Help for the picky eater problem

September 9, 2015 by
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Katie Workman was a kid who loved to cook, and a kid who loved cookbooks. She grew up teaching herself how to cook from The Silver Palate Cookbook, making bumpy homemade pasta following Marcella's Hazan's instructions in The Essentials of Italian Cooking to the letter, and asking for the entire Moosewood trilogy for holidays. She went on to pursue a… read more

Cookbook giveaway – Dinner Solved

September 9, 2015 by
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Katie Workman, author of The Mom 100 Cookbook, now turns her attention to the biggest problem that every family cook faces: how to make everyone at the table happy without turning into a short-order cook. In Dinner Solved! Katie expands on one of the most popular features of the first cookbook, her ingenious "Fork in the Road" recipe solution, which… read more

Eating a piece of history

September 8, 2015 by
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Go to any farmers' market and you are bound to see plenty of heirloom vegetables with colorful, historical names, like Cherokee Purple tomatoes or Fordhook acorn squash. But did you ever wonder why we are drawn to these old-fashioned varieties? Sure, many are more flavorful than their store-shelf counterparts, but there is more to it than that. Jennifer Jordan, professor… read more

Diana Henry on how to write a cookbook

September 7, 2015 by
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If you have ever wondered how a cookbook comes to life, you can get a fascinating glimpse into the creative process as told by Diana Henry to The Telegraph. Henry explains that for her, cookbooks never come out of nowhere, rather they grow out of her life experiences. She adds, "It sounds a bit pretentious to say that books develop… read more

Fool me once…

September 6, 2015 by
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In these days of celebrity chefs, it should come as no surprise that people are influenced by a chef's take on a dish. Just how much influence a chef can have is illustrated by a recent experiment in which diners overwhelmingly chose an inferior food product just because a chef described it. The study, conducted by a Hong Kong-based advertising… read more

Celebrate National Bacon Day

September 5, 2015 by
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We've highlighted several "food holidays" celebrated in the US and worldwide in the past. Today's food holiday is International Bacon Day, and you can find a plethora of sites with recipes for best celebrating the day from The LA Times to The Telegraph. Any reason to eat bacon is a good one by me, but why do we celebrate these… read more

New ways to use tea

September 4, 2015 by
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  Much like wine, tea is much more than just a drink, and its culinary uses often go overlooked. Indexed blog Serious Eats praises tea's versatility in the kitchen, noting that its distinctive flavors-- "woodsy and vegetal or ripe and sweet, pleasantly astringent or perfumed" can "add layers to sweet and savory dishes that no other ingredient can touch." The… read more

Alice Waters to receive national award

September 3, 2015 by
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The White House announced today that visionary chef and and author Alice Waters will be one of ten recipients of the 2014 National Humanities Medal. President Barack Obama will confer the medal in a ceremony to be held September 10 at the White House.  The award "honors an individual or organization whose work has deepened the nation's understanding of the… read more

Featured Cookbooks & Recipes

September 3, 2015 by
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Do you find other people's comments on recipes helpful? Have you written your own recipe Notes? It's a great way to remind yourself how a dish turned out and share your experience with the EYB community. On each Recipe Details page you'll find a Notes tab. Adding online recipes to your EYB Bookshelf is a really great way to expand… read more

Top chef balances work and life

September 2, 2015 by
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Many celebrity chefs--Wolfgang Puck, Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver, and Emeril Lagasse, among others--expand their presence by hosting a television show (or two) or by creating a restaurant dynasty with outposts in many countries (or both). Their schedules are frenetic as they attempt to manage their far-flung empires. But not Eric Ripert, the amiable chef of Le Bernardin in New York City. He runs one… read more

Creating food memories

September 1, 2015 by
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  Many of us cherish our early food memories, whether it's standing on a chair by the stove watching our grandparent cook or the first time we experienced a certain family food tradition. But what do you do when you don't have a food tradition memory but want your children to experience their family's culinary heritage? Keith Pandolfi addresses this… read more
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