Start your own cookbook club

October 20, 2015 by
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  Does the following scenario sound familiar? Your new cookbook has arrived, and you eagerly crack open the cover to begin perusing the recipes. You want to try several of the dishes but the time investment (not to mention the cost) is daunting. One solution to this conundrum: start (or join) a cookbook club, and you can begin by using this primer… read more

Which cookbook is the best of all time?

October 19, 2015 by
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  There is no way to achieve consensus on which cookbook is the best of all time. Nevertheless, The LA Times reports that a poll asked that very question of 400 food professionals in Britain, the United States, Australia and New Zealand. The overall winner was Nose to Tail Eating by Fergus Henderson (published as The Whole Beast in the US).… read more

A chance to buy some of Amanda Hesser’s cookbooks

October 17, 2015 by
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Amanda Hesser of Food52 and author of the popular cookbook The Essential New York Times Cookbook is selling off her excess cookbooks from her stoop in Brooklyn. All proceeds will go to a food charity.  Amanda is also giving away home-baked cookies.  If you are in the Brooklyn area on Sunday afternoon (Oct 18) from 3 to 4:30pm, drop by. Further… read more

What your cookbook organization says about you

October 2, 2015 by
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  How do you organize your cookbooks? The answer to that question can say a lot about your personality, according to the cookbook personality test at The Kitchn. They provide 10 different personality types that correspond to how you organize the cookbooks on your bookshelves. If your bookshelves are color-coordinated, for instance, you probably "have a joyful, illustrious soul. You… read more

Bowdoin College obtains historic cookbook collection

September 15, 2015 by
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  As cookbook collections go, Bowdoin College's recently acquried 700 volumes isn't extremely large. It is, however, rich in history, as the Portland Press Herald notes. The college obtained its collection of books, published from 1772 to 1960, from a private collector in New York who worked with Biddeford, Maine-based bookseller Rabelais Inc. to place the collection. "The breadth is… read more

Diana Henry on how to write a cookbook

September 7, 2015 by
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If you have ever wondered how a cookbook comes to life, you can get a fascinating glimpse into the creative process as told by Diana Henry to The Telegraph. Henry explains that for her, cookbooks never come out of nowhere, rather they grow out of her life experiences. She adds, "It sounds a bit pretentious to say that books develop… read more

The best cookbooks according to the experts

August 30, 2015 by
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Making a list of the best cookbooks might be a recipe for starting an argument, but in a recent article from The Guardian, a few intrepid chefs and food writers responded to the challenge. The listing of essential cookbooks was a response to the Prue Leith cookbook controversy - one of several such responses. Leith's dismissal of modern cookbooks led… read more

Me & my cookbooks – Elizabeth Winslow

August 27, 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]. EYB Member Elizabeth Winslow is a food writer, a successful entrepreneur, and a cookbook… read more

Cookbook store profile – Kitchen Witch

August 25, 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

Does it matter how we use our cookbooks?

August 24, 2015 by
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Last week we posted about Prue Leith's disappointment with modern cookbooks. She was dismissive of books that she believe contained gorgeous photographs at the expense of quality recipes. Cookbook authors Yotam Ottolenghi and Tim Hayward have now weighed in with their thoughts on the controversy.  Both authors agreed with Leith up to a point, with Hayward noting that a modern food… read more

Epicurious’ picks for top fall cookbooks

August 18, 2015 by
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Just over a week ago, Food52 shared their top fall cookbook picks. Now it's Epicurious' turn; they've just published a list of their top 30 fall cookbooks. It's easy to spot the future bestsellers as they have made it onto both lists. These top books  include My Kitchen Year by Ruth Reichl, Nopi: The Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi and Ramael… read more

Fall cookbook preview

August 8, 2015 by
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The slow drip of cookbook releases will turn into a gushing fountain in a few short weeks. Over at indexed blog Food52, they've listed 30 falls cookbooks that they are excited to start reading. Some of the books are upcoming US releases of popular UK and Australian books, like Bistronomy by Katrina Meynink and Morito by Samantha Clark and Samuel… read more

Who doesn’t love a cookbook sale?

July 21, 2015 by
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Have you been thinking about buying a cookbook but haven't followed through with your order yet? If so, this might make you take the plunge: The Book Depository is currently offering up to 33% off several bestselling food and drink books. There are plenty of titles available, including Pitt Cue Co. the Cookbook, Jane Grigson's Charcuterie and French Pork Cookery,… read more

Cookbook store profile – Read It and Eat

July 20, 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 please… read more

Me and my cookbooks – Sarah Hodge

July 17, 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]. EYB Member Sarah Hodge boasts an impressive cookbook collection. Even more impressive is the… read more

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
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