The resurgence of Guy Fieri

September 18, 2016 by
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Guy Fieri's career has had its ups and downs, but the chef and television host is currently enjoying an upswing in popularity, says Grub Street, which chronicles his recent positive press. It's a bit of a turnaround for the colorful Fieri, who has been ridiculed by the likes of Anthony Bourdain and restaurant critic Pete Wells. But despite this, Fieri's… read more

Taste & Technique – Naomi Pomeroy

September 18, 2016 by
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Naomi Pomeroy's debut cookbook, Taste & Technique, has been well worth the long wait. I have been waiting for this award-winning chef to release a cookbook since her Top Chef Masters' appearance in 2011. Taste & Technique: Recipes to Elevate Your Home Cooking is, in my estimation, the equivalent of an at-home culinary course in nearly 400 pages. Those pages contain… read more

Cookbook Giveaway – Taste & Technique

September 18, 2016 by
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James Beard Award-winning and self-made chef Naomi Pomeroy's debut cookbook, Taste & Technique features nearly 140 lesson-driven recipes designed to improve the home cook's understanding of techniques and flavor combinations in order to produce simple, but show-stopping meals. The author understands that the best recipes are the ones that make you a better cook. What I particularly love about Naomi Pomeroy is… read more

‘Tis the season for change

September 17, 2016 by
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  Eating seasonally didn't used to be a conscious decision - the food on one's plate was almost all local, so one naturally followed the seasons when preparing meals. In the era of supermarket produce flown in from all points, however, eating with the seasons has been become a choice rather than a necessity. Yet people who love food still… read more

The Essence of French Cooking by Michel Roux

September 17, 2016 by
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Michel Roux shares his seventy years of experience in The Essence of French Cooking, a picturesque culinary journey through France highlighting its glorious food. Roux unabashedly taunts his great love of France, stating that he has visited over sixty countries during his career, but only in France has he encountered a wealth of resources and diversity of produce. I am a… read more

Featured Cookbooks & Recipes

September 16, 2016 by
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Did you know adding online recipes to your EYB Bookshelf is a really great way to build your personal recipe collection? You can now do this even if you have a free membership! Try it out now and see how easy it is. Browse the recipes below, choose one that appeals, click on the link, and add it to your… read more

When vicarious eating becomes real

September 16, 2016 by
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In many different posts over the past three years I have mentioned traveling vicariously through cooking. Cookbooks and recipe blogs allows us to experience foods - or at least their approximation - of places we'll likely never to get to visit. Sometimes, however, we are fortunate enough to visit these locations and experience the food firsthand. Then we can finally… read more

Cookbook Giveaway – Big Bad Breakfast

September 16, 2016 by
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From the James Beard Award winner, Top Chef Masters contestant, and acclaimed author comes Big Bad Breakfast - an ode to the joys and rituals of the Southern breakfast, with 75 recipes inspired by the author's popular restaurant in Oxford, Mississippi. John Currence is one of the most celebrated and well-loved chefs in the South. Among his string of highly successful restaurants in… read more

Three recipes from Big Bad Breakfast by John Currence

September 16, 2016 by
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Big Bad Breakfast, John Currence's latest title, will have you rethinking breakfast in a most delicious way. This is not breakfast at your local diner - this is breakfast on high octane.  The James Beard Award winning acclaimed author delivers 75 recipes inspired by his popular restaurant in Oxford, Mississippi. A fun book devoted to breakfast in all her Southern… read more

Thomas Keller’s response to a bad review

September 15, 2016 by
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  One of the biggest negative restaurant reviews of the past year involved Thomas Keller's lauded New York City restaurant Per Se. Back in January, Pete Wells (who we discussed earlier this week) downgraded the establishment from four stars to only two. Chef Keller spoke with Town & Country Magazine on the fallout from that review and what the future… read more

Palestine on a Plate

September 15, 2016 by
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Palestine on a Plate is a beautiful cookbook written by Joudie Kalla, an accomplished Palestinian chef. In this vibrant book, she showcases food from her mother's kitchen with ingredients that were used by generations before her.  Interlink Publishing is donating half of the profits from the sale of the US edition of this cookbook to support the Nablus-based Palestinian House of Friendship.… read more

Trouble ahead for the GBBO?

September 14, 2016 by
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  Two recent announcements have shaken the foundations of Britain's most popular television program. The first announcement was that the Great British Bake Off (GBBO) was moving from the public-service BBC to commercial station Channel 4. If that wasn't enough drama, two of the show's hosts - Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc - said they were not going to follow… read more

Soup Swap Comforting Recipes to Make and Share

September 14, 2016 by
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Kathy Gunst is a food writer and the author of numerous cookbooks. She is the "Resident Chef" on Here and Now on WBUR, the NPR station in Boston. Kathy was nominated for a James Beard Foundation award in 2000 for her work on this show.  Her newest title, Soup Swap, is sure to make our chilly days deliciously warmer. Be sure to enter… read more

Cookbook Giveaway – Soup Swap

September 14, 2016 by
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Fall is upon us and there's no better way to welcome it than with heartwarming bowls of homemade soup. In Kathy Gunst's new title, Soup Swap, soup lovers will find 60 recipes, featuring such classics as creamy Tomato Soup with Grilled-Cheese Croutons plus international favorites like Thai Red Curry-Chicken Noodle Soup. Each recipe has suggested sides to make it a meal… read more

The sugar industry’s role in heart disease research

September 13, 2016 by
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When a prominent medical publication like The New England Journal of Medicine publishes a story that links a substance to a detrimental health condition, people take notice. Dietary and lifestyle changes are often based on this kind of research, which has the backing of the medical community and is relied upon for its thoroughness and transparency of the funding sources… read more

Author Interview with Marie Holm

September 12, 2016 by
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Marie Holm is a Danish food writer and cookbook author with a mission to bring back puddings. Her book Quivering Desserts & Other Puddings is presently out in Danish, English and German and she was recently filmed for Rick Stein's Long Weekends BBC TV Series. Marie Holm started out her career as a food journalist, then became a food critic and since… read more

Cookbook Giveaway – Quivering Desserts & Other Puddings

September 12, 2016 by
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Have you ever tasted a real homemade custard pudding? And no, we don't mean the one that comes from a packet, but a beautiful, trembling cream dessert made the old fashioned way with eggs, sugar, milk and cream. In Quivering Desserts & Other Puddings you will find recipes for both classic puddings such as vanilla, almond, chocolate and wonderful contemporary… read more

An in depth look at a restaurant critic

September 12, 2016 by
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  A world class fine dining restaurant can live or die based on a poor review - especially when that review comes from a prestigious outlet like The New York Times. So what is it like to bear this level of responsibility - and should one person (or a very small group of people) be able to wield this much… read more

Featured Cookbooks & Recipes

September 10, 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

Old Overholt’s history is the story of rye whiskey in America

September 8, 2016 by
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Rye whiskey was arguably once the most popular spirit in the United States. Unlike its cousin bourbon, rye didn't recover following Prohibition until the recent cocktail revival also reversed its decline. On The Daily Beast website, historian and cocktail authority David Wondrich takes a fascinating in-depth look at the rise and fall of Old Overholt, the oldest rye whiskey in… read more

The rise of the veggie burger

September 7, 2016 by
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  Not too long ago, you might see the occasional veggie burger on a menu as a half-hearted attempt to appease vegetarians in an establishment that was heavy on the meat offerings. Usually there wasn't much thought put into the patty; it was likely a frozen commercial product. These days chefs are not only revisiting the veggie burger, they are… read more

Cookbook giveaway – Oh She Glows Every Day

September 6, 2016 by
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Angela Liddon's irresistible and foolproof recipes have become the gold standard for plant-based cooking. Her phenomenally popular blog and New York Times-bestselling debut, The Oh She Glows Cookbook, have amassed millions of fans eager for her latest collection of creative and accessible recipes. Now, in this highly anticipated follow-up cookbook, Oh She Glows Every Day, Liddon shares delicious recipes that… read more

Author interview with Angela Liddon

September 6, 2016 by
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For the past 6 years, award-winning blogger Angela Liddon has shared energizing, plant-based recipes on her blog Oh She Glows. Her goal is to inspire you to embrace more plant-based foods in your diet without feeling the least bit deprived. After publishing a successful first cookbook (The Oh She Glows Cookbook), Liddon decided to write a follow-up. This second book,… read more

The allure of high-maintenance vegetables

September 5, 2016 by
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  Some vegetables are easy and comfortable. We don't give a second thought to purchasing potatoes, carrots, onions, and the like because we know we can use them in myriad ways and they'll always perform. Other vegetables, however, demand more from us. But they promise a big reward after we exert the extra effort, when they "transform into something more… read more

This new series is a must-watch

September 4, 2016 by
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  It seems like every popular documentary has its devotees - but also those who feel that the show can be a bit too precious. When that happens, the documentary can get its own "mockumentary". Programs about cooking are not an exception to this rule, as BravoTV demonstrates. The video short titled Jeff's Table is a tongue-in-cheek take on the… read more
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