CookShelf, events, Member communications and more

This week we want to acknowledge our appreciation to all our Member Indexers who work diligently at helping us index more titles including those who edit indexed books adding page numbers. A special shout out to one of our pro-indexers (Helen in Australia) who Member Indexed Betty Crocker’s Cookbook, 6th Edition, New and Revised which had a grand total of 1,410 recipes! Thank you so much for this Herculean effort.

A housekeeping note: Please occasionally check your spam/junk folders for emails from EYB. If you manually added a book or were assigned a book to index, I email many of you and I fear they are ending up in spam. Even better, add @eatyourbooks.com to your whitelist / safe senders list so our emails don’t get treated as spam.

In case you missed it, Katie, the new owner of Eat Your Books, has started a free newsletter on Substack. Please be sure to subscribe as we have great guest authors (so far, Rose Levy Beranbaum and Hetty McKinnon) and more coming. Also, please be sure to follow CookShelf on Instagram for more content for cookbook lovers. In case of any confusion about the naming, the app for Eat Your Books will be called CookShelf — it will have much of the same functionality as Eat Your Books, but designed for mobile. Access to the CookShelf app will be part of all Premium Eat Your Books memberships.

We have a special giveaway this week: Win one of three Bruusta Mixologist Magic Starter Kits, the new all-in-one homebrew kombucha kit, in our US promotion. Please note that there is a special code for our Members to use if they wish to purchase a Bruusta now. Just use the discount code EYB 20 and get an extra $20 off any of the starter bundles, currently discounted to $158. 

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The last few weeks on Eat Your Books

Since our last roundup, Darcie has written these articles:

• Is this really the best way to cook rice?
• Herb pairing basics
• How much would you pay for a pancake?
• Lost tool lament
• How much is your cookbook collection worth?
• How seedless watermelons took over the grocery store
• What cookbooks do some of our favorite authors love?

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.

ICYMI: Jane posted about the ALA conference and how you can help EYB by telling your local libraries about our Library Subscription. And also Thanks for everything Sydney on our Member Indexing Manager’s retirement.

Since our last roundup, I have posted the following:

• Win one of three Bruusta Mixologist Magic Starter Kits (US)
• Potluck Desserts Giveaway, Quick Bites and Recipes (US/CA)
• A love letter to Sift by Nicola Lamb with a giveaway (worldwide)
• The Salad Lab Cookbook Giveaway (US)
• So Easy So Good Cookbook Giveaway
• July 2025 New Cookbook Review
• July 2025 Eat Your Books Cookbook Club Summary
• August 2025 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary – please note the addition of local cookbook clubs – updating this post frequently
• 2025 Cookbook Preview Post (updated)
• Calendar of worldwide events (updated with these events – and others):
  • Laurel Kratochvila – Dobre Dobre
  • Rosie Kellett – In For Dinner
  • Peter J. Kim – Instant Ramen Kitchen
  • Dorie Greenspan – Dorie’s Anytime Cakes
  • Sally McKenney – Sally’s Baking 101
  • Adam Reiner – The New Rules of Dining Out
  • Helen Goh – Baking and the Meaning of Life (UK, AU more to come)
  • Hetty McKinnon – Linger (AU) US dates to come
• 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.

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 selection of 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.

• Chuck’s Home Cooking by Chuck Hughes
• Celebrate – Joyful Baking All Year Round by Paul Hollywood
• Souk to Tables by Amina Al-Saigh
• Sabzi: Fresh Vegetarian Recipes for Every Day by Yasmin Khan EVENTS
• Roti King: Classic and Modern Malaysian Street Food by Sugen Gopal
• Williams Sonoma Breakfast & Brunch by Williams-Sonoma ckbk
• Kitchen Creamery by Louella Hill
• The New Cocktail Hour by André and Tenaya Darlington
• The Cook’s Book by Bri McKoy
• A Passion for Mushrooms by Antonio Carluccio
• Betty Crocker’s Cookbook, 6th Edition, New and Revised by Betty Crocker
• Cooking from the Spirit by Tabitha Brown
• Italian Coastal by Amber Guiness
• Colour of Maroc by Rob and Sophia Palmer
• Green Mountains: Walking the Caucasus with Recipes by Caroline Eden
• Jane’s Patisserie Classic by Jane Dunn
• Lark: Cooking Wild in the Northwest and Lark: Cooking Against the Grain by John Sundstrom
• Modern Nordic: Contemporary Recipes from a Scandinavian Kitchen by Simon Bajada (updated version of The New Nordic: Recipes from a Scandinavian Kitchen with 23 new recipes).
• The Dinner Party by Martin Benn and Vicki Wild
• 5-Ingredient Cooking for Two by Robin Donovan
• The Mediterranean Slow Cooker Cookbook by Salinas Press
• Tiny Budget Cooking by Limahl Asmall ckbk
• Williams Sonoma At Home Favorites by Williams-Sonoma ckbk
• Williams Sonoma Pizza by Williams-Sonoma ckbk

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Member Photo of the Week

World peace cookie 2.0 from Baking with Dorie: Sweet, Salty & Simple (page 160) by Dorie Greenspan submitted by Member Justaddkare

Dorie’s new book Dorie’s Anytime Cakes will be released on October 21st. Find out more here.

Have you uploaded any of your own photos yet? Learn more! Even free Members can add their photos to our recipe record and it only takes a minute! Add the book, online recipe, or magazine to your Bookshelf and then upload your photo. Please remember to update your profile with your Instagram name if you would like to be tagged in any photos that we share!

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Featured Online Recipe

Squid with garlic and chilli from Sydney Seafood School

Add Sydney Seafood School to your Bookshelf for 250 additional recipes

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Featured EYBD Preview Recipe

We currently have 9,091 EYBDigital Recipes indexed. All can be added to your Bookshelf.

Caprese steak sandwich with Italian salsa verde from Italianish – Modern Twists on Classic Italian Flavors by Danny Freeman – Publication date August 26th, 2025

Be sure to check out the full for this book which shares a total of eight recipes.

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EYBDigital Previews

Recently, we uploaded our 2,140th 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 Italopunk -145 Recipes to Shock Your Nonna by Vanja Van der Leeden
• 3 recipes from Sally’s Baking 101: Foolproof Recipes from Easy to Advanced by Sally McKenney Publication date September 2nd, 2025.
• 2 recipes from Fusão – Untraditional Recipes Inspired by Brasil by Ixta Belfrage US Publication date September 2nd, 2025. UK Publication date August 28th, 2025.
• 4 recipes from Cook Like a King: Recipes from My California Chinese Kitchen by Melissa King Publication date September 9th, 2025.

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The cookbook giveaway roundup shares all current giveaways.

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