Cookies!, Cookbooks & Convos, EYBD Previews, recipes and more

This year we are blessed with a wealth of fantastic cookie cookbooks being published. So hold off finalizing those holiday cookie plans until you take a look at these titles and those to come! Look for more cookie cookbook updates in the next few weeks.

First of all the impeccable Zoë François’ Zoë Bakes Cookies: Everything You Need to Know to Make Your Favorite Cookies and Bars was released this week. There are 110 recipes – with recipes ranging from Basque-style cheesecake berry bars, Dulce de leche rice crispy bars, Miso caramel chocolate bars, Rye white-chocolate macadamia nut cookies, Pistachio tahini cookies along with biscotti, Hamantaschens, madeleines, and meringues. I’d estimate half cookies and half bar type recipes – but all amazing! The first sixty pages are filled with ingredient, decorating and equipment information along with pages devoted to the “cookie academy” which delves into experiments with ingredient temperatures and variations for the chocolate chip cookie and the results of same. This will be your new cookie bible. See EVENTS.

Some of My Best Friends are Cookies: Recipes for Baking Perfection by Emelia Jackson will be published on October 31st in the UK and Australia and on November 5th in North America. Emelia’s first cookbook First, Cream the Butter and Sugar is a dream and I was so excited to receive an advance copy of this title this week. Emelia shares recipes for Chunky-Levain-style malted chocolate-chip cookies, Iced VoVo^TM biscuits, Twixie Twix^TM cookies, Passionfruit curd macadamia thumbprints and Cashew kourabiedes. So many new and exciting cookies to try!

Small Batch Cookies: Deliciously Easy Bakes for One to Six People by Edd Kimber is filled with recipes for those times you only want a few cookies (I’ve never had one of those times myself!). In Small Batch Bakes, Edd showed us that good things really can come in small packages. For this new book he wants to focus on cookies, probably the easiest – and arguably most popular – kind of baking there is. The recipes also include vegan cookies and cookies for those with allergies and intolerances. Look for a promotion coming soon on this great book. EVENTS

Bake from Scratch Magazine Special – Holiday Cookies 2024 is available now and is filled with cookie recipes from around the world. I love Bake from Scratch’s magazines and especially their holiday cookie special releases. This one is my all-time favorite as the cookies represent flavors from around the world. Cookie recipes include Basler brunsli, Italian meatball cookies, Orangenschnittli, and Raspberry Danish slices. We are indexing this magazine now.

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I have added to our Calendar a month of special events taking place at Cookbooks and Convos in Philadelphia. Cookbooks and Convos is an exciting culinary experience brought to you by Sisterly Love Collective. Their mission is to empower and celebrate the talented female chefs and authors that make Philadelphia’s culinary scene thrive. Inspired by “The Book and The Cook” food festival from 1984 to 2007, Cookbooks & Convos carries forward this tradition with a fresh twist. From October 3rd to the 22nd the series will feature special dinners, author meet-and-greets, and engaging culinary events. Tickets for the events will be on their website soon.

The last few weeks on Eat Your Books

Since our last roundup, Darcie has written these articles:

• Simpler than simple
• Civil Eats removes paywall
• Think twice before eating that berry – or buying that foraging guide
• The PSL turns 21
• Are you cuckoo for coconut?
• A grain of truth
• Hate pineapple on pizza? Consider the banana
• One cup, many weights

Darcie’s weekly food news antipasto is shared every Sunday and the tag #foodnews brings up these information-packed posts from the most current to the first one. Darcie can be followed on Instagram at darcie_bakes.

Since our last roundup, I have posted the following:

• Bake with Benoit Blin Cookbook Promotion (worldwide)
• One Bake, Two Ways Cookbook Promotion with Quick Bites with Ruby Bhogal (US/UK/CA)
• September 2024 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary
• August 2024 New Cookbook Review
• 2024 Cookbook Preview
• Calendar updated with:
  •  Kristina Cho – Chinese Enough
  • Tom Colicchio – Why I Cook
  • Melissa M. Martin – Bayou
  • Ashleigh Shanti – Our South
  • Michael Solomonov & Stephen Cook – Zahav Home
  • BEM | books & more – Brooklyn NY (new addition)
  • Cookbooks and Convos – Philadelphia PA (new addition)
  • Brookline Booksmith – Brookline MA (new addition)
  • Diana Henry – Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons
• Cookbook deals are updated when time permits so check that post for new sales – the publisher links automatically update and please see the ICYMI post.

My Instagram is thecookbookjunkies.

Jenny and the EYB Team

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Recently Indexed Titles

Our team of member and pro indexers are working hard indexing titles, both new and old. Below are just a few highlighted titles that were recently indexed. ckbk titles notated as such – for more information on ckbk see Jane’s post. Remember to view the most current indexed titles – they will always show up at the top of the EYB Library and your Bookshelf. Recent indexed magazines can be found here. For information on member indexing, please see this roundup with more details.

• Baking in the American South: 200 Recipes and Their Untold Stories (A Definitive Guide to Southern Baking) by Anne Byrn EVENTS
• Mastering the Art of Plant-Based Cooking: Vegan Recipes, Tips, and Techniques by Joe Yonan EVENTS
• Zoë Bakes Cookies: Everything You Need to Know to Make Your Favorite Cookies and Bars by Zoë François EVENTS
• Ottolenghi Comfort by Yotam Ottolenghi, Helen Goh, Tara Wigley and Verena Lochmuller North American EVENTS, Europe EVENTS and UK Events – 10 online recipes to try now from Ottolenghi’s website
• The Food of Australia: Contemporary Recipes from Australia’s Leading Chefs by Periplus Editors
• Eat to Your Heart’s Content by Sat Bains
• Linda Collister’s Baking Bible by Linda Collister
• Salad Whisperer by Sarah Faris
• The Romagnolis’ Italian Fish Cookbook by Margaret and G. Franco Romagnoli
• Kebabs – 75 Recipes for Grilling by Derrick Riches and Sabrina Baksh
• Bake Joy: Easy and Imaginative Bakes To Bring You Happiness by Kim-Joy
• The Weekday Vegetarians Get Simple by Jenny Rosenstrach EVENTS
• Small Batch Cookies: Deliciously Easy Bakes for One to Six People by Edd Kimber EVENTS
• Byron: The Cookbook by Tom Byng and Fred Smith
• Bake with Benoit Blin: Master Cakes, Pastries and Desserts Like a Professional by Benoit Blin
• The Retro Cookbook: Recipe Favourites Then and Now by Australian Women’s Weekly
• Cook Smart Microwave: 90 Fast and Fresh Energy-saving Recipes by Dean Edwards
• Virsa: A Culinary Journey from Agra to Karachi by Shehar Bano Rizvi ckbk
• Garde Manger by Chuck Hughes
• Juli Bauer’s Paleo Cookbook: Over 100 Gluten-Free Recipes to Help You Shine from Within by Juli Bauer
• The Plagiarist in the Kitchen: A Lifetime’s Culinary Thefts by Jonathan Meades ckbk
• Flavors from the Farm: Vegetable-Forward Food to Share by Emma Hearst ckbk
• The Japanese Cookbook / Japanese Food and Cooking: A Timeless Cuisine by Emi Kazuko and Yasuko Fukuoka ckbk
• Dac Biet: An Extra-Special Vietnamese Cookbook by Nini Nguyen and Sarah Zorn

Member Photo of the Week

Tomato tart from Sweet Enough (page 76) by Alison Roman submitted by Member anya_sf

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Featured Online Recipe

Almond granita ‘affogato’ [Alfio Laudani] (page 64) from Delicious Magazine (UK), September 2024: Special Italian Issue

Add Delicious Magazine (UK) magazine to your Bookshelf for over 9,200 online recipes. See our Help Section on how to add Magazines to your Bookshelf.

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Featured EYBD Preview Recipe

Corpse reviver from Hauntingly Good Spirits: New Orleans Cocktails to Die For by Sharon Keating and Christi Keating Sumich

We currently have 8,048 EYBDigital Recipes indexed. All can be added to your Bookshelf.

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EYBDigital Previews

Recently, we uploaded our 1,929th EYBDigital Preview where a selection of full sample pages are available including the titles below.

Learn more about EYBDigital Previews.

Note: All Preview recipes are indexed, whether the full book is indexed or not. Any Preview recipe can be added to your Bookshelf.

• 4 recipes from Sian’s Kitchen: Caribbean Comfort Cooking by Sian Anderson
• 8 recipes from Modern Creole: A Taste of New Orleans Culture and Cuisine by Eric Cook Publication date September 17th, 2024.
• A selection of pages from Good Lookin’ Cookin’: A Year of Meals – A Lifetime of Family, Friends, and Food by Dolly Parton and Rachel Parton George Publication date September 17th, 2024.
• 5 recipes from Pass the Plate: 100 Delicious, Highly Shareable, Everyday Recipes by Carolina Gelen Publication date September 24th, 2024.

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Cookbook Giveaways
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Be sure to get your entries in before these contests expire:

• Enter our US/CA giveaway to win one of three copies of Easy Indian Vegetarian: Delicious Recipes for Every Day by Chetna Makan. Contest expires September 14th, 2024.
• Enter our worldwide giveaway to win a copy of Vegetables: Easy and Inventive Vegetarian Suppers by Mark Diacono. Contest expires September 14th, 2024.

The cookbook giveaway roundup shares all current giveaways including those open worldwide and to other regions.

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