Your cheese addiction may be more real than you know

March 11, 2016 by
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Can't seem to resist that last piece of cheese on the snack tray? You can blame compounds in cheese like casein, which "can trigger the brain's opioid receptors which are linked to addiction," according to a recent study. The authors of the study set out to determine why some foods seem to be addictive. They found that cheese ranked atop… read more

Featured Cookbooks & Recipes

March 10, 2016 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

Cookbook explores recipes from India’s working class

March 10, 2016 by
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You may not recognize the name Dharavi, but you might be familiar with a movie made about this multi-ethnic and multicultural settlement - Slumdog Millionaire. Over 1 million migrants live in the teeming slum, which is also home to thousands of cottage industries. Most of those industries are run by men, whose wives remain at home to manage the household… read more

A day in the life

March 9, 2016 by
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  In late 2015, Nathalie Christian was hired to work as a recipe tester and project assistant for Emily Kaiser Thelin, author of the forthcoming biographical cookbook about Paula Wolfert titled UNFORGETTABLE: Bold Flavors from Paula Wolfert's Renegade Life. [We previously discussed this project and its Kickstarter backing on the EYB blog.] In a recent blog post for the San… read more

IACP announces 2016 cookbook award nominees

March 8, 2016 by
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  Last night the IACP has announced its 2016 Cookbook Award nominees. The categories were revised again this year, with the Culinary History, Global Design and E-cookbook sections dropped and the former Beverage/Reference/Technical category losing its Beverage component.  Several of the nominations were expected, like The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science in the American category and Food52 Genius Recipes: 100 Recipes That Will Change… read more

A cookbook (of sorts) for Louise Penny fans

March 7, 2016 by
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  If you are a Louise Penny fan, you're probably excited for the upcoming August release of her new book, A Great Reckoning. For those new to Ms. Penny, she is a Canadian author of mystery novels set in the Canadian province of Quebec centred on the work of Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. Penny has been awarded the John Creasey… read more

Sam Beall of Blackberry Farm Restaurant dies at age 39

March 6, 2016 by
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Farm-to-table promoting chef and author Sam Beall of Blackberry Farm located in Walland, Tennessee, has died at age 39 in a skiing accident in Colorado. Beall grew up in Tennesse, attended the California Culinary Academy, and apprenticed at the French Laundry, the Ritz-Carlton, Cowgirl Creamery, and Chateau Potelle. After working at these prestigious restaurants, Beall returned to Blackberry Farm, which… read more

Recipe pet peeves

March 5, 2016 by
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  Have you ever started a recipe, only to find an ingredient in the instructions that wasn't included in the list of ingredients? It's infuriating, and just one of the 20 things that Epicurious' staff and readers hate to see in recipes. In addition to those maddening extra ingredients, Special Projects Editor Adina Steiman despises extra bowls. "It's a drag when… read more

Featured Cookbooks & Recipes

March 4, 2016 by
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At Eat Your Books we want to bring you the best recipes - our dedicated team searches out and finds online recipes excerpted from newly indexed cookbooks and magazines. New recipes from the best blogs are indexed daily and members index their favorite online recipes using the Bookmarklet all the time. Below you'll find this week's recommendations from the EYB team.… read more

Are you ready for a tart takeover?

March 4, 2016 by
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  The cupcake craze that peaked a few years back may be on the wane, but there hasn't been anything that has taken its place. One baker hopes to change that: Christina Maria Chambers is on a mission to elevate the status of tarts. Through her recently-launched company, Black Pearl Tarts, Chambers aims to "raise the profile of the oft-overlooked… read more

New ATK hosts announced

March 3, 2016 by
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Late last year we reported about the shakeup at America's Test Kitchen that included Christopher Kimball's surprise departure. Jack Bishop became the Chief Creative Officer, but until today we didn't know who would take over hosting duties for the popular ATK programs. In a message shared via email and on the ATK website, Bishop announced that the new hosts of… read more

Are there too many men in food writing?

March 2, 2016 by
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  Food writing, especially at the newspaper level, was once heavily weighted towards women. But over the past decade or so, food writing has shifted its focus and subsequently more men have become involved in the craft. Kathleen Purvis weighs in on this change, asking whether too many men are involved in food writing. Purvis notes that when she came… read more

Russ Parsons cleans out his cookbook collection

March 1, 2016 by
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  Russ Parsons has collected a lot of cookbooks over his 30 year career as a food writer. As he begins a new chapter in his life, he has decided to pare down his extensive collection. "Getting rid of some of those cookbooks seemed like a good start to my transition. Like shedding an old habit," Parsons said. "And what… read more
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