Genius inspiration from Food52

April 9, 2015 by
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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

April 7, 2015 by
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  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

April 6, 2015 by
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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

April 3, 2015 by
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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

March 31, 2015 by
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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

March 27, 2015 by
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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

March 14, 2015 by
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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

March 13, 2015 by
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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

March 10, 2015 by
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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

January 25, 2015 by
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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

Inside the kitchen of Persiana’s author

January 7, 2015 by
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Sabrina Ghayour is a chef, food writer and host of regular London supper clubs specialising in Persian and Middle Eastern flavours. After losing her restaurant marketing job during the economic downturn, Ghayour turned to catering and, eventually, cookbook writing. Her first effort, Persiana, was the number two cookbook in the UK in 2014.  The Wall Street Journal recently interviewed Ghayour and asked… read more

Haute cuisine for the people

December 1, 2014 by
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Katrina Meynink is a freelance food writer who lives and breathes all things food. She is also a prolific lover of cookbooks. In addition to degrees in journalism and creative writing, she has a Masters in Gastronomy from Le Cordon Bleu and the University of Adelaide, as well as an Advanced Diploma in Taste through the University of Reims, Paris and… read more

Peek inside Prune

November 13, 2014 by
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Gabrielle Hamilton's new cookbook stands apart, as we've previously discussed. We're excited to announce that we've scored an excerpt from Prune to share with EYB Members, plus you can enter our contest for your chance to win a copy! And don't forget to check Hamilton's tour dates for the book in our events calendar. The excerpt below (click on the photo to view… read more

Get better bread when you make it ahead

November 9, 2014 by
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Donna Currie is an author and food writer for Serious Eats, Whisk Magazine, and the Left Hand Valley Courier, and other food publications. She also has a blog, www.cookistry.com, where she writes about a variety of subjects from bread to corned beef to cocktails. She has just published her first cookbook, Make Ahead Bread. (Enter our contest for your chance… read more

Cal Peternell’s guide to the kitchen

November 7, 2014 by
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Cal Peternell might not yet be a celebrity, but the restaurant where he's a chef is certainly well-known: the legendary Chez Panisse. Chef Peternell has just released a cookbook, Twelve Recipes, inspired not by the restaurant but by his oldest son leaving for college. Peternell realized that, although he regularly made dinners for his family, he'd never taught them the… read more

Mrs. Wheelbarrow’s favorite cookbooks

November 3, 2014 by
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Popular blogger Cathy Barrow created Mrs. Wheelbarrow's Kitchen in 2009, focusing on food preservation and maintaining her "practical pantry." The blog really took off in 2011 when she co-created Charcutepalooza, a celebration of the art of charcuterie. Since then, Barrow has been busy blogging and writing her first cookbook, Mrs. Wheelbarrow's Practical Pantry, in bookstores now. (Enter our contest for your chance to… read more

A new bible from dessert diva Rose Levy Beranbaum

October 31, 2014 by
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Rose Levy Beranbaum has inspired the endeavors of countless bakers, and her new cookbook, The Baking Bible, hits bookstores tomorrow. (Enter our contest for your chance to win a copy.) More than just a retread of The Cake Bible and The Pie and Pastry Bible, The Baking Bible is a magnum opus filled with all-new recipes for scrumptious cakes, pies, tarts, cookies,… read more

Dorie’s “behind the kitchen door” desserts

October 28, 2014 by
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Dorie Greenspan, part-time Parisian and patron saint of American home bakers, is out with her 11th cookbook, Baking Chez Moi (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), in stores now. (You can enter our contest for your chance to win a copy.) We're delighted to announce that we've indexed all of Dorie's recipes - eleven cookbooks, newspaper and magazine articles, and posts from her blog,… read more

Recipes with warmth and ease in The Kitchn Cookbook

October 24, 2014 by
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Faith Durand is Executive Editor of The Kitchn, one of the United States' largest websites devoted to home cooking, reaching over 14 million readers a month. Faith is also the author of Bakeless Sweets, the first cookbook dedicated to pudding and no-bake desserts. Her newest book is The Kitchn Cookbook, coauthored with Sara Kate Gillingham, published by Clarkson Potter and… read more

Ruhlman on paying attention

October 21, 2014 by
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Award-winning author Michael Ruhlman is back with another cookbook, How to Roast. (You can enter our contest for your chance to win a copy of the book.) It's the first in a series of "how-to" books he plans to publish, and he's hinted that the next book will be about braising. Ruhlman provided EYB with an excerpt from the introduction… read more

A plant-strong diet

October 15, 2014 by
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A lifelong omnivore, Karen Page coauthored with her chef-husband Andrew Dornenburg such influential food books as The Flavor Bible, What to Drink with What You Eat, Culinary Artistry, and Becoming a Chef, each of which has sold more than 100,000 copies.  She has just come out with her first solo book, The Vegetarian Flavor Bible, to which Dornenburg contributed more… read more

Celebrate every day with Baked Occasions

October 7, 2014 by
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After years in the advertising business, Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito decided to leave their day jobs and open a bakery in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. Baked opened in January 2005 to instant rave reviews. Three cookbooks (Baked, Baked Explorations, and Baked Elements) followed in quick succession, and now the dynamic baking duo is back with another… read more

Nautical themes run deep for Renee Erickson

October 6, 2014 by
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Despite owning four Seattle-area restaurants (The Whale Wins, Boat Street Cafe, The Walrus and the Carpenter, and Barnacle), James Beard-nominated chef Renee Erickson somehow found the time to pen a cookbook, A Boat, a Whale & a Walrus. (You can enter our contest for your chance to win a copy and check our events calendar  for various events and signings). This… read more

Baking tips from Jane Hornby

October 3, 2014 by
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Jane Hornby has been happily writing about food for over 15 years. Several of those years were spent at BBC Good Food Magazine where in addition to editing many books in the Good Food cookbook series, she was involved with food styling, writing, and working with some of the UK's top chefs. In 2009, she branched out on her own, writing… read more

Embrace the ebb and flow of seasons with Annabel Langbein

September 19, 2014 by
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Popular author Annabel Langbein follows the rhythms of her New Zealand garden in her latest cookbook, Through the Seasons. EYB members in Australia and New Zealand can enter our contest for a chance to win one of three copies of the book. And check out our  events calendar for Annabel's book tour of New Zealand. She celebrates the timeless cycle of growing, harvesting, cooking,… read more
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