CookShelf app, GBBO returns, IACP 2025 Cookbook Award finalists, events and more

A mobile app has been a top Eat Your Books member request for years, and it’s finally here! We’re calling the app CookShelf, and you can subscribe in the app, or access it as part of your Eat Your Books Premium membership. You can download the app on the Apple App Store here and on Google Play Store here. If you’re having issues linking your EYB account in CookShelf (maybe you’re seeing the paywall when you are already a Premium member, or your books aren’t synching), here’s some info on how to resolve that.

We have added a new cookbook store in Vienna to our Cookbook Stores Around the World page: Babette’s Spice & Books for Cooks, a special place for those who love cooking and enjoy life. In 2002, Nathalie Pernstich opened the flagship store in the Freihausviertel. Since 2008, Babette’s has had a downtown branch in the baroque Palais Collalto. At both locations, they offer over 2,000 cookbooks for every taste and every occasion, can advise you on the right spices and spice blends from their own factory, and conjure up exquisite menus with you during their cooking classes.

The Abergavenny Food Festival will be held September 20th and 21st and has a wonderful lineup of events and speakers. There are loads of other tastings and speakers with those that do not have cookbooks so be sure to check out their full event listing.

For those of you in the Washington D.C. area – my friend, the chef Genevieve Villamora, is leading a four week class – cooking in the diaspora at Bold Fork Books. The series begins on September 9th and will utilize cookbooks, articles, essays and workshop participants’ own lived experience to look at the following themes: Week 1: The Taste of Home; Week 2: “Authenticity”; Week 3: Memory; and Week 4: Transformation. Genevieve is an amazing speaker and I wish I were able to attend. Click here for more details.

Be sure to read about the finalists for the IACP 2025 Cookbook Awards. On November 5th, the winners will be announced at the IACP Awards and Summit in Brooklyn New York.

And lastly, be sure to set your recording devices as The Great British Bake Off/Baking Show returns on September 2nd in the UK and will stream on Netflix on the 5th. Find out more here.

The last few weeks on Eat Your Books

Since our last roundup, Darcie has written these articles:

• IACP 2025 Cookbook Award finalists
• Dianne Jacob talks cookbooks on CookShelf
• Former Food52 exec stole a fortune from the company
• Foraging: trendy or timeless?
• In defense of ‘ugly’ cakes
• Kewpie celebrates a century
• Meat-free no more
• Licorice: love it or loathe it?
• Tomato, tomahto

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:

• In for Dinner, Author Article and Cookbook Giveaway (US/UK)
• Dolci Italiani – Cookbook Giveaway (US/CA/UK)
• Finding joy in Baking and the Meaning of Life
• Return date for The Great British Bake Off – Season 16
• August 2025 EYB Cookbook Club Summary
• September 2025 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary – please note the addition of local cookbook clubs – updating this post frequently
• 2025 Cookbook Preview Post (updated)
• Calendar of worldwide events (updated with these events – and others):
  • Melissa King – Cook Like a King
  • Nite Yun – My Cambodia
  • Joshua McFadden – Six Seasons of Pasta
  • Dan Pelosi – Let’s Party
  • Ben Siman-Tov and Zikki Siman-Tov – Eat Small Plates
  • Niki Russ Federman and Josh Russ Tupper – Russ & Daughters
  • Rick Stein – Rick Stein’s Christmas (UK)
  • Abergavenny Food Festival – Abergavenny (UK) – September 20th and 21st
• 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

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.

• Mexican Table by Thomasina Miers
• Shred Happens: So Easy, So Good by Arash Hashemi
• 500 Vegan Dishes by Deborah Gray (started by a Member Indexer and finished off by EYB)
• Persiana Easy by Sabrina Ghayour EVENTS
• Good Time Cooking by Rosie Mackean
• Ramen: 80 Easy Noodle Bowls and Broths by Makiko Sano
• Craig Claiborne’s Favorites from the New York Times (1977 v.3) by Craig Claiborne
• A Handful of Flour: Recipes From Shipton Mill by Tess Lister
• The Rice Book: History, Culture, Recipes by Sri Owen
• Buns – Sweet and Simple Bakes by Louise Hurst
• The Milk Street Cookbook (2017-2024) by Christopher Kimball
• Little Leon: Soups, Salads & Snacks: Naturally Fast Recipes by Leon Restaurants Ltd
• The Sweetapolita Bakebook by Rosie Alyea
• 3 Doughs, 60 Recipes by Lacey Ostermann
• Quick-Mix Biscuits and Slices by Australian Women’s Weekly
• Canning & Preserving with Ashley English by Ashley English
• For the Love of Popsicles by Sarah Bond

Member Photo of the Week

Crushed broad beans with goat cheese & preserved lemon salsa (M’tabbal ful akhdar)  from Boustany: A Celebration of Vegetables from my Palestine (page 108) by Sami Tamimi submitted by Jane

Have you uploaded any of your own photos yet? Learn more! Even free Members can add their photos to our recipe record and it only takes a minute! Add the book, online recipe, or magazine to your Bookshelf and then upload your photo. Please remember to update your profile with your Instagram name if you would like to be tagged in any photos that we share!

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Featured Online Recipe

Pecan hand pies from Bake from Scratch

There are almost 4,600 online recipes from Bake from Scratch.

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Featured EYBD Preview Recipe

We currently have 9,085 EYBDigital Recipes indexed. All can be added to your Bookshelf.

Moqueca fish burgers from Fusão – Untraditional Recipes Inspired by Brasil by Ixta Belfrage – Publication date August 28th, 2025 in the UK and September 2nd, 2025 in the US. EVENTS

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EYBDigital Previews

Recently, we uploaded our 2,139th 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.

• 4 recipes from In Edith’s Kitchen: Recipes from My Mostly Mexican-American Home to Yours by Edith Galvez
• 3 recipes from The Cocktail Bar – Perfectly Mixed Drinks from London’s Iconic Hotel Bars by William Yeoward
• 3 recipes from The Complete Illustrated Guide to Chinese Cooking: Techniques, Ingredients & Recipes by Orathay Souksisavanh
• 8 recipes from It’s So Easy to Make!: Snacks, Sweets, and Quick Eats for Any Kitchen by Patrick Zeinali Publication date August 26th, 2025.

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Cookbook Giveaways
Click on the Blue Link below to enter

• Enter our US/CA giveaway to win one of three copies of Pull Up a Chair – Recipes for Gatherings Big and Small, Morning to Night by Martha Collison. Contest expires August 31st, 2025.
• Enter our US giveaway to win one of two copies of So Easy So Good: Delicious Recipes and Expert Tips for Balanced Eating by Kylie Sakaida. Contest expires September 1st, 2025
• Enter our US giveaway to win one of two copies of The Salad Lab – Whisk, Toss, Enjoy!: Recipes for Making Fabulous Salads Every Day by Darlene Schrijver. Contest expires September 1st, 2025
• bruusta is offering EYB members (in the US) a chance to win one of three Bruusta Mixologist Magic Starter Kits each worth $242. Contest expires September 7th, 2025.

The cookbook giveaway roundup shares all current giveaways.

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