Homemade Pasta Made Simple – Manuela Zangara

January 4, 2018 by
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Homemade Pasta Made Simple: A Pasta Cookbook with Easy Recipes & Lessons to Make Fresh Pasta Any Night by Manuela Zangara is an all-in-one pasta cookbook for stress-free pasta making at home. Manuela was born and raised in Italy and shares authentic Italian food on her blog Manu's Menu. I have marked several of her blog recipes to try: Danubio,… read more

Cheers to the Publican Paul Kahan

January 3, 2018 by
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Cheers to The Publican, Repast and Present: Recipes and Ramblings from an American Beer Hall by Paul Kahan, Cosmo Goss and Rachel Holtzman is a narrative-rich cookbook by Chicago's superstar chef whose destination restaurant, The Publican, is known for its incredibly delicious pork- and seafood-centric, beer-friendly cooking. I admit it, I'm a fan of restaurant cookbooks - I love the… read more

Lomelino’s Pies by Linda Lomelino

January 2, 2018 by
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Linda Lomelino has the gift. She magically transforms sweet treats into beautiful works of art. Her photographs are enchanting and her recipes are killer good. Last year, we featured her title My Sweet Kitchen (and shared her recipe for Oreo and Raspberry Cheesecake). Her books are a source of culinary and photographic inspiration.  In Linda's latest Lomelino's Pies: A Celebration of Pies, Galettes, and Tarts, she… read more

Tasty Naughty Healthy Nice – Susan Jane White

December 29, 2017 by
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Susan Jane White is pure fun. How can I make that statement when I've never met the woman? If you take into consideration the names of her cookbooks (The Virtuous Tart: Sinful but Saintly Recipes for Sweets, Treats, and Snacks and Tasty. Naughty. Healthy. Nice.: Whole Food Made Sinfully Delicious), her cheeky narrative in those books, and the joy she radiates in… read more

Looking forward to 2018

December 28, 2017 by
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I loathe being the one that is putting up the Valentine's Day displays a few days after the December holidays, yet I've spent the last few days filtering through 2018 releases from around the world. Even though bindings haven't been broken in on those spectacular cookbooks of 2017, it is never too early to start planning ahead. The new year… read more

Super Tuscan by Gabriele Corcos and Debi Mazar

December 27, 2017 by
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Gabriele Corcos and Debi Mazar's second cookbook, Super Tuscan: Heritage Recipes from Our Italian-American Kitchen, is as delightful as their best-selling debut book, Extra Virgin. Here, the dynamic duo return with dishes that are easily replicated, simple - yet elegant, and so very delicious.  I have made almost half the recipes from their first title and was on the edge of my… read more

Nandita Godbole – Ebook Giveaways

December 22, 2017 by
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Nandita Godbole is the voice behind the website, Curry Cravings, where she shares her expertise in Indian cuisine. She is also the author of several books on Indian cooking and today I am sharing two titles with you. Nandita pulled from her grandfathers' teachings to share the fundamental building blocks of the Indian cuisine in Crack The Code: Cook Any Indian Meal… read more

Best of the Best Cookbook List 2017

December 21, 2017 by
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Each year, Jane collects the "best cookbooks" lists from a wide variety of sources, ranging from television to radio to bloggers to newspapers - over 300 lists in total. After aggregating and ranking 815 books, Jane compiled the winners into EYB's "Best of the Best" cookbooks of 2017. This year Yotam Ottolenghi is back in the top cookbook spot for… read more

Corrections and Notes for the Americanized version of Sweet by Yotam Ottolenghi

December 20, 2017 by
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We are baking our way through Sweet over at the Eat Your Books club which we created just for this special book. As some of you may know, the Americanized version has some errors with regard to conversions and temperatures (only the books that have the Fig pavlova on the cover as shown on the right). The errata sheet has… read more

The best cookbooks of 2017 by the experts

December 19, 2017 by
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Who knows cookbooks better than the owners of specialist cookbook stores? They stock and sell thousands of cookbooks and because their stores are focused on food and drink books, they are true experts.  They read the books, cook from them and then share their knowledge with their customers.  When shopping for cookbook gifts this holiday season, think about supporting your… read more

Les Abats – Michel Roux Jr

December 19, 2017 by
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Celebrated chef, Michel Roux Jr, author of many cookbooks on the art of French cooking, feels like we are missing out by shying away from offal. "Don't be afraid of offal. Some of the greatest of all French classics involve organ meats such as brains and sweetbreads", he encourages. He doesn't understand Americans reluctance to utilise every part of the… read more

Cook. Better. recipe, review and giveaway

December 18, 2017 by
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Cook. Better. by Nikki Werner and Brandon De Kock is not a book covering the basics. It is a book devoted to seasoning, knife cuts, techniques, tricks and tips to make everything we cook from the basics to more complex dishes - better.  For instance, the Macaroni cheese recipe we're sharing today recommends that we rinse our boiled macaroni for… read more

Dinner in an Instant – Melissa Clark

December 14, 2017 by
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Do you question if Melissa Clark ever sleeps? I do. She's a wife, mother, author of many books and columnist at the New York Times. There has to be two of her. The dynamo two cookbooks coming out in 2018: Favorite Recipes from Melissa Clark's Kitchen: Family Meals, Festive Gatherings, and Everything In-between and Comfort in an Instant: 75 Modern Recipes for Classic… read more

Vegan Recipes from the Middle East

December 13, 2017 by
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Many cultures blend together to make up the melting pot that represents the food of the Middle East. Generations of  Iranian, Israeli, Armenian, Kurdish, Greek, Cypriot, Azerbaijani and Turkish cooks, as well as other nations, join together as the foundation of this varied and vibrant cuisine. One constant among these people are the reverence and respect they have toward cooking… read more

State Bird Provisions, Review, Recipe and Giveaway

December 11, 2017 by
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2017 is the year of the cookbook. So many titles this year, more than any other, deserve a well-earned spot on "the best cookbooks of 2017" list. Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski's State Bird Provisions: A Cookbook is another such title. The couple's Michelin-starred restaurant by the same name is located in San Francisco and was named Best New Restaurant in 2013… read more

Cookbook Gift Guide for the Ultimate Collector

December 10, 2017 by
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We all know someone special, like myself, who has the mother lode of all cookbook collections. We want to give them the greatest gift of all - a cookbook that they don't own, but how does one know without having access to their Eat Your Books profile and even then have they indeed loaded all their titles? I have put… read more

Baker’s Royale – Naomi Robinson

December 9, 2017 by
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Baker's Royale: 75 Twists on All Your Favorite Sweets by Naomi Robinson is jammed full of desserts, but not just any desserts - these  desserts are modernized classic recipes or what I fondly refer to as Naomi-ized desserts. In 75 recipes for all seasons and occasions, the popular blogger turns familiar desserts on their heads: macarons get a s'mores treatment; pavlova… read more

Friday Flashback – The Food Stylist’s Handbook and Food Styling Workshops

December 8, 2017 by
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Today's flashback is a look at The Food Stylist's Handbook: Hundreds of Tips, Tricks, and Secrets for Chefs, Artists, Bloggers, and Food Lovers by Denise Vivaldo and Cindie Flannigan. Denise and her team are the stylists to the stars and this book is an updated paperback version of her 2010 classic. Denise also was a busy caterer in Los Angeles… read more

Chefs and Company

December 7, 2017 by
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Chefs & Company: 75 Top Chefs Share More Than 180 Recipes to Wow Last-Minute Guests by Maria Isabella is one of my best cookbooks of 2017. There are many factors that contribute to that classification. This beautiful book contains a never-before-assembled collection of recipes that offer a rare and exciting glimpse into the private home kitchens of 75 culinary superstars… read more

The Simple Bites Kitchen

December 6, 2017 by
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The Simple Bites Kitchen: Nourishing Whole Food Recipes for Every Day by Aimée Wimbush-Bourque beautifully shares the popular blogger's love of whole foods along with heart-warming kitchen stories and recipes that are nutritious, fairly simple to make, and utterly delicious. Aimée knows the challenges that come with feeding a family and tackles them head on by providing lunchbox inspiration, supper… read more

Valerie’s Home Cooking

December 5, 2017 by
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Valerie's Home Cooking: More Than 100 Delicious Recipes to Share with Friends and Family by Valerie Bertinelli is a celebrity cookbook that delivers recipes that present beautifully and taste great.  Rosemary and pepper crackers, Chicken with lemon-wine sauce, and Brown sugar sriracha bacon bites are just a few of the recipes that will become family favorites. Valerie comes from a… read more

Kitchen Creativity – Kuhn Rikon Chef Kitchen Tools – Gneiss Spice

December 4, 2017 by
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Kitchen Creativity: Unlocking Culinary Genius-with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Ideas from the World's Most Creative Chefs by Karen Page is one of my top cookbooks of 2017. You may find that inclusion a bit odd as this title contains no recipes, but what is great about this title is that it guides cooks to more inventive and intuitive approaches to cooking without recipes! … read more

Top Cookbooks of 2017

December 2, 2017 by
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Every food writer and site puts up some type of best of list. Eat Your Books, as you well know, is dedicated to cookbooks, as am I, naturally our list will be longer. I base this list on all the cookery books published in 2017 from around the globe. I only include books that I have purchased or received for… read more

Modern French Pastry

November 30, 2017 by
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Modern French Pastry: Innovative Techniques, Tools and Design by Cheryl Wakerhauser is not your grandmother's pastry cookbook. In the world of cookbook reviews, the word unique gets flung about like spun sugar, but I swear on my stack of vintage French tart pans - this title is unique and exciting.  Cheryl Wakerhauser is the owner of Pix Pâtisserie in Portland, Oregon… read more

Julie Taboulie’s Lebanese Kitchen

November 29, 2017 by
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From the time she was a young girl, Julie Ann Sageer, was affectionately called "Julie Taboulie" by her family. Always passionate about preparing and cooking the traditional food of her Lebanese heritage,  she shares that passion in her first cookbook, Julie Taboulie's Lebanese Kitchen: Authentic Recipes for Fresh and Flavorful Mediterranean Home Cooking. The cookbook is the perfect companion to Julie's… read more
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