December 2025 New Cookbook Review

December 17, 2025 by
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We are putting the finishing touches on 2025 and looking forward to a new year. I prepared a simple roundup of holiday, entertaining, and baking cookbooks that may help you plan your end of the year holiday meals and baking. I have also published Top 2025 cookbooks added to EYB Member Bookshelves and by region for you. Our 2026 Cookbook Preview Post has been… read more

December 2025 EYB Cookbook Club Summary

December 16, 2025 by
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Each month we allow posting in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club from any cookbook, magazine or blog and we also offer one featured cookbook -most months. We hope that sharing our favorite recipes will help our Members discover new cookbooks and recipes to try. Also please see our January 2026 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary which is now organized by location and includes… read more

January 2026 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary

December 12, 2025 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 world and we’d like to highlight those for those members who might want to cook or bake something other than our choices.  I will update this post as clubs make their additional choices. Something that has… read more

Tis the season for baking

December 4, 2025 by
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When I published the Holiday Gift Guide and Giveaways! this weekend, I forgot to share my "cookie making gift tins" that I put together for my grown nieces and nephews. Each tin contained piping bags and tips, cookie cutters, a bench scraper, an icing spatula, two gift boxes and tags with ribbons, chocolate chips, decorations including McCormick Candy Cane finishing… read more

Holiday Gift Guide and Giveaways!

November 30, 2025 by
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I am sorry for getting this gift guide up a bit late, we have been busy, busy, busy. Be sure to check out my roundup of holiday, entertaining, and baking cookbooks for gifting ideas. A few will be mentioned here again. Sour House inspires people to bake more sourdough bread by creating thoughtfully designed baking tools and inviting people to… read more

November 2025 New Cookbook Review

November 23, 2025 by
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The year is almost over and it has been a very busy one for cookbook lovers. I prepared a simple roundup of holiday, entertaining, and baking cookbooks that may help you plan your holiday meals and baking. Our 2026 Cookbook Preview Post has been published and will be updated with additions and revisions as the months go by – and go by… read more

November 2025 EYB Cookbook Club Summary

November 22, 2025 by
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Each month we allow posting in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club from any cookbook, magazine or blog and we also offer one featured cookbook -most months. We hope that sharing our favorite recipes will help our Members discover new cookbooks and recipes to try. Also please see our December 2025 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary which is now organized by location and… read more

A roundup of holiday, entertaining, and baking cookbooks

November 20, 2025 by
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Every year I am caught by surprise at how fast the holidays come around. I am working on a gift guide (with giveaways), but wanted to do a fast roundup of holiday books for our Members. This summary includes entertaining, baking and cocktail titles. I have included some popular books below as well as some more recent books and recently… read more

Dobre Dobre Cookbook Giveaway

November 19, 2025 by
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Enter our US giveaway to win one of two copies of Dobre Dobre: Baking from Poland and Beyond by Laurel Kratochvila. My devotion to baking books is readily known to Members who read my posts. I particularly have a fondness for those titles that feature international flavors. Books of this nature are journeys to beautiful countries steeped in tradition with… read more

Big Book of Bread Giveaway

November 18, 2025 by
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Enter our US giveaway to win one of two copies of the Big Book of Bread: 125 Recipes for Every Baker by King Arthur Baking Company. From the beloved baking authority, this gorgeous book shares over 140 recipes that meet you where you are, whether a novice or experienced bread baker. Everything you want to know about how to make… read more

December 2025 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary

November 18, 2025 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 world and we’d like to highlight those for those members who might want to cook or bake something other than our choices.  I will update this post as clubs make their additional choices. Something that has… read more

IACP and TasteCanada Cookbook Awards, author events including Bee Wilson, recipes and more

November 13, 2025 by
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Two major cookbook award ceremonies were recently held. The IACP Cookbook Award winners were announced earlier this month; see our post with a breakdown of the winners. Also, TasteCanada announced their winners earlier this week; see 2025 Taste Canada Awards winners. British writer Bee Wilson is in the United States and has events planned to promote the American release of… read more

Chesnok by Polina Chesnakova – Cookbook Giveaway

November 10, 2025 by
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Enter our worldwide giveaway to win one of two copies of Chesnok: Cooking from My Corner of the Diaspora: Recipes from Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia by Polina Chesnakova. Please note the author's remaining event on our Calendar. Polina’s cookbooks are special and all are favorites in my collection. I was thrilled to learn of this title. The world chesnok… read more

The Great British Bake Off/Baking Show – The Final – 2025

November 8, 2025 by
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It seems as if the Bake Off just started and now it is over. Signature challenge: British iced finger bun. There are 11 online recipes for iced finger buns in our Library. Darcie: Time, as always, was a factor -for the bakers, but it was not the biggest obstacle that Tom faced. He accidentally put citric acid into his dough… read more

The Great British Bake Off/Baking Show – Patisserie Week – 2025

November 1, 2025 by
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We are near the finish line. Week nine is all about patisserie. Again, Darcie has been sharing the "comments" here. I have been setting them up - and adding online links etc. I have a lot to catch up on! Signature Challenge: Cream horns. How to make cream horns Cream horn are also called cannoncini (the Italian name) or Schaumrollen… read more

CRUMB – A Baking Magazine

October 30, 2025 by
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Recently, I shared on Social Media about a new baking magazine, CRUMB - A Baking Magazine - Issue 1. I just received the first issue which I ordered and indexed for our Members. CRUMB is a print magazine highlighting chefs, recipes, bakeries, brands & people in pastry; created by Emily Kim of The Pastry Project. The Pastry Project is a Seattle-based… read more

October 2025 New Cookbook Review

October 26, 2025 by
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Our 2026 Cookbook Preview Post has been published and will be updated with additions and revisions as the months go by - and go by quickly they do. A link to the 2025 post is available in this new preview as well, so you will be able to follow November and December books. Don’t forget that you can create a wishlist and… read more

The Great British Bake Off/Baking Show – Dessert Week 8 – 2025

October 25, 2025 by
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Week 8 is dessert week and the quarter final. As Jasmine said in the last episode, the margin for error is so small with only five bakers remaining. Signature challenge: Highly decorated Basque cheesecake The bakers were tasked with making a burnt Basque cheesecake with decorative elements - they needed to have something to do while the cheesecake baked and… read more

October 2025 EYB Cookbook Club Summary

October 20, 2025 by
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Each month we allow posting in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club from any cookbook, magazine or blog and we also offer one featured cookbook -most months. We hope that sharing our favorite recipes will help our Members discover new cookbooks and recipes to try. Also please see our November 2025 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary which is now organized by location and includes… read more

Rice – 80 Easy Rice Recipes, Cookbook Giveaway, Quick Bites with Makiko Sano

October 20, 2025 by
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Enter our US/UK giveaway to win one of two copies of Rice - 80 Easy Rice Recipes, from Mochi to Miso and Sushi to Sake by Makiko Sano. Makiko Sano is the author of several cookbooks on Japanese cooking including her most recent book: Rice - 80 Easy Rice Recipes, from Mochi to Miso and Sushi to Sake. Please note:… read more

November 2025 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary

October 18, 2025 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 world and we’d like to highlight those for those members who might want to cook or bake something other than our choices.  I will update this post as clubs make their additional choices. Something that has… read more

The Great British Bake Off/Baking Show – Meringue Week 7 – 2025

October 18, 2025 by
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Another week in the tent - and another brand new theme: meringue. I have been setting up the posts and link to the technical recipe but Darcie has been working hard on completing the details the last few weeks as I have been buried in the 2026 Preview Post. Thank you Darcie! Signature challenge: 12 meringue pies The bakers were… read more

2026 Cookbook Preview Post

October 16, 2025 by
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Here we go again…another year and a slew of cookbooks already in the pre-order stage. A few authors have mentioned that the amount of pre-orders weigh into how much money the publishing companies put into publicity for a particular cookbook, so preorder your favorites. Using our Buy Book button earns EYB an affiliate commission but also please remember your local bookshops. There… read more

Levain Bakery: A Story of Friendship, Community, and Cookies — But no cookie recipes

October 15, 2025 by
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As many were, I was excited to learn that Levain Bakery: A Story of Friendship, Community, and Cookies was set for publication. I shared the news on several roundups - "it is coming!" I declared. I pre-ordered the book directly from Levain Bakery which offered copies that were autographed and provided a page of stickers for the pre-order (they threw… read more

Lebanese Baking – Quick Bites and Cookbook Giveaway

October 13, 2025 by
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Enter our US/Canada giveaway to win one of two copies of Lebanese Baking: More Than 100 Recipes for Sweet and Savory Baked Goods by Maureen Abood. The author has events planned and those can be found on our Calendar. Maureen Abood’s gorgeous and authoritative cookbook celebrates the delicious baked goods of Lebanon with traditional recipes and Lebanese American innovations. Learn… read more
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