Delicious cakes without an oven

Jessie Sheehan got her start in the world of sweets at Baked in NYC. She currently works as a freelance recipe tester, editor, and developer, and is the head recipe developer for all of the Baked cookbooks. Jean Sagendorph is an ice box cake expert. She can make a cake with one arm tied behind her back and has mastered… read more

Peruvian cuisine features multi-cultural influences

Acclaimed chef Gastón Acurio was born in Lima, Peru. He has created an international empire, exporting Peruvian cuisine around the world. Acurio owns more than 44 international restaurants, one of which was recently ranked as one of the world's 50 best restaurants. He is now sharing his life's passion through a new book, Peru: The Cookbook. (Enter our contest for… read more

Bring teatime in Paris to your home

Jill Colonna fell in love with a Frenchman she met in her native Scotland and they moved to Paris together over 20 years ago.  She couldn't speak much French and had never needed to entertain before.  Soon realising that her "banana surprise" with custard from a packet mix was not going to hack it with her new French dinner guests,… read more

Sample two ‘classic recipes for modern people’

Max Sussman is the chef de cuisine at Roberta's in Brooklyn. During his tenure at Roberta's, the restaurant has received 2 stars from the New York Times. Eli Sussman is a line cook at Mile End Deli in Brooklyn, which has been featured on several "best of" lists, including Time Out, GQ, and Village Voice. The brothers have joined forces again… read more

Sarah Leah Chase breaks long hiatus to write a new cookbook

After a two-decade hiatus, Sarah Leah Chase is back with a new cookbook, New England Open-House Cookbook: 300 Recipes Inspired by the Bounty of New England, which will be released later this summer. Chase is a caterer, cooking teacher, and prolific writer who is best known for co authoring The Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook. Her other cookbooks, all highly… read more

Irreverently delicious

Adriano Zumbo is one of Australia's most celebrated patissiers. He began his apprenticeship at the age of 15 where his love affair with pastry flourished. It's this love affair, combined with his Parisian training at institutions that include l'Ecole Lenôtre, Bellouet and stagés at Pierre Hermé and Damiani, which has resulted in a sensibility as delicious as it is irreverent.… read more

Balancing tradition with innovation

Maureen Abood is a professional writer and food blogger whose work has appeared in The Washington Post, Saveur, The Chicago Tribune, and the Huffington Post, among others. In 2011 she started her award-winning blog Rose Water & Orange Blossoms, where she shares her stories, photos, and recipes featuring Lebanese cuisine. Maureen recently released her first cookbook named after the blog.… read more

What’s not to love about empanadas?

Sandra A. Gutierrez is a prolific food writer, with over 1,000 articles published to date. The former food editor for The Cary News, Sandra featured a weekly column covering various topics such as food history, ingredient-based cooking, ethnic and American cuisines, cookbook reviews, and cooking techniques. Although born in the US, Sandra grew up in Latin America, where she learned about many regional cuisines.… read more

Adventures in Turkish cooking

Istanbul-born chef Somer Sivrioglu moved to Sydney when he was twenty-five. He now runs the extremely popular Efendy restaurant, where he draws on a multitude of cultural influences to recreate the food traditions of his homeland. He's sharing those traditions in his cookbook Anatolia, which reimagines Turkish cooking with recipes ranging from the great banquets of the Ottoman Empire to… read more

Cultured Q & A with author Cheryl Sternman Rule

After previously providing insight into the cookbook writing process, Author Cheryl Sternman Rule is back to discuss her new cookbook, Yogurt Culture: How to Make, Bake, Sip, and Chill the World's Creamiest, Healthiest Food, which hit bookstores yesterday. (Enter our contest for your chance to win a copy.) Cheryl answers many questions about yogurt and how she uses it in cooking.  … read more

Diana Henry on the book she “was always going to write”

Diana Henry's award-winning cookbooks never fail to delight EYB Members. She has just released another book, A Bird in the Hand, which will no doubt please her many fans. Enter our contest for your chance to win one of five copies of the book, US only. Diana is supporting the book with a tour; find details on our World Cookbook Calendar of… read more

Not steeped in tradition

Annelies Zijderveld is a San Francisco-based food writer and creator of the literary food blog the food poet, selected by Alimentum Journal as one of their favorite food blogs. Her passion for working with good food companies started during eight years with Mighty Leaf Tea. She's turned that tea expertise into a new cookbook, Steeped: Recipes Infused with Tea. (Enter our contest for… read more

A lesson in simplicity

Maria Speck has a lifelong passion for the subtle flavors and rich textures of whole grains. She grew up in Greece and Germany before moving to the US in 1993, and this unusual heritage is at the center of her cooking, writing, and teaching. In her food writing, Maria combines more than two decades of journalistic research, editing and reporting… read more

Keeping the taste while losing the sugar

In addition to running an expanding restaurant and bakery empire, Joanne Chang has authored two best selling baking books (Flour and Flour, Too). She returns with a totally new perspective in her latest cookbook, Baking with Less Sugar. (Enter our contest for your chance to win a copy of the book, and check out the events calendar to see where the book tour… read more

Where did cocktails get their name?

It's hard to believe that just a few years ago it was difficult to find cocktail ingredients like genever gin or absinthe. Today the options for drink enthusiasts are overwhelming, and much of the credit for this renaissance can be attributed to David Wondrich. In 2007 he published the James Beard-award winning Imbibe, which helped to spark the craft cocktail… read more

Genius inspiration from Food52

Indexed blog Food52 has long been an EYB Member favorite. One of the most popular segments of the blog is the "Genius Recipes" column. The feature highlights recipes from lauded chefs and relative unknowns alike, with the overriding theme of recipes that will make you rethink the way you cook. A full 100 of these recipes (many never before published)… read more

Fall in love with cookies all over again

  Pastry creator Mindy Segal places a modern twist on traditional classics. A highly decorated chef, Segal has won the Jean Banchet award for Best Celebrity Pastry chef in Chicago, was named Chicago Magazine's Pastry Chef of the Year, and twice won the Time Out Chicago's Eat Out Awards for Best Pastry Chef. The James Beard award nominee's solo venture,… read more

Voltaggio goes “home” in his latest cookbook

Brothers Bryan and Michael Voltaggio rocketed to fame by taking the top two places in season six of Top Chef, and Bryan also appeared on Top Chef Masters, becoming the first person to compete on both shows. The brothers collaborated on the cookbook VOLT ink.: Recipes, Stories, Brothers, which included recipes that featured exciting and novel flavor combinations. Bryan is… read more

Q & A with Sara Forte of The Sprouted Kitchen

Sara Forte's wonderfully relaxed writing style, which she also applies to her recipes, has made her one of the most popular food bloggers. (Her blog, The Sprouted Kitchen, is indexed on EYB.) Sara uses mainly fresh, seasonal produce and healthy ingredients - not a lot of 'meat and potatoes'. Her first book, The Sprouted Kitchen, was nominated for a James Beard award in… read more

Kevin Gillespie shares his love of pork

If you are a fan of Top Chef, you probably remember Kevin Gillespie, known for his love of pork. He literally wears it on his sleeve with his forearm tattoo. His first book, Fire in My Belly, was a James Beard Award finalist. Kevin has again teamed up with co-author David Joachim and shares his unbounded passion for pork in a… read more

The sweet life for everyone

Gesine Bullock-Prado, founder of the Gesine's Confectionary product line, has been featured on Rachael Ray, the Food Network, In Style and People magazines, and many other national publications. She has written several baking cookbooks, and used to run her own bakery. She's now promoting her latest cookbook, Let Them Eat Cake, which is unique because it provides four versions for… read more

Fuchsia Dunlop’s favorites

EYB Members love Fuchsia Dunlop. Every one of her cookbooks has garnered at least a 4-star rating in the EYB Library. Her most recent cookbook, Every Grain of Rice, earned a prestigious James Beard Foundation Award in 2014, and her memoir, Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper, has received rave reviews. If you've ever wondered which resources this great author turns… read more

Reworking Southern classics for healthier eating

Virginia Willis is not only an authority on Southern cooking, a French-trained chef, and a veteran cookbook author; she is also a proud Southerner who adores eating and cooking for family and friends. So when she needed to drop a few pounds and generally lighten up her diet, the most important criterion for her new lifestyle was that all the… read more

Domenica Marchetti takes on biscotti

Domenica Marchetti is a food writer, recipe developer, and cooking teacher who specializes in Italian cooking. Marchetti has written several cookbooks and her food articles have appeared in many newspapers and magazines. With her latest cookbook, Ciao Biscotti, she turns her sights to baking. The cookbook is a collection of 44 authentic biscotti recipes, both savory and sweet. (Enter our contest… read more

Ivy Manning goes veg in her latest cookbook

Ivy Manning is a Portland, Oregon-based food and travel writer and author of several cookbooks. Her work regularly appears in Cooking Light, Fine Cooking, Sunset, Eating Well, and Everyday with Rachel Ray. We caught up with Ivy as her latest cookbook, Weeknight Vegetarian, hit the shelves. EYB Members in the U.S. and Canada can enter our contest for a chance… read more
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