The Cook and the Gardener – Cookbook Giveaway

March 9, 2025 by
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Twenty-five years ago Amanda Hesser's The Cook and the Gardener: A Year of Recipes and Writings for the French Countryside was published. This year the book is being republished on April 22nd as a special 25th anniversary edition. At just 22 years old, Amanda Hesser worked as a live-in cook for Anne Willan's prestigious Ecole de Cuisine La Varenne. This… read more

14,000 books indexed, cookbook trends, EYBD Previews, recipes and more

March 7, 2025 by
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We are pleased to announce that over 14,000 books have been indexed. Our Library has a great mix of new releases, classic cookbooks and even Member Indexed non-English titles! In addition to these titles, we have connected the EYB database to ckbk’s library of digital cookbooks. ckbk is a cookbook subscription site where you can access the full content of over 960 great… read more

Meatsmith – Review and Promotion

March 5, 2025 by
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Enter our worldwide giveaway to win one of three copies of Meatsmith - Home Cooking For Friends And Family by Andrew McConnell and Troy Wheeler. Andrew McConnell's culinary odyssey began in Melbourne, where he first donned a chef's whites as an apprentice at the prestigious Grand Hyatt Melbourne. This early experience would set the stage for an extraordinary career that… read more

February 2025 New Cookbook Review

February 25, 2025 by
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February is the calm before the storm of Spring cookbook releases as typically March and April are packed with loads of new titles. Our 2025 Cookbook Preview Post is continually updated. Don’t forget that you can create a wishlist and share it with your loved ones. Our February 2025 EYB Cookbook Club Summary and March 2025 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary  can be found at the… read more

February 2025 EYB Cookbook Club Summary

February 23, 2025 by
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Each month we previously offered at least four cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. This summer we cooked our favorite recipe from any cookbook, magazine, blog or online option and had a huge increase in participation and after a poll in the group we have decided to allow posting from all cookbooks and to offer one featured cookbook.… read more

Danube Cookbook Review and Giveaway

February 20, 2025 by
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Enter our US and UK giveaway to win one of two copies of Danube - Recipes and Stories from Eastern Europe by Irina Georgescu. Irina Georgescu holds a treasured place in my culinary library. Her previous works, Carpathia: Food from the Heart of Romania and Tava: Eastern European Baking and Desserts From Romania & Beyond captivated me completely. As I… read more

Rooza by Nadiya Hussain – Cookbook Review and Giveaway

February 17, 2025 by
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Enter our US giveaway to win one of two copies of Rooza: A Journey through Islamic Cuisine Inspired by Ramadan and Eid by Nadiya Hussain. Nadiya Hussain's star has continued to rise since winning The Great British Bake Off in 2015. Authoring ten cookbooks and several children's titles along with many cooking shows. In Rooza, Nadiya describes Ramadan as an… read more

2025 cookbook news, recipes, EYBD Previews and more

February 14, 2025 by
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In our last roundup, I shared some cookbook highlights of 2025 with our Members. This week I will cover a few more. I have been updating the 2025 Cookbook Preview post and they keep rolling in. If you are like me, your wishlist is growing by leaps and bounds. In the aforementioned roundup - I shared the publication date for… read more

March 2025 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary

February 13, 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 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 want to get this information out to you so you can prepare… read more

Culinary ride-or-die – or have them take an Uber

February 6, 2025 by
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In response to Darcie's post about finding a culinary ride-or-die, I felt compelled to share my story from the other side of the kitchen counter. My husband Jim loves my cooking, but he comes with an encyclopedia of dietary preferences. When a friend invited us for dinner and thoughtfully asked about food restrictions, I simply replied, "No bell peppers for… read more

January 2025 New Cookbook Review

January 28, 2025 by
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Welcome to a new year of exciting books! This January, as usual, the focus is on healthy eating and the books released reflect that. Our 2025 Cookbook Preview Post is continually updated. Don’t forget that you can create a wishlist and share it with your loved ones. In case you missed it, in a recent weekly roundup, I shared a few highlights of this… read more

JoyFull – Cookbook Review & Giveaway

January 27, 2025 by
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Joyfull: Cook Effortlessly, Eat Freely, Live Radiantly isn't just another cookbook - it's a New York Times Bestseller that brings together Radhi Devlukia-Shetty's unique expertise as a dietitian, nutritionist, and Ayurvedic practitioner. Along with hosting the podcast "A Really Good Cry" and co-founding Juni Tea with her husband Jay Shetty (the global bestselling author and host of "On Purpose"), Radhi… read more

Heritage Cookies of the Mediterranean World – Cookbook Giveaway

January 23, 2025 by
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Enter our worldwide giveaway to win one of five e-book versions of Heritage Cookies of the Mediterranean World by Scott and Kate Pavelle. Kate and Scott Pavelle are the couple behind the website Heritage Cookies and the author of two cookbooks. Heritage Cookies of the Old and New World and Heritage Cookies of the Mediterranean World. Kate is a fiction writer… read more

Feasts of Good Fortune Cookbook Giveaway

January 22, 2025 by
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Enter our US giveaway to win one of two copies of Feasts of Good Fortune: 75 Recipes for a Year of Chinese American Celebrations, from Lunar New Year to Mid-Autumn Festival and Beyond by Hsiao-Ching Chou and Meilee Chou Riddle. The authors have a few events planned to celebrate this book. Hsiao-Ching Chou is the author of Chinese Soul Food:… read more

January 2025 EYB Cookbook Club Summary

January 21, 2025 by
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Each month we previously offered at least four cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. This summer we cooked our favorite recipe from any cookbook, magazine, blog or online option and had a huge increase in participation and after a poll in the group we have decided to allow posting from all cookbooks and to offer one featured cookbook.… read more

Over 170,000 Books in our EYB Library and hints to manually adding books

January 20, 2025 by
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We have recently achieved a significant milestone: our EYB Library now boasts over 170,000 listed books. Among these, almost 14,000 are indexed, while 410 are currently in the indexing process. Additionally, 945 books do not contain recipes. It is likely that there are many more books without recipes, and we have been diligently marking them as we discover them (let… read more

Looking at 2025 cookbooks, EYBD Previews, recipes and more

January 17, 2025 by
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While most of us are still enjoying the fruits of 2024's cookbook releases, I am already looking at those titles we are looking forward to this year. This week I will highlight a few great books to be placed on our wishlists. The last few weeks, I have been working on adding 2025 titles to the preview post and cleaning… read more

February 2025 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary

January 13, 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 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 want to get this information out to you so you can prepare… read more

Over 100,000 ckbk recipes indexed, EYBD previews and more

January 3, 2025 by
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In May of 2024, we announced that we have connected the EYB database to ckbk’s library of digital cookbooks. ckbk is a cookbook subscription site where you can access the full content of 936 great cookbooks, the majority of which are indexed here on EYB (and more will be indexed every week). For all the details, please see Jane’s post. If any of this month’s… read more

Festivus, an airing of grievances

December 19, 2024 by
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Festivus is a secular holiday celebrated on December 23 as an alternative to the perceived pressures and commercialism of the Christmas season. Originally created by author Daniel O'Keefe, Festivus entered popular culture after it was made the focus of the 1997 Seinfeld episode "The Strike", which O'Keefe's son, Dan O'Keefe, co-wrote. On the Seinfeld episode there is  "airing of grievances" led… read more

December 2024 New Cookbook Review

December 19, 2024 by
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We are at the end of another year of cookbook publishing. Our 2025 Cookbook Preview Post is live and will be updated regularly. Don’t forget that you can create a wishlist and share it with your loved ones. Our December 2024 EYB Cookbook Club Summary and January 2025 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary can be found at the links provided. Last May we announced that we have… read more

German Heritage Baking Cookbook Giveaway

December 18, 2024 by
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Enter our US giveaway to win one of two copies of German Heritage Baking: Time-Honored Recipes, Traditional Techniques, and Culinary Secrets by Heidrun Metzler. German Heritage Baking: Time-Honored Recipes, Traditional Techniques, and Culinary Secrets by Heidrun Metzler was a labor of love. The author spent ten years preserving inherited tips, techniques, ingredient knowledge and recipes. Heidrun was born and raised in… read more

December 2024 EYB Cookbook Club Summary

December 15, 2024 by
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Each month we previously offered at least four cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. This summer we cooked our favorite recipe from any cookbook, magazine, blog or online option and had a huge increase in participation and after a poll in the group we have decided to allow posting from all cookbooks and to offer one featured cookbook.… read more

Top 2024 cookbooks added to Member Bookshelves by region

December 14, 2024 by
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On December 9th, I shared this year's list of top books added to Member bookshelves in 2024. That list included 56 titles as I included a few additional books that were on 100 Bookshelves. A few Members asked if I could do a similar breakdown of those books by country and like the U.S. Postal Service, "we deliver for you."… read more

The Golden Wok – Cookbook Giveaway

December 13, 2024 by
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Enter our worldwide giveaway to win one of three copies of The Golden Wok: Mastering the Art of Wok Cooking by Diana Chan. The Golden Wok: Mastering the Art of Wok Cooking by Diana Chan is the cookbook that shows you that a wok isn’t just a cooking utensil, it’s the pride of any Chinese kitchen and the most versatile pan… read more
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