Fall in love with cookies all over again

  Pastry creator Mindy Segal places a modern twist on traditional classics. A highly decorated chef, Segal has won the Jean Banchet award for Best Celebrity Pastry chef in Chicago, was named Chicago Magazine's Pastry Chef of the Year, and twice won the Time Out Chicago's Eat Out Awards for Best Pastry Chef. The James Beard award nominee's solo venture,… read more

Q & A with Sara Forte of The Sprouted Kitchen

Sara Forte's wonderfully relaxed writing style, which she also applies to her recipes, has made her one of the most popular food bloggers. (Her blog, The Sprouted Kitchen, is indexed on EYB.) Sara uses mainly fresh, seasonal produce and healthy ingredients - not a lot of 'meat and potatoes'. Her first book, The Sprouted Kitchen, was nominated for a James Beard award in… read more

Kevin Gillespie shares his love of pork

If you are a fan of Top Chef, you probably remember Kevin Gillespie, known for his love of pork. He literally wears it on his sleeve with his forearm tattoo. His first book, Fire in My Belly, was a James Beard Award finalist. Kevin has again teamed up with co-author David Joachim and shares his unbounded passion for pork in a… read more

IACP Award Winners Announced

  The winners of the 2015 IACP Awards were announced last night at the annual IACP Conference in Washington DC.  You can see all the results on the IACP website and the cookbook awards are on our own IACP Awards page. After last year choosing a self-published book, Stone Edge Farm Cookbook, as Cookbook of the Year, this year a… read more

The sweet life for everyone

Gesine Bullock-Prado, founder of the Gesine's Confectionary product line, has been featured on Rachael Ray, the Food Network, In Style and People magazines, and many other national publications. She has written several baking cookbooks, and used to run her own bakery. She's now promoting her latest cookbook, Let Them Eat Cake, which is unique because it provides four versions for… read more

Cookbook store profile – Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks

This is the latest installment of the EYB feature highlighting independent cookbook stores. We hope you will discover (or get reacquainted with) a store near your home - or plan a new target destination when you travel. We keep an ongoing list of cookbook stores but we'd love to learn about more - especially those treasured by our members. So… read more

Reworking Southern classics for healthier eating

Virginia Willis is not only an authority on Southern cooking, a French-trained chef, and a veteran cookbook author; she is also a proud Southerner who adores eating and cooking for family and friends. So when she needed to drop a few pounds and generally lighten up her diet, the most important criterion for her new lifestyle was that all the… read more

Domenica Marchetti takes on biscotti

Domenica Marchetti is a food writer, recipe developer, and cooking teacher who specializes in Italian cooking. Marchetti has written several cookbooks and her food articles have appeared in many newspapers and magazines. With her latest cookbook, Ciao Biscotti, she turns her sights to baking. The cookbook is a collection of 44 authentic biscotti recipes, both savory and sweet. (Enter our contest… read more

A travel notebook inspires a cookbook

A graduate of Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, Rachel Khoo's passion for patisserie lured her to Paris, where she obtained a pastry degree from Le Cordon Bleu. In addition to working in a Paris culinary bookstore and tea salon, La Cocotte, Rachel has written several popular cookbooks. After years of living in Paris, Rachel recently… read more

Top selling cookbooks of 2014 around the world

Last month our friends at cookbook stores around the world gave us their picks for their favorite books of 2014.  Now we asked them for their top sellers.  We thought it would be interesting to compare the lists from specialist stores in the USA to that for all US sales from the publishing industry data company, Nielsen.  They are very… read more

Ivy Manning goes veg in her latest cookbook

Ivy Manning is a Portland, Oregon-based food and travel writer and author of several cookbooks. Her work regularly appears in Cooking Light, Fine Cooking, Sunset, Eating Well, and Everyday with Rachel Ray. We caught up with Ivy as her latest cookbook, Weeknight Vegetarian, hit the shelves. EYB Members in the U.S. and Canada can enter our contest for a chance… read more

Me and my cookbooks – Georgeanne Brennan

We're pleased to present another installment of the "Me and my cookbooks" series. Many EYB members have told us they enjoy meeting members and special guests through this feature. We'd love to introduce more people, so if you'd like to be featured, just email us at [email protected]. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Georgeanne Brennan is an acclaimed food writer who also runs a vacation cooking… read more

Huge America’s Test Kitchen giveaway

A bumper giveaway for the end of 2014.  We have several copies of Cook's Illustrated, America's Test Kitchen and Cook's Country books to give away.  To enter you need to add a comment saying which book you would like to win and why.  For your entry to be counted you must add on Rafflecopter that you commented - you can… read more

The best cookbooks of 2014

  I think I need to take on an assistant for the Best of the Best list - it keeps getting bigger and bigger.  There are almost 300 lists this year from all around the world.  But from day one of counting the votes, there was only going to be one top book this year - Plenty More by Yotam… read more

The best cookbooks of 2014 by the experts

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, think about supporting your… read more

Haute cuisine for the people

Katrina Meynink is a freelance food writer who lives and breathes all things food. She is also a prolific lover of cookbooks. In addition to degrees in journalism and creative writing, she has a Masters in Gastronomy from Le Cordon Bleu and the University of Adelaide, as well as an Advanced Diploma in Taste through the University of Reims, Paris and… read more

Buy 1 EYB Gift Voucher and Get 1 Free

Our Gift to You - Limited time offer only - expires Dec 18th We want to make your holiday shopping as easy as possible - and what could be simpler than one click on the link below? For that you will get two gift certificates for the price of one. So not only is your shopping easier but also a… read more

Peek inside Prune

Gabrielle Hamilton's new cookbook stands apart, as we've previously discussed. We're excited to announce that we've scored an excerpt from Prune to share with EYB Members, plus you can enter our contest for your chance to win a copy! And don't forget to check Hamilton's tour dates for the book in our events calendar. The excerpt below (click on the photo to view… read more

Get better bread when you make it ahead

Donna Currie is an author and food writer for Serious Eats, Whisk Magazine, and the Left Hand Valley Courier, and other food publications. She also has a blog, www.cookistry.com, where she writes about a variety of subjects from bread to corned beef to cocktails. She has just published her first cookbook, Make Ahead Bread. (Enter our contest for your chance… read more

Cal Peternell’s guide to the kitchen

Cal Peternell might not yet be a celebrity, but the restaurant where he's a chef is certainly well-known: the legendary Chez Panisse. Chef Peternell has just released a cookbook, Twelve Recipes, inspired not by the restaurant but by his oldest son leaving for college. Peternell realized that, although he regularly made dinners for his family, he'd never taught them the… read more

Mrs. Wheelbarrow’s favorite cookbooks

Popular blogger Cathy Barrow created Mrs. Wheelbarrow's Kitchen in 2009, focusing on food preservation and maintaining her "practical pantry." The blog really took off in 2011 when she co-created Charcutepalooza, a celebration of the art of charcuterie. Since then, Barrow has been busy blogging and writing her first cookbook, Mrs. Wheelbarrow's Practical Pantry, in bookstores now. (Enter our contest for your chance to… read more

A new bible from dessert diva Rose Levy Beranbaum

Rose Levy Beranbaum has inspired the endeavors of countless bakers, and her new cookbook, The Baking Bible, hits bookstores tomorrow. (Enter our contest for your chance to win a copy.) More than just a retread of The Cake Bible and The Pie and Pastry Bible, The Baking Bible is a magnum opus filled with all-new recipes for scrumptious cakes, pies, tarts, cookies,… read more

Recipes with warmth and ease in The Kitchn Cookbook

Faith Durand is Executive Editor of The Kitchn, one of the United States' largest websites devoted to home cooking, reaching over 14 million readers a month. Faith is also the author of Bakeless Sweets, the first cookbook dedicated to pudding and no-bake desserts. Her newest book is The Kitchn Cookbook, coauthored with Sara Kate Gillingham, published by Clarkson Potter and… read more

Ruhlman on paying attention

Award-winning author Michael Ruhlman is back with another cookbook, How to Roast. (You can enter our contest for your chance to win a copy of the book.) It's the first in a series of "how-to" books he plans to publish, and he's hinted that the next book will be about braising. Ruhlman provided EYB with an excerpt from the introduction… read more

A plant-strong diet

A lifelong omnivore, Karen Page coauthored with her chef-husband Andrew Dornenburg such influential food books as The Flavor Bible, What to Drink with What You Eat, Culinary Artistry, and Becoming a Chef, each of which has sold more than 100,000 copies.  She has just come out with her first solo book, The Vegetarian Flavor Bible, to which Dornenburg contributed more… read more
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