue Leith coming to the GBBO?

February 15, 2017 by
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Rumors are swirling that restaurateur, and cookery-school founder Prue Leith may be in the running to replace Mary Berry on the new GBBO. No one has confirmed this rumor, but many people agree that she is amply qualified for the hosting spot. Leith opened her Michelin-starred restaurant, Leith's, in the late 1960s and founded Leiths School of Food and Wine… read more

IACP announces 2017 Cookbook Award nominees

February 9, 2017 by
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Yesterday, the International Association of Culinary Professionals (more commonly known by its acronym IACP) announced its 2017 Food Writing Awards. The awards cover a large spectrum of food writing, from regular food columns to social media accounts (two awards for best food Instragram accounts!), blogs, websites, videos, and our favorite, cookbooks. The sixteen categories remain unchanged from last year with… read more

USA tops the Bocuse d’Or

February 3, 2017 by
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A little over a week ago the Bocuse d'Or, the most prestigious worldwide culinary competition, was held in Lyon, France. For the first time in the competition's 30-year history, a team from the United States - helmed by Chef Mathew Peters - won the event. You can read a diary that Peters kept for The Daily Beast that tracked the… read more

Vancouver cookbook store to close

January 25, 2017 by
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  I'm afraid we have some sad news to report in the world of cookbook stores. After a 20 year run, Barbara Jo's Books to Cooks, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, is shutting its doors. In her letter, owner Barbara Jo says that she will keep the website and will report there on her future plans at a later date. … read more

Cooking with words

January 14, 2017 by
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An article entitled Dreams of Cooking Behind Barbed Wire passed through my newsfeed earlier this week. The subject of the article broke my heart while reminding me that hope, food and love of family - even when manufactured through memories - is incredibly powerful.   The photo to the left taken by the Sydney Jewish Museum is of a 56-page cookbook laced together with… read more

Iron Chef America coming back to Food Network

December 6, 2016 by
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  Fans of the television series Iron Chef America will be happy to learn that the show, which left Food Network in 2014, is returning in spring 2017. The reboot of the show includes a new name: the new program will be called Iron Chef Gauntlet.  Reports indicate that Alton Brown will be reprising his role as host of the competition. It's… read more

Alton Brown announces internet cooking show

November 2, 2016 by
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Fans of Alton Brown have mourned his departure from the Food Network, but now they have something to cheer them up. In a live chat on Facebook on Saturday, Brown delighted his audience by revealing that he will be soon starting a new internet cooking show. The new program will allegedly be called "A Cooking Show", and it will be… read more

America’s Test Kitchen sues Christopher Kimball

November 1, 2016 by
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If the EYB Forum and Facebook posts are any indication, plenty of our members recently received the charter issue of Milk Street, Christopher Kimball's new publication. The magazine may have seemed familiar to Cook's Illustrated in its approach to recipe development: create the best version of a dish by listing, and subsequently eliminating, the problems that often arise in other… read more

Gourmet Traveller turns 50

October 29, 2016 by
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  Fifty years ago last February, the first edition of what would become Australian Gourmet Traveller magazine appeared on newsstands. To celebrate a half century of celebrating Australian food culture, the magazine has issued a 'virtual reprint' of its inaugural magazine, when it was known as The Australian Gourmet Magazine.  The magazine notes that a lot has changed since its… read more

Oprah set to release new cookbook

October 28, 2016 by
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The latest celebrity to jump on the cookbook bandwagon is none other than Oprah Winfrey. Her book, titled Food, Health and Happiness: 'On Point' Recipes for Great Meals and a Better Life, debuts in January, 2017. She's distributing the book under her new (as yet unnamed) publishing imprint. Given Oprah's proven ability to promote books through her book club, the… read more

BBC announces new cooking show

October 21, 2016 by
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  Fans of The Great British Bake Off who were disappointed that the show was leaving the BBC now have something to look forward to watching. The network has just announced that it will be producing a new reality cooking show begininng in 2017. Called 'The Big Family Cooking Challenge', the program will follow multi-generational family teams of amateur cooks, who… read more

Observer Food Monthly announces 2016 awards

October 16, 2016 by
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  The 2016 Observer Food Monthly awards were announced at a gala celebration last Thursday. The awards, in their 13th year, celebrate the best of British food and drink. Categories range from best restaurant and best cheap eats to best food personality to best market and more, including our favorite, best new cookbook. While most of the categories are for… read more

ATK’s post-Kimball plans are all wet

September 26, 2016 by
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  When news broke that Chris Kimball was leaving America's Test Kitchen and Cook's Illustrated, which he founded more than 20 years ago, people wondered how the brand would change and what the bow-tied star would do. While Kimball has moved on to a new venture ( Milk Street Kitchen), it looks like ATK has opted to sail the high… read more

BBC may launch a rival show to GBBO

September 25, 2016 by
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Fans who were disappointed that Mary Berry wasn't going to stay with The Great British Bake Off as it moves to a new channel will be happy to hear that the BBC is planning a new cookery competition starring Berry along with former GBBO co-hosts Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins. Sources state that the BBC have told Berry "that she will… read more

Berry leaves GBBO; Hollywood remains

September 22, 2016 by
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In an update to the drama surrounding The Great British Bake Off's move from BBC to Channel 4, host Mary Berry has announced that she will not be involved with the new show. However, Paul Hollywood has signed a three-year deal with the network, making him the only original host making the move. Berry said that loyalty to the BBC,… read more

T. Susan Chang’s new podcast

September 21, 2016 by
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T. Susan Chang, who you likely remember wrote weekly EYB blog posts about cookbooks and whose work regularly appears in the Boston Globe, on NPR and other major news outlets, has an exciting new project: her very own podcast. Called The Level Teaspoon, it's all about our favorite subject - cookbooks. Each week Susie will look at several of the latest cookbook releases, discuss what's happening in the… read more

Trouble ahead for the GBBO?

September 14, 2016 by
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  Two recent announcements have shaken the foundations of Britain's most popular television program. The first announcement was that the Great British Bake Off (GBBO) was moving from the public-service BBC to commercial station Channel 4. If that wasn't enough drama, two of the show's hosts - Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc - said they were not going to follow… read more

The sugar industry’s role in heart disease research

September 13, 2016 by
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When a prominent medical publication like The New England Journal of Medicine publishes a story that links a substance to a detrimental health condition, people take notice. Dietary and lifestyle changes are often based on this kind of research, which has the backing of the medical community and is relied upon for its thoroughness and transparency of the funding sources… read more

Did someone find KFC’s secret fried chicken recipe?

August 20, 2016 by
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  Over the years, many people have claimed to possess the "secret recipe" for Kentucky Fried Chicken's "blend of 11 herbs and spices" developed by Colonel Harland Sanders. None of the claims have turned out to be true, but the latest comes from a relative of the late Sanders. A reporter for the Chicago Tribune says he stumbled upon the… read more

Italy hands out stiff penalties for olive oil misbranding

June 30, 2016 by
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  Earlier this year we reported on the scandal of counterfeit extra-virgin olive oil being passed off as the real thing to customers in Italy and beyond. Now the Italian antitrust authority has started handing down stiff fines to olive oil producers caught mislabeling their oils. Discount supermarket Lidl and Spanish company Deoleo (makers of Bertolli, Sassa and Carapelli oils)… read more

‘The World’s 50 Best Restaurants’ winners announced

June 15, 2016 by
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Who has the best restaurant in the world? According to the latest edition of The World's 50 Best Restaurants, it's Osteria Francescana, helmed by chef Massimo Bottura. The tiny venue located in Modena, Italy bested last year's winner, Spain's El Celler de Can Roca, which fell to number two. New York's Eleven Madison Park, headed by Will Guidara and Daniel… read more

General Mills issues recall of flour

June 1, 2016 by
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  Before you bake that loaf of bread or batch of cookies, you should check your flour. If you are using Gold Medal flour, it may be subject to a recall. Yesterday General Mills announced a voluntary recall of over 10 million pounds of flour, stating that it was working with health officials to investigate a possible association with the product and an outbreak… read more

BBC Food website to close

May 18, 2016 by
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Yesterday the BBC announced that BBC Food, along with a few other websites, will be shuttered as part of a larger cost-saving plan. Before you get too upset, please note that the company's commercial site, BBC Good Food, will carry on. The BBC Food site contains over 11,000 recipes, which will not be searchable after the site closes, although you… read more
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