Cherry on top

July 17, 2016 by
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Cherry season is in full swing in the US and Canada. The luscious fruits prominently displayed in the produce section of the supermarket (or, if you are lucky, at your local farmers' market) are just too pretty to pass up. If you aren't sure which varieties are best for which use, Epicurious can lend a hand, with a guide to… read more

Featured Cookbooks & Recipes

July 16, 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

Get the most out of less-than-perfect tomatoes

July 16, 2016 by
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Sometimes the tomatoes from the farmers' market haul are so gorgeous and ripe that all you have to do slice and serve; they need no other garnish than a pinch of salt and pepper. Other times - or with some supermarket produce - the fruit is less than perfect. What to do then? Bon Appétit has the solution, with four… read more

Author Q&A with Domenica Marchetti

July 15, 2016 by
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Domenica Marchetti is a food writer, recipe developer, and cooking teacher who specializes in Italian home cooking. She learned to cook from her Italian-born mother, who put her to work crafting capelletti, ravioli, and other Italian culinary delights as soon as she could see over the kitchen counter. A former newspaper reporter with a master's degree in journalism from Columbia… read more

French dishes to celebrate Bastille Day

July 14, 2016 by
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Today marks 227 years since the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789. France is celebrating Bastille Day this year with an extravagant military parade, fireworks, and other festivities. The holiday provides the perfect excuse (like we need any) to make delicious French food and celebrate liberté, égalité, and fraternité. Indexed blog The Kitchn offers 17 easy French recipes to get us started, and… read more

Review of Flavorwalla by Floyd Cardoz

July 13, 2016 by
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I fell in culinary love with Floyd Cardoz while watching Season 3 of Top Chef Masters. How had this New York chef who cooks with bold flavors not been on my radar? As is my modus operandi, I went directly to Amazon and checked to see if he had written any cookbooks. Yes, there one was one title - One… read more

Reprints of La Bonne Table now available

July 13, 2016 by
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The gifted and exuberant Ludwig Bemelmans was trained as a boy for a career as a restaurateur, but ended up as a writer as well as an internationally known gourmet. One of the author's most beloved works, La Bonne Table, is in effect his gastronomical autobiography. The entrancing memories and charming pictures assembled in the book transport the reader behind… read more

Diana Henry is sweet on honey

July 12, 2016 by
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It's always a pleasure to read articles from EYB Member favorite and James Beard Award winner Diana Henry. In a recent article for The Telegraph, she turns her attention to a sweetener that has used by humans even before the earliest recorded history: honey. Diana discusses a few great ways to use this simple product, focusing on specialty honeys. She… read more

Test your breakfast “Eat-Q”

July 11, 2016 by
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  Gobs of quizzes on every subject imaginable pop up in my news feed on a daily basis. I am not usually tempted by many of them - that is, unless they involve food. Then I might take a peek. When the source of the quiz is the James Beard Foundation, of course I will click away. The JBF has just posted a… read more

The best cookbook recipes, period

July 10, 2016 by
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  Everyone has tried-and-true recipes that they reach for over and over again. But even in this list a few stand above the others, recipes that speak to us on a deep level and have forever changed our cooking. The pages of the cookbooks in which they reside are trained to fall open to the precise page, which contains evidence… read more

Why you should be treating your vegetables like meat

July 9, 2016 by
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Cooks have developed a plethora of methods to transform meat into something delicious. Brining, curing, and smoking are just three techniques that can add flavor to and enhance the texture of meats. But we shouldn't limit these methods to meat, we should also be applying them to get the most out of our vegetables, says Bon Appétit. The magazine lists… read more

An online vintage cookbook extravaganza

July 8, 2016 by
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  If the thought of perusing thousands of cookery books dating back 50 to 100 years or more gives you a tingle of anticipation, you should definitely visit the Cookbook and Home Economics Collection at the Internet Archive. The catalog includes vintage volumes drawn from  the Young Research Library Department of Special Collections at UCLA, the Bancroft Library at The… read more

Featured Cookbooks & Recipes

July 7, 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

Why some people hate cilantro

July 7, 2016 by
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  Cilantro is one food that sharply divides people. A small portion of eaters despise the herb, claiming that it tastes like soap and ruins any dish that it touches, while others enjoy the bright herbal flavor it adds to food. In the past couple of years, scientists have made considerable process in understanding why some people can't stand cilantro. The answer is apparently in… read more

What a literary agent looks for in a cookbook

July 6, 2016 by
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  Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes in cookbook publishing? Food writer and former editor Dianne Jacob sure knows. She knows the industry inside and out and shares her knowledge through her blog Will Write for Food. Dianne recently interviewed literary agent Lori Galvin, who formerly worked on the team that produced over 70 cookbooks for… read more

Review of The Middle Eastern Vegetarian Cookbook by Salma Hage

July 5, 2016 by
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Salma Hage is a professional English cook with 30 years of experience under her belt. At home, however, she has cooked her native Lebanese dishes for the past fifty plus years. Her debut cookbook, The Lebanese Kitchen, was well received and lauded by many sources. A huge volume with 500 recipes, it might well be the definitive cookbook on Lebanese… read more

Gordon Ramsay’s list of ‘must-know’ dishes

July 5, 2016 by
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  Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay recently participated in a Reddit AMA in connection with the launch of his new mobile game. As one would expect in an AMA ("ask me anything") the conversation veered away from promotion of the app, allowing fans to get a glimpse into the mind of the sometimes controversial chef. A Reddit user named Tortoist asked… read more

How summertime can make you a better cook

July 4, 2016 by
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  Ah, summertime. We tend to spend a lot more time outside soaking in the sun, and the kitchen can be a real hot zone. Both of these can lead to challenges in our meal planning and cooking endeavors., which can actually be a good thing, says indexed blog The Kitchn. They give us five examples of how summer can… read more

Tips for grilling to make your cookout fantastic

July 3, 2016 by
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  Much of the US will spend the better part of tomorrow outside, and the bulk of people doing so will likely be grilling. If your grill plans needs a little help, we've assembled several tips to make sure your cookout is as good as can be. First up is a tip from Epicurious on the best ways to quickly… read more

Author of ‘The Food Lab’ accuses Buzzfeed of “idea theft”

July 2, 2016 by
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  If you follow J. Kenji López-Alt's Twitter feed, you probably know that he has a serious beef with Buzzfeed's food site, Tasty. In a series of tweets, he claimed that the website had basically stolen his recipe for halal-cart style chicken (pictured above) without giving him any credit for it. "If you watch @BuzzFeed @tasty videos, you are supporting… read more

Featured Cookbooks & Recipes

July 2, 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… read more

Punch up your next gathering

July 1, 2016 by
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  Do you have a punch bowl gathering dust in the back of your cupboard? Perhaps you only trot it out during the holidays, but you might find some new uses for it as punches enjoy a mini-revival among mixologists. The Wall Street Journal examines the renewed interest in punch as a go-to party beverage. Instead of spending precious time… read more

Italy hands out stiff penalties for olive oil misbranding

June 30, 2016 by
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  Earlier this year we reported on the scandal of counterfeit extra-virgin olive oil being passed off as the real thing to customers in Italy and beyond. Now the Italian antitrust authority has started handing down stiff fines to olive oil producers caught mislabeling their oils. Discount supermarket Lidl and Spanish company Deoleo (makers of Bertolli, Sassa and Carapelli oils)… read more

Recipes for a life filled with food and love

June 29, 2016 by
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Béatrice Peltre is a food writer, stylist and photographer working out of her home studio in Boston. She is a regular contributor to the Boston Globe Food Section, and her work has appeared in many publications. Her indexed blog, La Tartine Gourmande, is popular with EYB Members. Beatrice has just published her second cookbook, My French Family Table: Recipes for… read more

Cookbook giveaway – My French Family Table

June 29, 2016 by
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To the French, food is one of life's greatest pleasures, and in Béatrice Peltre's home, each meal is a small celebration. In her kitchen, bright, colorful ingredients are transformed into wholesome, delicious dishes and served with love. The popular blogger (La Tartine Gourmande) has just released her third cookbook, My French Family Table: Recipes for a Life Filled with Food, Love,… read more
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