The latest TikTok food fad isn’t cool, it’s cold

You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream, and then we throw it at each other. If the latter half of that sentence sounds bizarre to you, that's because you have not yet seen the latest TikTok trend where ice cream shop workers throw a scoop of their product at another team member. Food and Wine dubs this… read more

July 2023 EYB Cookbook Club Summary

Each month we offer at least four cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. This month our selections were: Cookbook: Tenderheart: A Book About Vegetables and Unbreakable Family Bonds by Hetty McKinnon or any Hetty McKinnon title and Milk Street Noodles: Secrets to the World’s Best Noodles, from Fettuccine Alfredo to Pad Thai to Miso Ramen by Christopher Kimball… read more

August 2023 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary

As our members know, each month we offer several cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. There are other fun cookbook clubs around the interwebs and we’d like to highlight those for those members who might want to cook or bake something other than our choices.  We want to get this information out to you so you can prepare… read more

Nigella Lawson addresses the ‘girl dinner’ trend

TikTok user Olivia Maher has been credited with coining the phrase 'girl dinner' after posting a video that described how medieval peasants ate, describing it as being terrible because they had nothing to eat but bread, cheese, and perhaps a few vegetables. However, Maher went on to say it was her “ideal meal” before panning to a plate containing of… read more

June 2023 EYB Cookbook Club Summary

Each month we offer at least four cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. This month our selections were: Cookbook: How to Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food by Mark Bittman or A Cook’s Book: The Essential Nigel Slater by Nigel SlaterBaking: More Than Cake: 100 Baking Recipes Built for Pleasure and Community by Natasha Pickowicz or any… read more

July 2023 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary

As our members know, each month we offer several cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. There are other fun cookbook clubs around the interwebs and we’d like to highlight those for those members who might want to cook or bake something other than our choices.  We want to get this information out to you so you can prepare… read more

May 2023 EYB Cookbook Club Summary

Each month we offer at least four cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. This month our selections were: Cookbook: Milk Street Noodles: Secrets to the World’s Best Noodles, from Fettuccine Alfredo to Pad Thai to Miso Ramen by Christopher Kimball - Note: As Noodles was released late April and I myself did not get a copy until the… read more

June 2023 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary

As our members know, each month we offer several cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. There are other fun cookbook clubs around the interwebs and we’d like to highlight those for those members who might want to cook or bake something other than our choices.  We want to get this information out to you so you can prepare… read more

Voraciously offers a new way to eat more vegetables

Voraciously, the food section of The Washington Post, is debuting a newsletter by cookbook author Hetty Lui McKinnon aimed at taking your plant-based meals to the next level. Titled "Voraciously: Plant Powered II", the newsletter will run weekly for 10 weeks beginning Tuesday, May 16 and will feature 10 vegan recipes highlighting 20 ingredients. McKinnon, author of several EYB Member… read more

April 2023 EYB Cookbook Club Summary

Each month we offer at least four cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. This month we have been cooking and it was a really busy time in the group. We loved seeing all the great photos and the love for RecipeTin Eats Dinner. Cookbook: RecipeTin Eats Dinner: 150 Recipes for Fast, Everyday Meals by Nagi Maehashi or any of Nagi’s blog recipes.… read more

May 2023 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary

As our members know, each month we offer several cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. There are other fun cookbook clubs around the interwebs and we’d like to highlight those for those members who might want to cook or bake something other than our choices.  We want to get this information out to you so you can prepare… read more

Changes coming to Saveur

For the past several years we have reported on the demise of beloved food magazines and websites that were falling like a line of dominoes. Gourmet was among the first to go, followed by Cooking Light*, Martha Stewart Living, Sweet Paul, Chowhound, Fine Cooking, and others. Websites such as Epicurious and NYT Cooking changed to a subscription-only format. Some, such… read more

The croissant revolution

You could say it started with the Cronut, Dominique Ansel's hybrid croissant and doughnut. That pastry sparked loads of imitators and innovators, with new croissant shapes and mashups springing up around the world. Many of these new takes are stunning to view, as The New York Times' Julia Moskin explains when she dives into the new takes on this flaky,… read more

March 2023 EYB Cookbook Club Summary

Each month we offer at least four cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. This month we have been cooking all things Diana Henry: Diana Henry month – any recipes from her books, online recipes, Diana is one of author’s whose Complete author index is available. As Diana has plenty of baking options in her books and online – she will be our… read more

April 2023 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary

As our members know, each month we offer several cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. There are other fun cookbook clubs around the interwebs and we’d like to highlight those for those members who might want to cook or bake something other than our choices.  We want to get this information out to you so you can prepare… read more

February 2023 EYB Cookbook Club Summary

Each month we offer at least four cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. This month we have been cooking from: We had two of our most popular authors slated for last December and as the holidays translate into everyone being super busy - so we repeated these choices this month. Cookbook: Dinner in One: Exceptional & Easy One-Pan Meals by… read more

March 2023 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary

As our members know, each month we offer several cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. There are other fun cookbook clubs around the interwebs and we’d like to highlight those for those members who might want to cook or bake something other than our choices.  We want to get this information out to you so you can prepare… read more

Eater London calls it quits

After over five years of publication, Eater London will be no more. The site's editor, Adam Coghlan, announced the news yesterday on the Eater London website. He said that "as a result of economic circumstances in the U.S. right now, a daily news and service outlet in London can no longer be a commercial priority for the business," adding that… read more

January 2023 EYB Cookbook Club Summary

Each month we offer at least four cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. This month we have been cooking from: Cookbook: Go-To Dinners by Ina Garten or any of Ina’s recipes from her cookbooks or online or any recipes from James Martin’s cookbooks or onlineBaking: Any Australian Gourmet Traveller baking recipes (online) or Delicious AU baking recipes (online) or Dish New Zealand baking recipes (online)Vegan/Veg Focused: Any online indexed vegan recipe (almost 50,000) For past… read more

February 2023 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary

As our members know, each month we offer several cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. There are other fun cookbook clubs around the interwebs and we’d like to highlight those for those members who might want to cook or bake something other than our choices.  We want to get this information out to you so you can prepare… read more

December 2022 EYB Cookbook Club Summary

Each month we offer at least four cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. This month we have been cooking from: Cookbook: Dinner in One: Exceptional & Easy One-Pan Meals by Melissa Clark (any Melissa Clark online recipes) or Smitten Kitchen Keepers: New Classics for Your Forever Files by Deb Perelman (any Deb Perelman online recipes)Baking: Any holiday baking – share name of book, recipe… read more

January 2023 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary

As our members know, each month we offer several cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. There are other fun cookbook clubs around the interwebs and we’d like to highlight those for those members who might want to cook or bake something other than our choices.  We want to get this information out to you so you can prepare… read more

Top food trends of 2022

As we approach the end of the year, it's time to reflect on all that has happened in 2022. Jenny keeps us up to date on all of the cookbook happenings, so I am looking more broadly at food trends. Food and Wine recently reminisced on the top TikTok trends for the year. We reported on a couple of these… read more

November 2022 EYB Cookbook Club Summary

Each month we offer at least four cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. This month we have been cooking from: Cookbook: Simple Pasta: Pasta Made Easy. Life Made Better. by Odette Williams  or Milk Street: Cook What You Have: Make a Meal Out of Almost Anything by Christopher Kimball or any of Milk Street’s online recipes.Baking: The Cookie Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum or… read more

The Great British Bake Off/Baking Show – Week 10 – Finals

This year the finale episode had a theme: to raise awareness of our planet, so the bakers had to use sustainable, British ingredients as much as possible. Signature: Six mini cakes, six vegetarian pies and six finger sandwiches - the sandwiches from a loaf of white bread they had to bake as well. That is 18 individual bakes and 1… read more
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