Clarissa Dickson Wright dies at 66

March 17, 2014 by
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Clarissa Dickson Wright was someone who enjoyed life to the fullest.  Her career spanned being a barrister at Grey's Inn, to working in two cookbook stores, to cooking in a club and most famously, travelling around the UK in a motorcycle and sidecar with Jennifer Paterson, as The Two Fat Ladies. The Two Fat Ladies were unlikely TV stars -… read more

Cookbook giveaway – A Change of Appetite

March 13, 2014 by
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 A Change of Appetite is the 7th cookbook from London-based food writer and cookbook author Diana Henry.  We are delighted to offer 3 copies of the book, thanks to the publisher Mitchell Beazley/Octopus Publishing. The book contains the recipes that Diana Henry created when she started to crave a different kind of diet - less meat and heavy food, more vegetable-,… read more

What goes on behind the scenes of a cookbook?

March 13, 2014 by
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Diana Henry is a highly-respected food writer and cookbook author. Her 7th cookbook, A Change of Appetite has just been published in the UK and will be published in the USA in June.  Wanting to eat more "healthy" food Diana set out to explore exactly what that means, and made sure the food was also delicious.  She wrote an excellent post… read more

Improve your cooking skills with EYB’s new feature

February 27, 2014 by
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We've created a new feature that gives you access to 594 (and counting!) online how-to demonstrations, including how to carve a duck, how to make homemade ricotta, how to make marshmallow fluff, and how to prepare and cook artichokes. Select tutorials from cookbooks are indexed as well.  And even better, 127 of the tutorials have  videos. To browse all of the how-to links, go… read more

Me and my cookbooks

February 27, 2014 by
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At a time when conventional wisdom insists that no one is interested in cooking at home anymore, there is great joy in realizing that there are many others (EYB members) who enjoy the creativity and pleasure of sharing good food. So we wanted to celebrate our members by regularly publishing vignettes about members and their cookbooks. If you'd like to… read more

Cookbook store profile: Featuring Cook the Books in Auckland

February 26, 2014 by
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Recently we began to offer an EYB feature highlighting independent cookbook stores. Now you can discover (or get reacquainted with) a store near your home - or plan a new target destination when you travel. And to make this as strong a feature as we can, we're asking our members to help us. We already know of many great stores,… read more

New Orleans chef Donald Link shares his love of Southern cooking

February 25, 2014 by
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Chef Donald Link is a very busy man. Not only does he operate some of New Orleans' most highly-acclaimed restaurants (Herbsaint, Cochon, and Pêche Seafood Grill), the James Beard Award-winning chef is actively involved in the New Orleans community and has just completed his second cookbook. Chef Link graciously took time out of his hectic schedule to answer our questions… read more

Susie Middleton’s life on the farm inspires a new cookbook

February 12, 2014 by
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Susie Middleton is likely familiar to many of our subscribers. She is the former chief Editor for Fine Cooking magazine, and has previously published two cookbooks dedicated to vegetables, Fast, Fresh & Green: More than 90 Delicious Recipes for Veggie Lovers, and The Fresh & Green Table: Delicious Ideas for Bringing Vegetables into Every Meal. These cookbooks have earned Susie… read more

Top selling books of 2013 around the world

January 28, 2014 by
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Our friends at cookbook stores around the world have supplied us their top selling books of 2013.  It is interesting how different these lists are to the top selling US books profiled in Eater recently - only one book, Jerusalem by Yotam Ottolenghi, appeared on both lists.  USA Kitchen Arts & Letters - Nach Waxman & Matt Sartwell 1. Jerusalem by… read more

Cookbook giveaway – The Great American Slow Cooker Book

January 27, 2014 by
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We're delighted to be able to offer 5 copies of Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough's new cookbook (the 22nd!) - The Great American Slow Cooker Book: 500 Easy Recipes for Every Day and Every Size of Machine  - to our EYB members. The book is "the ultimate in slow-cooker books--with 500 recipes, each adapted for three sizes of appliance. From breakfast to… read more

Meet Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough – 22 cookbooks and counting

January 27, 2014 by
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We were delighted recently to have a chance to interview Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, authors of the just-published The Great American Slow Cooker Book: 500 Easy Recipes for Every Day and Every Size of Machine. Actually, this is only the  most recent cookbook they've written together - there are 21 others from this New York/Texan duo. Mark and Bruce make a fun team -… read more

Cookbook giveaway – Whole-Grain Mornings: New Breakfast Recipes to Span the Seasons

January 15, 2014 by
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  We're delighted to be able to offer three copies of Megan Gordon's new cookbook: Whole-Grain Mornings: New Breakfast Recipes to Span the Seasons to our EYB members. The book includes sixty-five sweet and savory recipes for wholesome whole-grain breakfasts, including granola, warm porridges, muffins, savory tarts and eggs. To learn a little more about the book and its author, check out… read more

Megan Gordon shares her delight in breakfast

January 15, 2014 by
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Megan Gordon is a Seattle-based blogger and a cookbook author  -and an ex-English teacher. Her blog, A Sweet Spoonful, emphasizes natural/whole foods, seasonal ingredients, and whole grains. Her new cookbook, Whole-Grain Mornings: New Breakfast Recipes to Span the Seasons, narrows the focus just a bit to concentrate on breakfasts. And we're delighted to be able to give three copies away to… read more

One million recipes indexed on EYB!

January 10, 2014 by
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One million recipes - and every one added by a human being not a bot.  Because EYB is a database, not a word search, every recipe has to be entered manually.  For cookbooks and magazines, all details are typed in by an indexer.  I wouldn't like to calculate how many keystrokes a million recipes required but let's just say it's… read more

Best of the best cookbooks of 2013

December 19, 2013 by
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This is our 5th annual amalgamation of every cookbook list - this year we found more than 200.   There wasn't a clear winner for the first time but Pok Pok by Andy Ricker (his first ever cookbook) just edged into the front on the final sprint.  See who else made the top 10 and which author has two different… read more

The best cookbooks of 2013 by the experts

December 17, 2013 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, think about supporting your… read more

Chad Robertson tells us why the world needs a new baking book

December 14, 2013 by
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Chad Robertson, owner of Tartine Bakery in San Francisco, has been called "a bread genius," "one of the most admired bakers in the U.S.," and "the cult prince of American bread making."  Already the author of two books named after his bakery, Tartine Bread and Tartine: Sweet and Savory Pastries, Tarts, Pies, Cakes, Croissants, Cookies and Confections (the latter co-authored with Elisabeth… read more

Stephanie Stiavetti raises macaroni and cheese to new heights

December 12, 2013 by
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Macaroni and cheese is, to many, the ultimate comfort food - whether it comes out of a box or from an ages-old recipe. But like many old and somewhat worn items, it's deserving of a make-over. Stephanie Stiavetti, with co-author Garrett McCord, does just that in her new book, Melt: The Art of Macaroni and Cheese.  In the book, "We've… read more

Cookbook giveaway – Robicelli’s: A Love Story, with Cupcakes

November 24, 2013 by
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We're very pleased to be able to offer two free copies of Robicelli's: A Love Story with Cupcakes.  Matt and Allison Robicelli are iconic cupcake bakers (their Chicken n'Waffles flavor is legendary). They've developed a passionate following for their 250 different flavors of sophisticated cupcakes -- classically made and adult oriented - not "cutesie" or  overly sweet. The recipes in… read more

Me and my cookbooks – November 2013

November 21, 2013 by
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We're hearing from a lot of you that you're enjoying meeting some of our EYB members through our Me and my Cookbooks Monthly feature. We'd love to introduce as many as we can -  If you'd like to be featured, just email us at [email protected]. Our featured EYB member this month is one of EYB's own - Susie Chang. Susie… read more

Cookbook store profile: Featuring Books for Cooks

November 18, 2013 by
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Photo of Tim White at Books for Cooks by Lucy Miller -----------------------  Last month we began to offer a new EYB feature highlighting independent cookbook stores. Now you can discover (or get reacquainted with) a store near your home - or plan a new target destination when you travel. And to make this as strong a feature as we can,… read more

EYB member wins world record!

November 10, 2013 by
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You may remember a post in our new feature My and My Cookbooks where Sue Jimenez, EYB member  Manycookbooks shared details of her collection.  She mentioned that she was applying to the Guinness Book of Records for the Largest Collection of Cookbooks in the USA/Canada.  Well, she did it!  You can see the  details on the Guinness site.  Sue also posted about it … read more

Me and my cookbooks

July 24, 2013 by
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At a time when the press relentlessly insists that no one is interested in cooking at home anymore, there is great joy in realizing that there are many others ( EYB members) who enjoy the creativity and pleasure of sharing good food. So we wanted to celebrate our members by regularly publishing vignettes about members and their cookbooks. We're starting… read more

The creation of a new verb – To Ottoleng.

June 15, 2013 by
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We all have our favorite cookbooks and Tim Hayward in the Financial Times looks at how much our choices reflect current entertaining trends. Perhaps this particularly resonated with me since I lived in the UK for most of the period he covers but I think it should ring true with many EYB members.  How often have we gone to a… read more

The first ever cookbook rating app!

May 2, 2013 by
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You may have noticed Susie's mentions of her new cookbook rating app but I thought it deserved an entire post.  Susie must thoroughly test more new cookbooks than anyone else around - as well as her posts for EYB, she reviews cookbooks for The Boston Globe and NPR.  So it made sense that Susie used all that experience to create… read more
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