Lemony desserts for Spring, EYBD Previews, recipes and more

Spring has arrived across much of the northern hemisphere, though here in Colorado we will be experiencing a snowy Easter! While I enjoy lemony desserts year-round, there’s something about spring that makes the bright, refreshing flavor of citrus especially perfect for desserts – with lemon being my particular favorite!

Our online collection now features over 14,000 lemon-based dessert recipes. I’d love to highlight a few standouts, including some recent additions to our Library that you won’t want to miss.

• Lemon and elderflower buttercream cake
• Lemon tiramisu
• Lemon & mint financiers
• Lemon and elderflower cake
• Lemon & raspberry trifle
• Lemon swiss roll
• Lemon cakes [lemon buttercream]
• Very lemony meringue cake (All-in-one lemon cake 1)
• Lemon cake with fluffy, less-sweet lemon frosting
• Lemon cakes with basil lemon syrup

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The last few week on Eat Your Books

Since our last roundup, Darcie has written these articles:

• Easter’s most essential egg?
• Do you need a kitchen lamp?
• Recall roundup
• Cookbooks that embrace cultural messiness
• Is a ‘snacking recession’ happening?
• What’s the right way to trim asparagus?

Darcie’s weekly food news antipasto is shared every Sunday and the tag #foodnews brings up these information-packed posts from the most current to the first one.

Since our last roundup, I have posted the following:

• Umma – A Korean Mom’s Kitchen Wisdom (US/CA)
• Fortnum & Mason Food Awards shortlist announced 2025
• May 2025 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary
• 2025 Cookbook Preview Post (updated)
• Calendar of worldwide events (updated with these events – and others):
  • Nina Compton – Kwéyòl / Creole
  • Zaynab Issa – Third Culture Cooking
• Cookbook deals are updated when time permits so check that post for new sales – the publisher links automatically update and please see the ICYMI post.

Jenny and the EYB Team

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Recently Indexed Titles

Our team of member and pro indexers are working hard indexing titles, both new and old. Below are just a selection of highlighted titles that were recently indexed. ckbk titles notated as such – for more information on ckbk see Jane’s post. Remember to view the most current indexed titles – they will always show up at the top of the EYB Library and your Bookshelf. Recent indexed magazines can be found here. For information on member indexing, please see this roundup with more details.

• Third Culture Cooking: Classic Recipes for a New Generation by Zaynab Issa
• A Grain, a Green, a Bean by Gena Hamshaw
• Easy Everyday by Jessica Merchant
• The Choi of Cooking by Roy Choi EVENTS
• Bake From Scratch, Volume Nine by Brian Hart Hoffman
• Milk Street Backroads Italy by Christopher Kimball and J. M. Hirsch EVENTS
• Frances Bissell’s Modern Classics by Frances Bissell ckbk
• Tucking In – A Very Comforting Cookbook by Sophie Wyburd
• Betty Crocker’s Cookbook by Betty Crocker
• The Marathon Chef – Food for Getting Fit by Michel Roux Jr.
• The Regional Italian Cookbook by The Silver Spoon Kitchen
• Okra: A Savor the South® Cookbook by Virginia Willis
• Chocolate – Luscious Recipes and Expert Know-How for Biscuits, Cakes, Sweet Treats and Desserts by Kirsten Tibballs
• Le Cordon Bleu Complete Cook: Home Collection by Le Cordon Bleu
• The Food Lover’s Guide to Paris, Fifth Edition by Patricia Wells
• Big Veg Energy: Plant-based Just Got Better by Christina Soteriou
• Fat + Flour: The Art of a Simple Bake by Nicole Rucker EVENTS
• Malai Frozen Desserts by Pooja Bavishi ckbk
• Sicilian Feasts by Giovanna Bellia La Marca ckbk
• The Four Horsemen by Nick Curtola
• Donna Hay’s Christmas – Feasts and Treats by Donna Hay
• Burgers – From Barbecue Ranch Burger to Miso Salmon Burger by Paul Gayler and Gus Filgate ckbk
• Chocolate All Day by Kirsten Tibballs

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Member Photo of the Week

Sheet-pan mushroom Parmigiana from Easy Weeknight Dinners: 100 Fast, Flavor-Packed Meals for Busy People Who Still Want Something Good to Eat (page 207) by New York Times Cooking and Emily Weinstein submitted by Member Laurag29

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Featured Online Recipe

Raspberry white chocolate cheesecake with hazelnut crust from Tin and Thyme: Tales from a Cornish Kitchen by Choclette

Add Tin and Thyme: Tales from a Cornish Kitchen to your Bookshelf for an additional 1,057 recipes

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Featured EYBD Preview Recipe

Big melty (Mont d’Or) from Mostly French: Recipes from a Kitchen in Provence by Makenna Held

We currently have 8,813 EYBDigital Recipes indexed. All can be added to your Bookshelf.

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EYBDigital Previews

Recently, we uploaded our 2,088th EYBDigital Preview where a selection of full sample pages are available including the titles below.

Learn more about EYBDigital Previews.

Note: All Preview recipes are indexed, whether the full book is indexed or not. Any Preview recipe can be added to your Bookshelf.

• 1 recipe and a selection of pages from Backyard BBQ with Fire and Spice: Filipino- and Cajun-Inspired Recipes for the Smoker and Grill by Tony Ramirez – Publication date May 6th, 2025
• 3 recipes from Balli Balli: Quick & Easy Korean Cooking by Da-Hae West – Publication date May 13th, 2025
• 4 recipes from Setting a Place for Us: Recipes and Stories of Displacement, Resilience, and Community from Eight Countries Impacted by War by Hawa Hassan – Publication date May 13th, 2025
• 2 recipes and a selection of pages from Bindas: Comfort Food with an Indian Soul by Mehak Kansal – Publication date May 22nd, 2025

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