New Year’s cookbook and cooking intentions

December 31, 2024 by
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We are just a couple of hours away from 2025 (and some of our Members are already in the new year), so it's time to reflect on the past year and look forward to our aspirations for the next. In 2024, I wrote that my intentions were to make more high reward/low effort recipes and to make better use of… read more

Food news antipasto

December 29, 2024 by
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This is the last antipasto for 2024, and we start out by celebrating one of my favorite foods: the humble potato. Wired brings us a glow up of the ever-so-versatile spud, naming it the 'most perfect vegetable' - and telling us why we are eating it wrong. The TL;DR is that we should eat fewer French fries, but the article… read more

After Christmas sales to get everything Santa forgot

December 27, 2024 by
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Now that the wrapping paper and ribbons are gathered up it's time to assess what items on your wish list were overlooked - or to make plans for the gift cards you received. I was surprised with a Nordic Ware gift certificate so I'm headed there to peruse the sale items, but there are many more companies offering deals worth… read more

Eating during twix-mas

December 27, 2024 by
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The days from Christmas to New Year's can seem like a food purgatory as you wait a week for the next big party after indulging in a huge feast. What to feed everyone in this in-between time can be a challenge. There are leftovers, of course, but no one wants to eat the same thing for days in a row.… read more

Good reasons to eat cookies and cheese

December 25, 2024 by
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Often when a food study is conducted on something that isn't a known healthy item like vegetables, the result indicates that we shouldn't eat it because it raises cholesterol or is linked to cancer. However, two recent studies find that you should eat the items in question: sugar and Camembert cheese. The first found that while an excess of sugary… read more

Have yourself a crabby little Christmas

December 23, 2024 by
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Everywhere you look during the holidays, someone is making gorgeous treats. Adorable gingerbread houses, twee cookie trays, impeccable and realistic Bûche de Noël. But what's available for the crabby among us who aren't into traditional Christmas cheer? For the bah humbug Scrooges and Grinches, may I suggest Krampus Bread? If you aren't familiar with this yuletide character, Krampus "is the… read more

Food news antipasto

December 22, 2024 by
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We learned this week that restaurant critic Grace Dent will replace Gregg Wallace as a judge for the next series of Celebrity MasterChef. She will front the show alongside longtime host John Torode. Wallace stepped aside following claims of misconduct. Dent is excited about her new role, saying “My whole family watches it. It’s all about uncovering and championing talent – and… read more

When a night owl has to make breakfast

December 21, 2024 by
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I am not a morning person. Ever since I can remember, I have preferred to stay up late and sleep in the next morning. Making it to the office on time has always been a struggle, and although I have done it for decades, it never seems to get easier. So when I have to make breakfast for guests, I… read more

Olive oil prices set to drop in 2025

December 20, 2024 by
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After years of sharing stories about crop failures and record-setting high prices for olive oil, there is finally some good news to deliver. Olive oil prices are going to come down next thanks to an excellent harvest in Spain. Since the olive oil harvest in Andalusia accounts for nearly 1/3 of the world's supply, this means that there should be… read more

Best books by the experts 2024

December 20, 2024 by
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Who knows cookbooks better than the owners of specialist cookbook stores? They stock and sell thousands of cookbooks and because their stores are focused on food and drink books, they are true experts. They read the books, cook from them and then share their knowledge with their customers. When shopping for cookbook gifts this holiday season, please think about supporting… read more

Festivus, an airing of grievances

December 19, 2024 by
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Festivus is a secular holiday celebrated on December 23 as an alternative to the perceived pressures and commercialism of the Christmas season. Originally created by author Daniel O'Keefe, Festivus entered popular culture after it was made the focus of the 1997 Seinfeld episode "The Strike", which O'Keefe's son, Dan O'Keefe, co-wrote. On the Seinfeld episode there is  "airing of grievances" led… read more

December 2024 New Cookbook Review

December 19, 2024 by
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We are at the end of another year of cookbook publishing. Our 2025 Cookbook Preview Post is live and will be updated regularly. Don’t forget that you can create a wishlist and share it with your loved ones. Our December 2024 EYB Cookbook Club Summary and January 2025 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary can be found at the links provided. Last May we announced that we have… read more

The complexities of the Ina Garten/Martha Stewart relationship

December 18, 2024 by
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One could argue that the two biggest female culinary icons alive today are Martha Stewart and Ina Garten. Both have had big years, Stewart with a documentary about her life and Garten with a recently-published memoir. In an interview about her documentary, Stewart suggested that there was bad blood between the two, saying that she felt like Garten abandoned her… read more

This is the flavor of the year for 2025

December 18, 2024 by
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Pantone recently released its color of the year for 2025 - Mocha Mousse (which a few people relabeled as 'Poop', but that's the internet for you) - and the 2025 flavor of the year has something in common with it. Apparently next year will be the year of 'brown', because according to the Food and Beverage Trends Report published by T.… read more

German Heritage Baking Cookbook Giveaway

December 18, 2024 by
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Enter our US giveaway to win one of two copies of German Heritage Baking: Time-Honored Recipes, Traditional Techniques, and Culinary Secrets by Heidrun Metzler. German Heritage Baking: Time-Honored Recipes, Traditional Techniques, and Culinary Secrets by Heidrun Metzler was a labor of love. The author spent ten years preserving inherited tips, techniques, ingredient knowledge and recipes. Heidrun was born and raised in… read more

Food news antipasto

December 15, 2024 by
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We start out this week with a tip from an EYB Member about a new reality show that is right up our alley called Clash of the Cookbooks. It's brought to us by Roku, the same channel that hosts The Great American Baking Show. Comedian Phoebe Robinson and cookbook author and culinary historian Max Miller host the program, where "they… read more

December 2024 EYB Cookbook Club Summary

December 15, 2024 by
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Each month we previously offered at least four cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. This summer we cooked our favorite recipe from any cookbook, magazine, blog or online option and had a huge increase in participation and after a poll in the group we have decided to allow posting from all cookbooks and to offer one featured cookbook.… read more

What are the best pieces from a 157-piece Le Creuset set?

December 14, 2024 by
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Do you remember last October when Costco offered a huge set of Le Creuset for about $4,500 USD? Jane and I had questions about who would purchase this massive set, where they would store all 157 pieces, and whether they would use them all. We now have some answers, as Food and Wine recently interviewed one woman who received the… read more

Top 2024 cookbooks added to Member Bookshelves by region

December 14, 2024 by
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On December 9th, I shared this year's list of top books added to Member bookshelves in 2024. That list included 56 titles as I included a few additional books that were on 100 Bookshelves. A few Members asked if I could do a similar breakdown of those books by country and like the U.S. Postal Service, "we deliver for you."… read more

Food trends for 2025

December 13, 2024 by
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At the end of the year it's common to look back at what happened in 2024 (best cookbooks lists coming up soon!) and also to predict what food trends will happen in 2025. To that end, Martha Stewart's website has five trends to look for in the coming year. Pork and Chinese cabbage dumplings from Chinese Soul Food by Hsiao-Ching… read more

The Golden Wok – Cookbook Giveaway

December 13, 2024 by
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Enter our worldwide giveaway to win one of three copies of The Golden Wok: Mastering the Art of Wok Cooking by Diana Chan. The Golden Wok: Mastering the Art of Wok Cooking by Diana Chan is the cookbook that shows you that a wok isn’t just a cooking utensil, it’s the pride of any Chinese kitchen and the most versatile pan… read more

January 2025 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary

December 12, 2024 by
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As our members know, each month we offer several cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. There are other fun cookbook clubs around the interwebs and we’d like to highlight those for those members who might want to cook or bake something other than our choices.  We want to get this information out to you so you can prepare… read more

With coffee prices on the rise, is it time to find an alternative?

December 11, 2024 by
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Coffee prices climbed sharply this year, with arabica beans up 80% as of Tuesday to an all-time high. Even the less popular robusta beans - the kind used most often in instant coffee - have doubled in price. While much of this is due to weather-related damage to crops, another factor is at play: more coffee farmers are finally being… read more

The Food Lab celebrates a huge milestone

December 10, 2024 by
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I missed this news when Kenji López-Alt announced it a couple of weeks ago but it is worth mentioning - his first solo cookbook, The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science, recently ticked past 1 million copies sold. In addition to selling a lot of copies, The Food Lab has earned a James Beard Award, was a NYT bestseller,… read more

Les Halles Special Edition and Typhoid Mary by Anthony Bourdain- Giveaway

December 10, 2024 by
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Enter our US/Canada giveaway to win one of two sets of Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook: Strategies, Recipes, and Techniques of Classic Bistro Cooking and Typhoid Mary - An Urban Historical. Bloomsbury USA has released a special 20th Anniversary edition of Anthony Bourdain’s Les Halles Cookbook: Strategies, Recipes, and Techniques of Classic Bistro Cooking as well as a paperback edition of… read more
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