Saveur sold to venture equity group

October 6, 2020 by
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Years ago, Saveur Magazine was at least partly responsible for saving my job. I had a cantankerous boss who defined the terms micromanager and passive aggressive, and he went through assistants at lightning speed. At first I thought I was destined to join the others in the unemployment line because in my first week of work I made a mistake… read more

Reasons to add a tamis to your kitchen

October 6, 2020 by
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Do you ever need to sift, strain, separate, steam, or aerate ingredients? If so, you might have a couple of different devices you use: a mesh strainer, a flour sifter, and a colander. Food writer and former deputy editor of The Washington Post Food section Bonnie Benwick says you can get rid of most of those things and replace them… read more

Jenny’s best cookbooks of Fall/Autumn 2020

October 5, 2020 by
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Usually, somewhere between September 15th and October 15th, all the best cookbook lists hit the social media feeds. Earlier this year, I published Jenny’s Best Cookbooks of Spring 2020, and today I'll highlight my favorite books for Fall/Autumn 2020. As it seems with every year, the cookbooks just keep getting better and it was hard to pare down my list.… read more

Food news antipasto

October 4, 2020 by
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Now that Cookbooktober has arrived, everyone is weighing on which recently released books are the best. We're biased, of course, but we think Jenny's take on the subject is definitive, but in the interest of fairness we'll let you know that the NY Times has also published its list of the best 14 cookbooks of fall. The pandemic isn't the… read more

Baking with Licker – Worldwide Cookbook Giveaway – Quick Bites

October 4, 2020 by
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Enter to win one of two copies of Baking with Licker: Home Baking with Asian Accents with Jason Licker in our worldwide giveaway below. Baking with Licker: Home Baking with Asian Accents by Jason Licker is the jet-setting pastry chef’s second cookbook. Lickerland, his first book, was reviewed by me in 2018 and was geared more toward professional high-end creations. In this offering,… read more

Will cookies be the next ‘it’ food?

October 4, 2020 by
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In recent days, my social media newsfeeds have been barraged by two things: reports on which American politician has just tested positive for the coronavirus, and cookies. I prefer the latter for many reasons, and I found it interesting that no other food has dominated Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram in the last several weeks. Part of that, I assume, is… read more

Great British Bake Off – Recap – Week 2 – Biscuits

October 3, 2020 by
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Week 1 saw Loriea sent packing during cake week leaving eleven bakers to tackle biscuits. Here are our bakers: Dave, 30, Armoured GuardHermine, 39, AccountantLaura, 31, Digital ManagerLinda, 61, Retirement Living Team ManagerLoriea, 27, Diagnostic Radiographer (eliminated Week 1)Lottie, 31, Pantomime ProducerMakbul, 51, AccountantMarc (a.k.a. Hammish, his dog’s name), 51, Bronze Resin SculptorMark, 32, Project ManagerPeter, 20, Accounting and Finance… read more

A Taste of Home from The Passage

October 3, 2020 by
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The Passage is an agency that has been supporting the homeless in transforming their lives in London for 40 years. In celebration of this anniversary, The Passage has compiled a special cookbook A Taste of Home: 120 Delicious Recipes from Leading Chefs and Celebrities. The Passage states: To commemorate 40 years of our charitable work and the homeless people that… read more

Refrigerators are the new toilet paper

October 2, 2020 by
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At the beginning of the pandemic, toilet paper began flying off the shelves and almost overnight there was none to be found in any store at any price. It took months for that product, as well as paper towels and most antibacterial cleaning supplies, to be back in stock on a consistent basis. Even now, more than six months after… read more

Two weeks at EYB: Pumpkin recipes, cookbook clubs, giveaways, EYBD Previews and more

October 2, 2020 by
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We skipped last week’s roundup as the monthly newsletter had just been published and we try to respect your inbox by spacing out our roundups and newsletters. October, my favorite month, is here, and in America, the arrival of cooler temperatures comes with an explosion of pumpkin spice everything. What is pumpkin spice? No, isn't one of the Spice Girls… read more

Good Eats Halloween Special airs next week

October 1, 2020 by
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October keeps getting better! Not only is it Cookbooktober, the GBBO back on television, and we're getting a special Halloween-themed Good Eats episode next week. Titled "The House That Dripped Chocolate," the episode is filmed entirely in black and white and features creepy camera angles, creaking cupboards, and other effects "meant to evoke classic horror films while telling the tale… read more

Heirloom Kitchen Worldwide Giveaway – Quick Bites

October 1, 2020 by
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Enter our worldwide giveaway to win an autographed copy of Heirloom Kitchen: Heritage Recipes and Family Stories from the Tables of Immigrant Women by Anna Francese Gass. Last year, I did a review and promotion for one of my favorite books Heirloom Kitchen: Heritage Recipes and Family Stories from the Tables of Immigrant Women. Please click over to that review… read more

Hot pot might be older than we think

September 30, 2020 by
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According to Thrillist, the apocryphal origin story of hot pot is that it was a dish eaten on-the-go in the helmets of Mongolian soldiers, who introduced the concept to the Chinese. Most of us know the hot pot experience from restaurants where pots of steaming broth are served with various meats and vegetables to place in the broth, cooking it… read more

Challenger Breadware & Loaf Story Worldwide Giveaway

September 29, 2020 by
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Enter our worldwide giveaway to win one of three copies of Loaf Story: A Love Letter to Bread, with Recipes by Tim Hayward with one grand prize winner receiving a Challenger Bread Pan. Loaf Story: A Love Letter to Bread, with Recipes is a food book about bread, not a book on baking bread. It details the role bread plays… read more

Celebrate International Coffee Day

September 29, 2020 by
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Today is International Coffee Day or as I like to call it, Tuesday, as I celebrate coffee every single day. I can't start the morning without my favorite beverage, hot in cool weather and iced for the steamy days. Coffee is not only a delicious beverage, but it can add a pop of flavor to foods as well. Coffee pairs… read more

Kindle Unlimited Savings in Preparation for Prime Day

September 29, 2020 by
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All my pleasure reading is done on my Kindle. In March of this year, I signed up for Kindle Unlimited and have read over 230 books with most of them being unlimited titles. With Kindle Unlimited you can borrow up to ten books (from those books in the unlimited library) at a time to read for the normal price of… read more

Bling for your Instant Pot

September 28, 2020 by
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In just a few years, the Instant Pot and its clones have changed the way millions of people cook. The Instant Pot acts as several small appliances, as the names like 7-in-1 suggest. But even though it is already a multi-tasking unit, you can make it even more useful by purchasing one of the many accessories available to use with… read more

Food news antipasto

September 27, 2020 by
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Everyone loves lists, and around here we think that lists of cookbooks are the best. Jenny always keeps us up to date with new releases in our monthly cookbook reviews, and she goes above and beyond by creating lists of next year's releases of note and more. Since we just can't get enough of cookbook lists, we like to see… read more

Amboy – Cookbook Giveaway

September 27, 2020 by
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Enter our US/Canada giveaway to win one of two copies of Amboy: Recipes from the Filipino-American Dream by Alvin Cailan and Alexandra Cuerdo. Amboy: Recipes from the Filipino-American Dream by Alvin Cailan and Alexandra Cuerdo tells the story of Los Angeles’ Eggslut chef’s rise to fame through recipes. Amboy is the nickname his grandmother gave him, a name for an American-born Filipino. Amboy… read more

Cookbook preorder perks and cookbook subscription boxes for Fall and Winter.

September 26, 2020 by
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Often authors offer special perks for preordering their books and this post will cover a few of those. Also, I wanted to let you know about Hardcover Cook's Fall and Winter cookbook boxes - they are exciting! Peabody Johanson of Sweet Recipeas' first cookbook will be released November 17, 2020. You can check out a preview here . Peabody is… read more

Fresh isn’t always best

September 26, 2020 by
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I always have at least one bulb of garlic in the pantry, usually more. I also grow herbs like parsley, basil, dill, and thyme. For most recipes, using the fresh version of these items is the best way to go, but that is not true in all cases. Sometimes dried spices and herbs work better, and that is the case… read more

Great British Bake Off – Recap – Week 1 – Cakes

September 25, 2020 by
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It's back! The Great British Bake Off, 2020, the year of the quarantine has returned to bring us much-needed comfort as only the white tent and bakers can. This year Matt Lucas has replaced Sandi Toksvig as Noel Fielding's sidekick. Matt has a calm demeanor and I like that. He doesn't make me as nervous as Noel does. Not that… read more

We all need a happy hour

September 25, 2020 by
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I have been fortunate enough to be able to work from home during the pandemic, a luxury not afforded to everyone. I try not to complain about the small problems that go along with this sudden shift from a daily commute and being part of a bustling office to sitting alone in front of a keyboard for most of the… read more

October 2020 Great Big Cookbook Club Roundup

September 24, 2020 by
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As our members know, each month we offer at least four 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 will try to keep you up-to-date on these clubs’ choices… read more

September 2020 New Cookbook Review

September 24, 2020 by
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September shares a bounty of beautiful titles and we still have October and November's releases to be excited about. Yet again many books that were slated for this month were moved to October and beyond. So be sure to check the looking forward to 2020 cookbooks post if you are wondering where titles have been shifted to. I continue to update this… read more
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