Cookbook Giveaway – Mad Hungry Family

November 6, 2016 by
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Mad Hungry Family: 120 Essential Recipes to Feed the Whole Crew by Lucinda Scala Quinn joins her other titles: Mad Hungry, Feeding Men & Boys and Mad Hungry Cravings to complete the Mad Hungry trifecta. I am a fan of Lucinda's books and her approach to feeding those we love which is basically a no-nonsense, buckle down and get it done philosophy. In this title, she… read more

Mad Hungry Family – Lucinda Scala Quinn

November 6, 2016 by
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Mad Hungry Family: 120 Essential Recipes to Feed the Whole Crew by Lucinda Scala Quinn joins Mad Hungry, Feeding Men & Boys and Mad Hungry Cravings to complete the Mad Hungry trilogy of books. Lucinda's titles offer solid approachable recipes for all types of appetites. Her cooking show on PBS was a favorite mainly due to her calm knowledgeable demeanor that instills confidence in cooks of all levels.… read more

Sprinkles ride a wave of nostalgia

November 5, 2016 by
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Who could have predicted that a boxed cake mix gimmick would endure for decades? That's exactly what happened to rainbow sprinkles, or 'Funfetti' as it was called by Pillsbury in the late 1980s. While sprinkles had been around for some time before Pillsbury unleased Funfetti cake onto the world, putting the sprinkles on the inside of the cake instead of… read more

Cookbooks of November – Part I

November 5, 2016 by
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In the world of cookbooks, October is a hard act to follow. Surprisingly, there are more great titles coming this month that deserve their rightful place on our bookshelves. Move over Cookbooktober, we aren't done yet. Check back next week for Part 2 which will highlight more titles. Marbled, Swirled, and Layered: 150 Recipes and Variations for Artful Bars, Cookies,… read more

Eastern European food gets a fresh look

November 4, 2016 by
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When you hear the phrase "Eastern European cuisine", what images come to mind? For many people, the first thoughts they conjure include meaty stews, doughy dumplings, and overcooked vegetables. Recently a new generation of chefs is reinvigorating the cuisine, riding on growing trends that embrace many Eastern European traditions like pickling and smoking. The Wall Street Journal explores the growing… read more

Featured Cookbooks & Recipes

November 4, 2016 by
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Finding the best recipes amongst the millions online is not easy - but you don't have to! The team here at Eat Your Books, searches for excerpts from indexed books and magazines and every week we bring you our latest finds. Every day recipes are added from the best blogs and websites. As a member, you can also add your… read more

Twelve ingredients to amp up your vegetables

November 3, 2016 by
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Most of us want to add more vegetables to our diet, but it's easy to fall into a rut and end up bored by the same old recipes. Peter Meehan sets out to change that paradigm in his latest cookbook, Lucky Peach Presents Power Vegetables! You can read an excerpt from the book on the Lucky Peach website, in which Meehan lists a… read more

Cookbook Giveaway – Food52 A New Way to Dinner

November 3, 2016 by
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Food52: A New Way to Dinner: A Playbook of Recipes and Strategies for the Week Ahead by Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs is a playbook of recipes and strategies for planning menus for the week ahead. The book is organized by season with beautiful photographs throughout. You can read more about this book and try two recipes on our review and recipe… read more

Food52 A New Way to Dinner

November 3, 2016 by
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Food52: A New Way to Dinner: A Playbook of Recipes and Strategies for the Week Ahead by Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs is a playbook of recipes and strategies for planning menus for the week ahead. Food52 titles have always held a spot on my shelves - I have them all. Originally, I bought the first title because I had friends who… read more

Alton Brown announces internet cooking show

November 2, 2016 by
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Fans of Alton Brown have mourned his departure from the Food Network, but now they have something to cheer them up. In a live chat on Facebook on Saturday, Brown delighted his audience by revealing that he will be soon starting a new internet cooking show. The new program will allegedly be called "A Cooking Show", and it will be… read more

Dali – Les Diners de Gala

November 2, 2016 by
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Words cannot adequately express how thrilled I was to learn that Salvador Dalí's Les Diners de Gala was being reissued by Taschen this month. Now collectors who have longed for this title can finally own a copy. (Check the Buy Book button for options to support Eat Your Books.) Les Diners de Gala was not on my radar until a… read more

America’s Test Kitchen sues Christopher Kimball

November 1, 2016 by
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If the EYB Forum and Facebook posts are any indication, plenty of our members recently received the charter issue of Milk Street, Christopher Kimball's new publication. The magazine may have seemed familiar to Cook's Illustrated in its approach to recipe development: create the best version of a dish by listing, and subsequently eliminating, the problems that often arise in other… read more
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