The Great British Bake Off/Baking Show – Pastry Week 6 – 2025

October 10, 2025 by
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Pastry week is here! Find out how the bakers did below. Note: I have updated this post: Which Great British Bake Off Contestants have written books Signature challenge: A savoury plait with flaky pastry in 2.5 hours. The judges were impressed with Aaron's flavors, with Paul cutting off a huge piece and telling Aaron to save it for his lunch.… read more

2,200 EYBD Previews, tips for using EYB, author events, recipes and more

October 10, 2025 by
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This week we uploaded our 2,204th EYBDigital Preview. The previews feature a selection of full sample pages including recipes. You may learn more about EYBDigital Previews at the link provided. All Preview recipes are indexed, whether the full book is indexed or not and any Preview recipe can be added to your Bookshelf. A selection of recent EYBD Preview Recipes A reminder… read more

Sour Cherries and Toast Giveaway and Quick Bites

October 7, 2025 by
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Enter our worldwide giveaway to win a copy of Sour Cherries and Toast: Culinary Wonderings and a Handful of Romanian Dishes by Diana Iovescu Tatucu. Step into a world of vibrant flavors and heartfelt reflections with this debut cookbook from Diana Ionescu Tatucu, where food and stories come together to create a timeless celebration of connection and belonging. More than… read more

The Great British Bake Off/Baking Show – Chocolate Week 5 – 2025

October 4, 2025 by
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It is messy chocolate week in the tent. The dread cursed week. This was the first year in several where hot weather was not an issue. Signature challenge: Six high decorative edible cups of chocolate mousse which must also include a baked element in 2 1/2 hours. Toby's chocolate and orange cups cracked, but the judges loved his flavors (Prue… read more

2026 James Beard Foundation Awards: Call for entries open

October 1, 2025 by
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The James Beard Foundation® announced today that the entry and recommendation period for the 2026 James Beard Awards® presented by Capital One is officially open until December 3rd, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. ET. (Deadline extended from November 21st). Deadlines: Open Call for Entry begins on Wednesday, October 1 at 9 a.m. ET and closes Friday, November 21 at 11:59 p.m. ET.… read more

September 2025 New Cookbook Review

September 29, 2025 by
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September and October are huge months for cookbook releases. Our 2025 Cookbook Preview Post is continually updated and I have already started the 2026 post! Don’t forget that you can create a wishlist and share it with your loved ones. A few members have been asking some questions about how to do particular notes and more, our Ideas on how to make EYB work… read more

The Great British Bake Off/Baking Show – Back to School Week 4 – 2025

September 26, 2025 by
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Sharpen your pencils - for the first time ever, it is back to school week in the tent. Signature Challenge: Twelve identical flapjacks with an extra filling or topping in two hours. A flapjack (also known as a cereal bar, oat bar or oat slice) is a baked bar, cooked in a flat oven tin and cut into squares or… read more

September 2025 EYB Cookbook Club Summary

September 23, 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 October 2025 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary which is now organized by location and includes… read more

The Great British Bake Off/Baking Show – Bread Week 3 – 2025

September 20, 2025 by
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I dread bread week for two reasons. One, there is never enough time to proof the dough. Secondly, I envision Paul as he violates a loaf of bread as the giant finger who would poke the Pillsbury dough boy's belly back in the day. Darcie: I share Jenny's opinion about bread week, but for an additional reason - I have… read more

October 2025 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary

September 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 – Week 2 – Biscuit Week 2025

September 12, 2025 by
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After a rough Cake Week, we are back in the tent for Biscuit Week! In case you missed this: Waitrose Weekend’s September 4th edition has a two page article (p. 6-7) about the two women who organize all the logistics for the Bake-off Tent. Signature challenge: Slice and bake biscuits with a design in two hours. How to make slice and bake… read more

Upcoming cookbooks and events, EYBD Previews and more

September 12, 2025 by
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Today, I will tell you about a few upcoming titles that I am loving! First up, Chesnok: Cooking from My Corner of the Diaspora: Recipes from Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia by Polina Chesnakova is a must have for this Cookbooktober. I love Polina's cookbooks and was thrilled to learn of this title. Chesnok translates to a head… read more

Listen to Your Vegetables – Quick Bites – Worldwide Giveaway

September 9, 2025 by
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Enter our worldwide giveaway to win one of two copies of Listen To Your Vegetables: Italian-Inspired Recipes for Every Season by Sarah Grueneberg. I love this book so much - I bought two extra copies to giveaway here. Listen To Your Vegetables - published in 2022 - is a vegetable focused cookbook of more than 200 Italian-inspired recipes that are surprisingly achievable… read more

The Great British Bake Off/Baking Show – Week 1 – Cake Week 2025

September 6, 2025 by
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And we are back with cake week! I might hurt myself if I do not get this off my chest - the Jurassic Bake opening was tragic. At first blush, I thought Prue Leith was Martin Mull (resurrected) and each bad joke was predictable. That being said, I can forgive them the opening as I love the show. Update: Waitrose… read more

Dobre Dobre and other baking titles, events, EYBD Previews and more

September 5, 2025 by
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There are an embarrassment of riches in terms of baking releases this autumn including: Dorie’s Anytime Cakes by Dorie Greenspan (Preview), Baking and the Meaning of Life by Helen Goh (Preview), Sally's Baking 101 by Sally McKenney; Sure Thing Desserts by Matt Lewis; Lebanese Baking by Maureen Abood (we will have a promotion with a Quick Bites on this title); SCÉAL:… read more

August 2025 New Cookbook Review

August 27, 2025 by
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Are you ready for our favorite time of year Cookbooktober season? August ushers in the best time of the year. We have loads of new releases to ease us into the heavy months of September, October and November. Our 2025 Cookbook Preview Post is continually updated and I will soon begin our 2026 post! Don’t forget that you can create a wishlist and share… read more

Persiana Easy – Cookbook Giveaway

August 26, 2025 by
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Enter our US/CA giveaway to win one of three copies Persiana Easy by Sabrina Ghayour. Please note the author's EVENTS to see if she will be in your area. This title will be featured in our EYB Cookbook Club in November.  Sabrina Ghayour has written a total of eight cookbooks beginning with Persiana: Recipes from the Middle East & Beyond in 2014.… read more

New blog index: Ali Slagle’s 40 Ingredients Forever

August 25, 2025 by
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We have today added a new blog index, Ali Slagle's 40 Ingredients Forever. Ali Slagle is a Brooklyn-based recipe developer, the author of I Dream of Dinner (So You Don't Have To): Low-Effort, High-Reward Recipes, contributor to The New York Times, editor, food and prop stylist, and project manager. She cut her teeth on the editorial and creative teams at Food52… read more

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

August 22, 2025 by
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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… read more

The Great British Bake Off/Baking Show – Season 16 Returns

August 19, 2025 by
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Mark your calendars and set your recording devices - the kick-off date for the next season of The Great British Bake Off is set - September 2nd at 8pm on Channel 4 in the UK. As in past years, the show is planned to be streamed on Netflix on the Friday following the Tuesday airing. Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond… read more

August 2025 EYB Cookbook Club Summary

August 18, 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 August 2025 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary which is now organized by location and includes… read more

Dolci Italiani – Cookbook Giveaway

August 17, 2025 by
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Enter our US/CA/UK giveaway to win one of two copies of Dolci Italiani: Desserts, Cakes & Other Sweet Bakes from Italy by Ursula Ferrigno. Almost exactly a year ago, we featured a Quick Bites with Ursula and if you missed it - head over to that link to find our more about this prolific cookbook author. Ursula's latest cookbook is… read more

September 2025 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary

August 15, 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

In for Dinner, Author Article and Cookbook Giveaway

August 13, 2025 by
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Enter our US/UK giveaway to win one of four copies of In for Dinner: 101 Delicious & Affordable Recipes to Batch Cook, Share and Enjoy by Rosie Kellett. Be sure to check out the author's US events here. For the past five years, home cook Rosie Kellett has been living communally with six others, making delicious seasonal food on a… read more

Finding joy in Baking & the Meaning of Life

August 9, 2025 by
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Helen Goh became a household name - at least those households that harbor a cookbook fan - when Sweet was released in 2017. She co-authored the book with Yotam Ottolenghi and it has become beloved in many bakers' homes. She is a genius with flavors and textures and now her long-anticipated solo offering is nearly here! Baking & the Meaning… read more
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