New bread baking cookbook strikes the right balance

June 14, 2015 by
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Bread baking cookbooks often have have a difficult time trying to balance the extremes between speaking down to readers or offering vague, cryptic instructions that make the process seem intimidating. But The Larousse Book of Bread is an example of how to write a bread baking cookbook right, says Jane Lawson of The Australian. Lawson notes in her review that… read more

Thousands of cookbooks – and a controversial past

June 12, 2015 by
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Dalia Carmel's New York City apartment might be a cookbook lover's dream: you can find cookbooks from floor to ceiling in nearly every room of the home. What's even more impressive is that the thousands of books in the apartment are only a fraction of her collection - she has already donated over 11,000 volumes to New York University. One does not amass… read more

A big name returns with a new cookbook

May 22, 2015 by
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It's been over a decade since Anthony Bourdain has written a cookbook. His last was 2004's Les Halles Cookbook. But that's about to change as HarperCollins imprint Ecco has signed Bourdain for a new cookbook titled Appetites, currently slated for a release in fall 2016. The book will be coauthored with Laurie Woolever. According to the publisher, the book will distill… read more

Me and my cookbooks – Dianne Ross

April 21, 2015 by
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We're pleased to present another installment of the "Me and my cookbooks" series. Many EYB members have told us they enjoy meeting members and special guests through this feature. We'd love to introduce more people, so if you'd like to be featured, just email us at [email protected].     Dianne Ross has a cookbook collection that many EYB me­­mbers will envy:… read more

Cookbook all-stars

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When there are tens of thousands of cookbooks available (the EYB Library currently has over 144,000 books), how can you possibly winnow down a list of favorites to less than a dozen? Epicurious decided to do just that with the ten cookbooks every home cook should own. After starting with a long list of 50 cookbooksand soliciting contributions from readers… read more

IACP Award Winners Announced

March 30, 2015 by
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  The winners of the 2015 IACP Awards were announced last night at the annual IACP Conference in Washington DC.  You can see all the results on the IACP website and the cookbook awards are on our own IACP Awards page. After last year choosing a self-published book, Stone Edge Farm Cookbook, as Cookbook of the Year, this year a… read more

James Beard Foundation announces cookbook nominees

March 24, 2015 by
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Awards season is now in full swing as the James Beard Foundation announced its nominees for its 2015 book awards. As is usually the case, while there is some overlap with the IACP nominees, the lists diverge. While Heritage was the big winner on the IACP list, no cookbook is nominated in more than one category for the JBF awards.… read more

Cookbook store profile – Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks

March 21, 2015 by
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This is the latest installment of the EYB feature highlighting independent cookbook stores. We hope you will discover (or get reacquainted with) a store near your home - or plan a new target destination when you travel. We keep an ongoing list of cookbook stores but we'd love to learn about more - especially those treasured by our members. So… 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

Out of print but not out of mind

March 8, 2015 by
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Cookbooks generally have short publication lives. Outside of big name classics like Joy of Cooking, most cookbooks generally only get a printing or two and then it's on to the "next big thing." Since it's difficult to judge which cookbooks will become go-to volumes in our libraries, we might pass on books only to find out later that they deserve… read more

IACP announces cookbook award finalists

March 5, 2015 by
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The IACP announced the list of finalists for its prestigious cookbook awards on Wednesday. While everyone was surprised in 2014 by the self-published Stone Edge Farm Cookbook taking top honors, don't expect any similar shocks this year. Most of the nominees are well-established authors and chefs, and the only self-published book on the list is in the Food Matters category. Competition is fierce… read more

The Art of Eating announces finalists for its new best food book competition

February 18, 2015 by
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Cookbook awards season will soon be in full swing, and this year features a new competition from The Art of Eating, a quarterly magazine described by the Wall Street Journal as "America's most erudite and and prestigious food publication." Last fall, the magazine announced that it would offer a prize for the year's best book about food. Whereas other cookbook… read more

The oldest, newest, and most loved cookbooks at Food52

February 8, 2015 by
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You won't be surprised to find that the staff of indexed blog Food52 have extensive cookbook collections. Like many of us, they have more cookbooks than bookshelves to hold them, with books to be found hither and yon. Now they're sharing with us which cookbooks they are "holding onto, cooking from, and buying up." Contributing writer and editor Lindsay-Jean Hard… read more

Cookbook store profile – Good Egg

January 21, 2015 by
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Our latest installment in our profiles of great cookbook stores takes us to Good Egg located in Toronto, Canada. Good Egg is a shop dedicated to those who like to eat. Visit the store and you'll be immersed in books and things devoted to the art and culture of food. Their selection of books reflects every food philosophy, but they've whittled… read more

The 2015 Piglet has begun

January 19, 2015 by
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The Piglet cookbook tournament from Food52 is back in its sixth year. The contest pits 16 of the previous year's most notable cookbooks against each other in a head-to-head, bracket-style competition. We enjoy this three-week tournament for a number of reasons. First, it allows you to get to know the judges, many of them professional food writers plus chefs and… read more

Good news for Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks

January 15, 2015 by
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In November, we chronicled the struggles of Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks, a treasured NYC cookbook store. Slotnick lost the lease on her Greenwich Village storefront, and was searching to find a new space that would be affordable, not an easy task in New York. We're happy to report that Slotnick has announced that her store will be moving to a new location… read more

Me and my cookbooks – Helen Rosner

January 13, 2015 by
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Helen Rosner is Features Editor at Eater, but she is also an avid cookbook collector, at one point having close to 450 cookbooks on her shelves. Serious Eats asked Rosner, also a former cookbook editor, to discuss her favorite cookbooks. Rosner began her career as an assistant to Suzanne Rafer at Workman Publishing. Rafer was responsible for bringing us The Silver Palate Cookbook along… read more

Me and my cookbooks – Georgeanne Brennan

January 2, 2015 by
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We're pleased to present another installment of the "Me and my cookbooks" series. Many EYB members have told us they enjoy meeting members and special guests through this feature. We'd love to introduce more people, so if you'd like to be featured, just email us at [email protected]. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Georgeanne Brennan is an acclaimed food writer who also runs a vacation cooking… read more

The best cookbooks of 2014

December 23, 2014 by
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  I think I need to take on an assistant for the Best of the Best list - it keeps getting bigger and bigger.  There are almost 300 lists this year from all around the world.  But from day one of counting the votes, there was only going to be one top book this year - Plenty More by Yotam… read more

The best cookbooks of 2014 by the experts

December 21, 2014 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

Chef Sean Brock brings history to Heritage

December 12, 2014 by
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Chef Sean Brock's recently released cookbook, Heritage, is sure to be on many "best of" lists for 2014. What began as a book about cooking in the Lowcountry (Brock's two restaurants are located in Charleston, South Carolina) transformed into a self-described documentary with "personal anecdotes and reflections on the significance of seed-saving, home-gardening and keeping culinary traditions alive." The James-Beard… read more

Authoritative Mexican cookbook aims for authenticity

December 2, 2014 by
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NPR's The Salt  just featured a recently published cookbook billed as a "comprehensive bible of authentic Mexican home cooking." Mexico: The Cookbook features a collection of recipes drawn from all across Mexico. Although it's not the first cookbook to document Mexico's regional cuisines - Diana Kennedy has already tackled the subject - this is the first written by a Mexican native, Margarita Carrillo. Carrillo is… read more

Cherished NYC cookbook store struggles to find new space

November 20, 2014 by
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Independent cookbook shops the world over are finding it difficult to keep the doors open. Grub Street New York reports on the latest casualty,  an iconic Greenwich Village cookbook store. Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks has occupied the same tiny, charming location since 2000, but it will be forced to close if owner Bonnie Slotnick can't find a new home for the store before… read more

Me & My Cookbooks – Yotam Ottolenghi

September 22, 2014 by
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It would be an understatment to say that Yotam Ottolenghi is a popular cookbook author. His vegetarian cookbook Plenty  graces more EYB member Bookshelves than any other single book in the EYB Library. And there is great excitement amongst EYB members at his newest book Plenty More, published this month in the UK and Australia and in October in the USA.… read more

Cookbook store profile – Barbara-Jo’s Books to Cooks

September 21, 2014 by
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In the late 1990s, Barbara-Jo McIntosh envisioned an epicurean's delight, where food lovers and cooks of all abilities would find inspiration. She opened Barbara-Jo's Books to Cooks in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1997.  Author of the bestselling Tin Fish Gourmet, Barbara-Jo served on the prestigious James Beard Foundation Awards cookbook selection committee for six years.  In 2003, Vancouver Magazine honoured… read more
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