Chefs and authors help us cook in quarantine

April 3, 2020 by
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If you find yourself struggling to find interesting ideas for making meals from your pantry supplies, you are not alone. The cavalry is on the way, however: a handful of well-known chefs, cookbook authors and food writers are here to help. They have started streaming free cooking demonstrations and lessons from their own home kitchens. Maggie Beer's career has already… read more

Cooking with supermarket rejects

March 28, 2020 by
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Visits to the grocery store take on a completely different vibe these days. Staples like flour, spaghetti, and eggs are in short supply, although some aisles of the supermarket are completely stocked. If you are clever and can afford to take a chance on unusual ingredients, you can make good use of the items everyone else is overlooking, says Australian… read more

March 2020 EYB Cookbook Club Summary

March 24, 2020 by
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We have a helpful community here at Eat Your Books that has flowed into our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club where we share our successes and fails in cooking and baking from specific cookbook titles. This month we’ve been cooking from the following titles: Main Selection: Half Baked Harvest Cookbook: Recipes from My Barn in the Mountains or Half Baked Harvest Super Simple: More Than… read more

Harbinger of the season

March 20, 2020 by
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Spring has sprung here in the northern latitudes, and signs of the season are literally popping up all over. Yesterday I went outside to enjoy a breath of fresh air, and while the air was still chilly, the sun shone brightly and small sprigs of green could be seen in a few spots in my garden. Approaching one of these… read more

EYB Cookbook Club News – Plant-Based Cooking Options

March 8, 2020 by
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Our food-loving community at Eat Your Books shares notes, tips, and reviews on recipes in our library as well as on our active member forum. Another place where we share our love of cooking is in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club on Facebook. Every month we share our successes and fails in cooking and baking from specific cookbook titles.… read more

February 2020 EYB Cookbook Club Summary

February 23, 2020 by
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We have a helpful community here at Eat Your Books that has flowed into our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club and Sweet Eat Your Books Cookbook Club, places where we share our successes and fails in cooking and baking from specific cookbook titles. This month we’ve been cooking from the following titles: Main Selection: The Art of Simple Food: Notes, Lessons, and Recipes from… read more

EYB Cookbook Club January 2020 Summary

January 21, 2020 by
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We have a helpful community here at Eat Your Books that has flowed into our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club and Sweet Eat Your Books Cookbook Club, places where we share our successes and fails in cooking and baking from specific cookbook titles. This month we’ve been cooking from the following titles: Main Selection:  Nothing Fancy  by Alison Roman and share any repeats from 2019… read more

Love your lemons

January 13, 2020 by
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Currently in my local supermarket, oranges are less than $1 USD per pound and Meyer lemons have finally made their annual appearance, meaning that peak citrus season is here. Seeing mile-high displays of bright and enticing lemons, grapefruit, and oranges remains one of the best parts of what can be a dreary time here in the northland. However, this bounty… read more

EYB Cookbook Club Feb-April 2020

January 9, 2020 by
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Our community at Eat Your Books share our thoughts on recipes from our monthly cooking and baking selections in our clubs:  Eat Your Books Cookbook Club and Sweet Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. This month we’ve been cooking from the following titles: Main Selection:  Nothing Fancy  by Alison Roman and share any repeats from 2019 that you loved Online Option: Any online recipe from EYB Baking: Any online… read more

Frittering the hours away

December 27, 2019 by
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Maybe it was all those images of latkes that floated through my social media feeds or perhaps it was the falafel I ate for lunch a few days ago, but whatever the reason, I have recently been dreaming of fritters. Fritters are fabulous because they are fried, of course, but you can also feel less guilty because many fritter recipes… read more

December 2019 EYB Cookbook Club Summary

December 20, 2019 by
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We have a helpful community here at Eat Your Books that has flowed into our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club and Sweet Eat Your Books Cookbook Club, places where we share our successes and fails in cooking and baking from specific cookbook titles. This month we’ve been cooking from the following titles: Main Selection: Milk Street – The New Rules or The Way to Cook by Julia… read more

November 2019 EYB Cookbook Club Summary

November 21, 2019 by
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We have a helpful community here at Eat Your Books that has flowed into our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club and Sweet Eat Your Books Cookbook Club, places where we share our successes and fails in cooking and baking from specific cookbook titles. This month we’ve been cooking from the following titles: Main option: From the Oven to the Table by Diana Henry  Online option: Diana HenryBaking: The… read more

October 2019 EYB Cookbook Club Summary

October 25, 2019 by
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We have an incredible community here at Eat Your Books that has flowed into our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club and Sweet Eat Your Books Cookbook Club, places where we share our successes and fails in cooking and baking from specific cookbook titles. This month we’ve been cooking from the following titles: Main Selection: Jamie Oliver’s 30 Minute Meals or 5 IngredientsOnline option: Jamie OliverBaking: When Pies Fly by… read more

September 2019 EYB Cookbook Club Summary

September 23, 2019 by
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This has been a busy month in our cookbook club! We have an incredible community here at Eat Your Books that has flowed into our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club and Sweet Eat Your Books Cookbook Club, places where we share our successes and fails in cooking and baking from specific cookbook titles. This month we’ve been cooking from the following titles: Main… read more

August 2019 EYB Cookbook Club

August 25, 2019 by
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Check out what's been cooking in our clubs and what our October through January options are! We have an incredible community here at Eat Your Books that has flowed into our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club and Sweet Eat Your Books Cookbook Club, places where we share our successes and fails in cooking and baking from specific cookbook titles. This… read more

Semifreddo hits all the right notes

August 19, 2019 by
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It can be a challenge to write a blog that is read by people all over the world. When it's blistering hot in one hemisphere, the other is dreading the next winter storm. There are a few foods that transcend the seasons, such as ice cream. Unless you own an ice cream maker - an indulgence if you do not… read more

Getting to know black lentils

August 13, 2019 by
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I must admit to having an aversion to lentils. This is probably due to the fact that as a young vegetarian who was a rubbish cook, I ate far too many bland dishes of underseasoned, mushy legumes. If only I had known about black lentils, aka beluga or caviar lentils, back then. Although regular lentils tend to disintegrate when cooked,… read more

July 2019 EYB Cookbook Club

July 23, 2019 by
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We have an incredible community here at Eat Your Books that has flowed into our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club and Sweet Eat Your Books Cookbook Club, places where we share our successes and fails in cooking and baking from specific cookbook titles. This month we've been cooking from the following titles: Main selection: Milk Street: Tuesday Nights: More Than… read more

Homemade ice cream: low effort, high reward

July 20, 2019 by
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Some food items have a very low reward to effort ratio. Foods like homemade ketchup seem like a lot of work for a product that is, to most people, little to no better than the purchased version. Every person has his own effort to reward ratio that guides his cooking. But no matter what your cooking style may be, you… read more

Spice support: basil

July 12, 2019 by
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Few things scream summertime more than a caprese salad with fresh basil. A member of the mint family, basil is a workhorse in the Italian kitchen, but that is far from the only cuisine that makes good use of this aromatic herb.  Like mint, basil has several varieties, each with its own unique aroma and flavor. There are also several related… read more

Uses for leftover hot dog buns

July 4, 2019 by
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I firmly believe there is a conspiracy afoot between hot dog makers and hot dog bun manufacturers. How else can you explain that hot dogs generally come in packages of 10 but the buns are sold in 8-packs? This means you have to buy an extra package of buns to make sure there is a bun for every dog, which… read more

June 2019 Eat Your Books Cookbook Club Summary

June 23, 2019 by
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We have an incredible community here at Eat Your Books that has flowed into our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club and Sweet Eat Your Books Cookbook Club, places where we share our successes and fails in cooking and baking from specific cookbook titles. This month we've been cooking from the following titles: Main selection: Around my French Table or Red… read more

Get enthused to infuse

June 14, 2019 by
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Wander down the aisles of any decent-sized liquor store and you are bound to see scores of flavored spirits. You will find everything from spiced rum to cucumber gin to peach and orange blossom vodka. Usually these flavored liquors command a premium price, and if you end up not liking the taste, you might find yourself with a mostly-full bottle… read more

Don’t let pronunciation stop you

June 12, 2019 by
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Have you ever been too intimidated by the name of a food to make it? I must confess that I've held back from making certain items to share with others because I did not want to attempt pronouncing the name when someone asked what it was. In my case most of these items are French pastries like millefeuille. Therefore I… read more

A day in the life of a recipe tester

June 8, 2019 by
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Cookbook authors rely on recipe testers to make sure that what they are developing for the books will work in the kitchens of the target audience. Sometimes they will ask friends and relatives to do the testing, but much of the time a professional recipe tester is enlisted to ensure accuracy and thoroughness. If you think that sounds like a… read more
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