All-star dessert flavors

October 4, 2015 by
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Tish Boyle is the editor of Dessert Professional magazine and the former editor of Chocolatier. She is the author of several books on baking and pastry, including Diner Desserts, The Good Cookie, and The Cake Book. Her articles and recipes have appeared in such publications as the Fine Cooking and Food & Wine, and Every Day with Rachael Ray. An… read more

Everything fits in a tortilla

September 29, 2015 by
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Tacos rank high among the world's most popular foods. A new cookbook, Tacopedia by Deborah Holtz and Juan Carlos Mena, focuses on these delicious dishes and aims to be your comprehensive resource for all things taco. EYB has snagged an excerpt from the book, plus a link to a short video featuring the sights and sounds of tacos. You can… read more

Annabel Langbein tackles US market

September 18, 2015 by
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As some of you may know Jane and I (the founders of EYB) grew up in England, though I was born in Australia and now live in New Zealand and Jane now lives in Boston, USA. Probably because of our international background, we have always wanted EYB to be a site for cookbooks the world over (at least English language… read more

Help for the picky eater problem

September 9, 2015 by
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Katie Workman was a kid who loved to cook, and a kid who loved cookbooks. She grew up teaching herself how to cook from The Silver Palate Cookbook, making bumpy homemade pasta following Marcella's Hazan's instructions in The Essentials of Italian Cooking to the letter, and asking for the entire Moosewood trilogy for holidays. She went on to pursue a… read more

Author interview with Amelia Saltsman

August 28, 2015 by
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Since the publication of her first book, The Santa Monica Farmers' Market Cookbook, Amelia Saltsman's fans have turned to her for fresh, intuitive, seasonal cooking. She is regularly sought out for her expertise by such national publications as Vegetarian Times, Bon Appetit, The Jewish Journal, and Cooking Light magazine. She has just released her second cookbook, The Seasonal Jewish Kitchen.… read more

Back to school cookbooks

August 14, 2015 by
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As the days begin to get shorter in the Northern Hemisphere, state fairs and festivals ramp up and parents eagerly count down to the first day of school. For many college students, back to school means their first real independent living experience. After the first year, lots of students opt to move off-campus into an apartment, where they will need… read more

The art of traditional Japanese preserving

August 11, 2015 by
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Nancy Singleton Hachisu moved from California to Japan in 1988, intending to stay for a year, learn Japanese, and return to the United States. Instead, she fell in love with a farmer, the culture, and the food, and has made the country her home. Nancy's first cookbook, Japanese Farm Food, offered readers a unique window into life on a Japanese… read more

Find out what it’s like in a French kitchen

August 5, 2015 by
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Susan Herrmann Loomis was born in Orlando, Florida. Her childhood was spent moving around the USA and from country to country with her military father. She now lives on Rue Tatin in Louviers, France with her husband and two children. She's written many cookbooks, and her latest is In a French Kitchen: Tales and Traditions of Everyday Home Cooking in France. (Enter… read more

Deliciously easy homemade Chinese food

July 23, 2015 by
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Sisters Amy and Julie Zhang have been entertaining and educating their thousands of followers on YouTube with their recipes for deliciously easy homemade Chinese food. Calling themselves The Dumpling Sisters, the duo are engaging and charismatic cooks who have also referred to themselves as the 'young, Asian, and (much) less hairy Hairy Bikers'. Following up on their online success, the… read more

Eat your way around the world with one cookbook

July 22, 2015 by
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Mina Holland is the editor of Guardian Cook and a food and drink writer. Travelling and living (and eating) abroad inspired her to write about what and why people eat as they do around the globe. You can follow her on Twitter @minaholland. Mina has graciously shared an excerpt from her recent cookbook, The World on a Plate (previously published… read more

Delicious cakes without an oven

July 2, 2015 by
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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

June 19, 2015 by
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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

June 1, 2015 by
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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’

May 19, 2015 by
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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

May 15, 2015 by
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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

May 9, 2015 by
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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

May 7, 2015 by
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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?

May 5, 2015 by
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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

May 2, 2015 by
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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

April 29, 2015 by
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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”

April 23, 2015 by
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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

April 20, 2015 by
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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

April 16, 2015 by
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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

April 13, 2015 by
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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?

April 11, 2015 by
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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
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