The Perfect Cookie Cookbook and Silpat Promotion

November 11, 2017 by
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No other time of the year feels as right for cookie baking than the months that usher in the holidays (at least for me). The colder days of October and November cry out for the oven to be set at 350 degrees and the blending of flour, sugar, butter. America's Test Kitchen's The Perfect Cookie: Your Ultimate Guide to Foolproof Cookies,… read more

Food writer Molly O’Neill starts a GoFundMe to help with her medical bills

November 11, 2017 by
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Cookbook author and food writer Molly O'Neill's books reside on hundreds of EYB Members' bookshelves. Molly's work includes writing a food column for the New York Times, writing several cookbooks, including the best-selling New York Cookbook and A Well-Seasoned Appetite. In addition, she hosted the PBS series Great Food and is the editor of the critically-acclaimed "American Food Writing". Twice nominated… read more

Featured Cookbooks and Recipes

November 11, 2017 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

An A-Z culinary dictionary

November 10, 2017 by
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  Even experienced cooks often run across culinary terms that are unfamiliar to them, whether a type of food, an uncommon spice mixture, or a technique that they haven't seen before. While a quick Google search usually clears up any confusion, it's nice to have a handy reference that contains many definitions in one place. Australian Gourmet Traveller is here… read more

Friday Flashback – Cocolat – Alice Medrich and Worldwide Giveaway

November 10, 2017 by
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Alice Medrich is one of those authors that demand attention. Her books are as impressive as the first lady of chocolate herself. Since 1976, when her renowned shop Cocolat opened and her first dessert feature appeared in a national publication, Alice's innovative ideas and recipes and her insistence on quality ingredients have influenced a generation of confectioners, pastry chefs, and home… read more

Imagine new ‘pastabilities’

November 9, 2017 by
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  There are hundreds of different pasta shapes, each with its own special attributes that make it the perfect companion to a particular style of sauce. Barilla, the world's largest pasta company, isn't content to limit itself to this large world of pasta. For the past few years, the company has been experimenting with intricate 3D pasta shapes. Barilla hosts… read more

My Rice Bowl – review, recipe and giveaway

November 9, 2017 by
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As soon as I opened My Rice Bowl: Korean Cooking Outside the Lines by Rachel Yang and Jess Thomson, I was smitten. A two page photo spread of perfect half-moon dumplings in all their imperfectness with a few cracks in the dough, a little filling slipping out, greeted me. It was then that I knew this book was all about having… read more

Beloved Italian cookery writer Antonio Carluccio has died

November 8, 2017 by
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We have sad news to report today, as the much-loved and respected Antonio Carluccio has died at the age of 80. Known as a master of Italian food, Carluccio cooked, ate, and championed the cuisine for over 50 years. Born on the Amalfi Coast in the South and raised in the wooded North-West, Carluccio moved to London in 1957. In… read more

The Dinner Plan – Review, recipe and giveaway!

November 8, 2017 by
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If you ask home cooks, weeknight meals can be their Achilles' heel. Homework, late nights at the office and shuttling kids back and forth can crush our best intentions to provide a nutritious dinner for our families and ourselves.  To the rescue, The Dinner Plan: Simple Weeknight Recipes and Strategies for Every Schedule by Kathy Brennan and Caroline Campion offers five meal… read more

The Redpath Canadian Bake Book – Review, recipe and giveaway

November 7, 2017 by
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In 1854 in Montreal, John Redpath began crafting sugar on the bank of the Lachine Canal. His company was the first of its kind in Canada, using sugar cane imported from the British West Indies. In 1857, Peter Redpath became a partner and his brother-in-law, George Alexander Drummond joined the firm in 1861. Under his guidance, the company's success allowed… read more

Dessert anthropology

November 7, 2017 by
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I just discovered my dream job, and baker and cookbook author Valerie Gordon has it: dessert anthropologist. Gordon's enviable position involves researching and recreating popular items from bakeries, stores, and other places that are no longer in business, where the recipes for iconic dishes have been lost to time. When I was majoring in anthropology years ago, I never imagined… read more

The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen

November 6, 2017 by
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The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen by Sean Sherman and Beth Dooley is a title unlike any other that I have been fortunate to review.  Chef Sherman was born in 1974 on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. He soaked up everything he could about Native American cuisine through elders, cookbooks and magazines and has been cooking for 27 years.  His… read more

2018’s food trends according to Waitrose

November 6, 2017 by
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  Each fall, Waitrose publishes an annual report on food and drink. In it, they predict what the next year's big trends will be. Often, they are right on the mark - last year, they correctly predicted trends like gourmet meal kits and botanical cocktails. Last week, Waitrose published their report for 2018, providing us with clues as to what… read more

Spice support: galangal

November 5, 2017 by
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Some spices so much resemble another spice that the more common of the two is usually substituted for the lesser known one. Such is the case for galangal, a tropical plant in the ginger family. There are two main types of galangal used in Southeast Asian, and to a lesser extent, Chinese cooking: greater galangal and lesser galangal. There is… read more

The meaning behind food memoirs

November 4, 2017 by
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If cookbook lovers aren't devouring the latest offering from Yotam Ottolenghi, Ina Garten, or their favorite blogger, they are probably reading another food-related book such as a food memoir. That genre has exploded in recent years, with bloggers, chefs, and other food writers sharing their stories. Although some critics complain that the books are too similar, Ruby Tandoh thinks that… read more

Elizabeth Street Cafe – Review, recipe and giveaway

November 4, 2017 by
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Elizabeth Street Cafe by Tom Moorman and Larry McGuire with Julia Turshen shares recipes from the French-inspired Vietnamese restaurant located in the cultural hub of Austin, Texas. This must visit cafe is recommended by everyone from locals to Bon Appetit to The New York Times.   Elizabeth Street Cafe opened in December 2011 and boasts sunny dining rooms and a shady garden… read more

Meals that changed the world

November 3, 2017 by
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Yesterday we posted about six people who changed an entire country's (and perhaps even beyond its borders) cuisine. In addition to people, meals themselves have shaped the course of world affairs for centuries. Whether in the form of celebratory banquets or intimate dinners, this "dining diplomacy" helped negotiators get the upper hand when it came to treaties, drawing borders, and… read more

Friday Flashback – Plenty – Diana Henry

November 3, 2017 by
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The majority of Diana Henry's work can be classified as good, uncomplicated food with subtle nuances of sophistication and beauty. In Plenty: Good, Uncomplicated Food, the subject of today's Friday Flashback, the beloved author, shares more than 300 recipes with the caveat that none of them are extravagant. I, however, feel that there is more to extravagance than cost factor. Henry's dishes are… read more

Featured Cookbooks and Recipes

November 3, 2017 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

How six ex-pats changed the way Americans eat

November 2, 2017 by
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Prior to the middle of the 20th century, the American food scene was stagnant. A post-war boom led to increased availability of canned and processed foods, and less and less food was made at home, from scratch. That trend began to reverse when the likes of Julia Child and Richard Olney brought French influences back with them from extended stays… read more

Istanbul & Beyond – Review, recipe and giveaway

November 2, 2017 by
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Istanbul and Beyond: Exploring the Diverse Cuisines of Turkey is a labor of love written by Robyn Eckhardt. Robyn's powerful story telling and her husband's brilliant eye behind the camera join together to capture the essence of Turkish cuisine in one stunning volume.  Those who love to cook and travel, along with those who love to dream, are taken on an… read more

Use this food-serving calculator to make just the right amount this Thanksgiving

November 1, 2017 by
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  Planning a big holiday meal, like the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday for those of us in the US, can be stressful. First, you have to choose which dishes to make, running the risk of angering family members if you stray too far from tradition. Then you have to determine how much of everything to prepare. The biggest concern is running… read more

Even top chefs use shortcuts

October 31, 2017 by
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  When you think of what the world's top chefs make at home, you likely picture them gently simmering bones and vegetables to make homemade stock, or folding and rolling puff pastry from scratch. As it turns out, even chefs use shortcuts. Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge surprised many people last week when he admitted to using stock cubes instead of… read more

Impatient Foodie – Review, recipe and giveaway

October 31, 2017 by
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Impatient Foodie: 100 Delicious Recipes for a Hectic, Time-Starved World by Elettra  Wiedemann and Claudia Ficca is the popular blogger's debut cookbook. Here, the former model who happens to be the  daughter of Isabella Rossellini, shares 100 recipes for tight schedules and lazy cooks. It was her grueling 12-hour workdays that led to her finding a practical way to uphold… read more

Truffle prices surge due to poor harvest

October 30, 2017 by
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Truffles have long been associated with haute cuisine. Brillat-Savarin called truffles "the diamond of the kitchen", and the delicious fungi have graced fine dining menus the world over. Truffles are notoriously finicky to grow, steadfastly resisting attempts to cultivate them. This results in truffle prices being high even in good years - which 2017 is not. Bloomberg reports that white truffles… read more
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