October 2020 Great Big Cookbook Club Roundup

September 24, 2020 by
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As our members know, each month we offer at least four cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. There are other fun cookbook clubs around the interwebs and we’d like to highlight those for those members who might want to cook or bake something other than our choices. We will try to keep you up-to-date on these clubs’ choices… read more

September 2020 New Cookbook Review

September 24, 2020 by
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September shares a bounty of beautiful titles and we still have October and November's releases to be excited about. Yet again many books that were slated for this month were moved to October and beyond. So be sure to check the looking forward to 2020 cookbooks post if you are wondering where titles have been shifted to. I continue to update this… read more

September 2020 Eat Your Books Cookbook Club Summary

September 22, 2020 by
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Each month we offer at least four cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. This month we’ve been cooking from the following titles: Main Selection:  Amá: A Modern Tex-Mex Kitchen by Josef Centeno and Betty Hallock or Isolation Baking: Recipes from My (Post) Confinement Kitchen by Jamie SchlerBaking Selection: Everyone Can Bake: Simple Recipes to Master & Mix by Dominique AnselOnline Option:  Australian online recipes (or Australian… read more

This week: Cookbooktober is in full swing! Kitchen Arts & Letters’ fundraiser. Cookbook previews and giveaways!

September 18, 2020 by
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Things are ramping up here with the arrival of Cookbooktober (that period from mid August to late November when cookbook releases are plentiful) and we've been busy, busy, busy. We've been indexing upcoming titles, preparing EYBD Previews, and working on loads of great promotions (cookbooks and products) for our members. Next week, we'll be back to our regular recipe features… read more

Living Lively by Haile Thomas

September 17, 2020 by
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Haile Thomas is 19 years old and has accomplished more in her years than most twice her age. At the age of 12, she founded the non-profit HAPPY (Healthy, Active, Positive, Purposeful, Youth) to redefine youth empowerment through holistic education and address the need for free/affordable plant-based nutrition and wellness education in underserved/at-risk communities. At age 16, she was the… read more

One Tin Bakes by Edd Kimber and Nordic Ware Pan Giveaway

September 16, 2020 by
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Enter our US giveaway to win one of 3 copies of One Tin Bakes: Sweet and Simple Traybakes, Pies, Bars and Buns by Edd Kimber, and one of three 9 x 13 Nordic Ware baking tins. Being a Great British Bake Off fanatic, I keep track of (stalk) the cookbooks the contestants publish as well as the companion books that… read more

Praise the baking gods, GBBO is back!

September 15, 2020 by
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On August 10th I was feeling down and wrote Perspective is everything – an open letter to the Great British Bake Off which reflected my deepest desires for GBBO to bring some light into our crazy, mixed-up lives. My friend Tanya who was on the Great American Baking Show Holiday Edition in 2019 posted the above on Instagram today and… read more

The Great Big Cookbook Club Roundup

September 14, 2020 by
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As our members know, each month we offer at least four cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. There are other fun cookbook clubs around the interwebs and we'd like to highlight those for those members who might want to cook or bake something other than our choices. We will try to keep you up-to-date on these clubs' choices… read more

Melting Pot Cookbook Giveaway and Quick Bites Samantha Mui

September 12, 2020 by
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Enter our worldwide giveaway to win a signed copy of Samantha Mui's Melting Pot: Stories and Recipes from a Chinese American Daydreamer. Samantha Mui is a native of California (Bay Area). A former culinary student and current food blogger, she has worked in and out of the food industry for more than a decade. Her cooking style is inspired by… read more

This week: Soup’s on, previews (including 2021 titles), cookbook giveaways and more

September 12, 2020 by
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In Colorado, the weather is confused. This week we had temperatures in the 90s (°F) on one day and then the next we were in the 30s with icy rain and snow. I'm not complaining, I love fall and winter but trying to plan what we're going to cook from one day to the next is a little up in… read more

Ikaria – Cookbook Giveaway

September 9, 2020 by
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Enter our US/UK/AU/NZ giveaway to win one of three copies of Ikaria: Food and Life in the Blue Zone by Mary "Meni" Valle. Ikaria is known worldwide for its incredibly high life expectancies and low rates of chronic disease, much of which can be attributed to diet. The inn owner where Meni stayed answered the question "What do you think… read more

Looking to 2021 cookbooks

September 8, 2020 by
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2021 is looking like another stellar year for cookbook lovers. This year we have books coming from Julia Turshen, Dorie Greenspan, Eric Ripert, Rose Levy Beranbaum, Zoë François, Mark Bittman (two books), Pepper Teigen (Chrissy’s mom), Carla Lalli Music, Joshua McFadden, Giada De Laurentis, Sybil Kapoor, Rosie Birket, Mary Berg, Emma Galloway, Ross Joseph Dobson, Tom Parker Bowles, Michael Smith,… read more

Rising: The Book of Challah – Cookbook Giveaway

September 6, 2020 by
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Enter our worldwide giveaway to win an autographed copy of Rising: The Book of Challah by Rochie Pinson. Usually, I play the role of the pied piper - in a purely positive manner - of cookbooks in my group of social media friends. Earlier this year my friend Laurel posted a photo of Rising: The Book of Challah and I… read more

The last two weeks: Cookout ideas, cookbook giveaways and previews and more

September 4, 2020 by
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You may have noticed that we skipped last week's roundup as the monthly newsletter had just been published. Today's roundup will contain twice the information so I promise not to linger on any one topic. Here in the US, this weekend marks the official end of the summer season with our Labor Day holiday. Many Americans will be firing up… read more

Nourish Me Home by Cortney Burns Cookbook Review

September 3, 2020 by
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Growing up in the Midwest, Cortney Burns has always held an appreciation for food. After cooking professionally in Australia, Burns moved to the San Francisco area and worked in various restaurants before additional travel took her to Idaho, Seattle, and Hawaii. In 2008 she returned to the San Francisco area and in 2011 joined Nick Bella at Bar Tartine where… read more

Cookbook Tidbits #3

August 31, 2020 by
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Previous Cookbook Tidbits can be located at the link provided. These blurbs are about notable books that perhaps were not given adequate representation in my monthly review or inform our members about new to me books that just came to my attention. Melting Pot: Stories and Recipes from a Chinese American Daydreamer by Samantha Mui was released independently in August. I… read more

100 Cookies – Hardcover Cook Baking Box Giveaway

August 30, 2020 by
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In June, I shared with our members one of my favorite subscription box services Hardcover Cook. I've been assisting Monique as her baking consultant. She is a fellow cookbook lover and I love baking. This week HCC announced the first baking box as well as the fall box selections and other special offerings! I recommend signing up for HCC's newsletter… read more

The British Baking Cookbook Giveaway and USA Pans

August 26, 2020 by
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Enter our US giveaway to win one of three copies of The British Baking Book: The History of British Baking, Savory and Sweet with one grand prize winner receiving a set of USA Pans for all your baking needs! This title was published in April of this year in the UK under the title Oats in the North, Wheat from… read more

August 2020 New Cookbook Review

August 26, 2020 by
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August came in a hurry and the month is on its way out just as quickly. There are a decent number of tempting books for us this month although still less in quantity than normal for August. A few of my favorites include: Simply by Sabrina Ghayour, Amboy by Alvin Cailan, Maenam by Angus An, and 100 Cookies by Sarah… read more

Fairytale Baking

August 23, 2020 by
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Today, I posted on my social media about a cookbook that I was drawn to again: Fairytale Baking: 75 Enchanting Recipes Inspired by Snow White, Hansel & Gretel, and Other Classic Stories by Christin Geweke. This book is so dreamy that a post for our members is warranted. When I first received this book last year, I was impressed by… read more

August 2020 EYB Cookbook Club Summary

August 23, 2020 by
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Each month we offer at least four cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. This month we’ve been cooking from the following titles: Main Selection: Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African-American Cooking by Toni Tipton MartinBaking Selection: The Cake Bible by Rose Levy BeranbaumOnline Option: Australian Gourmet Traveller (online recipes) or Mary Berry (online recipes)Plant-based Option: Vegetable Kingdom: The Abundant World of Vegan Recipes by Bryant Terry For… read more

This week: Mil hojas; Great British Chefs; cookbook giveaways and previews

August 21, 2020 by
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While preparing the two Great British Chefs promotions earlier this week, I spent time poring over the Great British Chefs site especially the desserts! For this week's featured online recipe, I chose the GBC Mil hojas which spurred me on to learn more about this particular Latin American dessert. Pomegranate & rosewater mille-feuille Milhojas ("thousand sheets") are a Latin American… read more

Quick Bites: Anne Willan

August 20, 2020 by
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Earlier this month, Anne Willan's latest Women in the Kitchen: Twelve Essential Cookbook Writers Who Defined the Way We Eat, from 1661 to Today was published. Anne Willan has more than 50 years of experience as a cooking teacher, author, and culinary historian. The founder of famed French cooking school La Varenne, Anne was inducted into the James Beard Foundation’s… read more

The Great British Chefs Electronic Cookbook Giveaway

August 19, 2020 by
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Enter our worldwide giveaway to win one of three ebook copies of the Great British Chefs: 120 Recipes from Britain's Best Chefs by Great British Chefs. In my previous post today, I shared information about the Great British Chefs (GBC) website where you can search by recipe name or recipe type or find all the recipes of your favorite chef. Our EYB Library has indexed Great British… read more

The Great British Chefs Vegetables – Cookbook Giveaway

August 19, 2020 by
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Enter our worldwide giveaway to win one of three copies of Great British Chefs: Vegetables: 40 Seasonal Recipes From the UK's Most Exciting Chefs by Great British Chefs. On my honeymoon many years ago, I fell in love with London. Everything about the city spoke to me from exciting new places to shop (grocery store fanatic here) to the cuisine.… read more
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