Planning for the leftovers

November 16, 2016 by
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  Cooks in the U.S. are in the midst of Thanksgiving meal preparations, and we are happy to offer Rick Rodgers' expert advice to help your meal be the best ever. While you are planning your menu, you may also want to give some thought to how you will use up any leftovers so you aren't feeling the turkey sandwich… read more

French dishes to celebrate Bastille Day

July 14, 2016 by
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Today marks 227 years since the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789. France is celebrating Bastille Day this year with an extravagant military parade, fireworks, and other festivities. The holiday provides the perfect excuse (like we need any) to make delicious French food and celebrate liberté, égalité, and fraternité. Indexed blog The Kitchn offers 17 easy French recipes to get us started, and… read more

Father’s Day food stories

June 18, 2016 by
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  Tomorrow is Father's Day, which people will celebrate with cookouts, trips to a preferred restaurant, or by making Dad's favorite meal. Facebook news feeds will be filled with nostalgic photos of fathers and daughters and sons as those children remember favorite moments with their dads, many of which involve food. If you are a fan of these heartfelt reminiscences,… read more

National Doughnut Day’s unique history

June 2, 2016 by
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Once again a national (US) "food holiday" is on the horizon. Friday, June 3 is National Doughnut Day, but it isn't just another arbitrary food holiday cooked up by a commercial enterprise - this special day has roots that go back almost 100 years. According to a press release by Krispy Kreme, National Doughnut Day's origins stretch back to 1917,… read more

Easter egg history

March 27, 2016 by
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It's not really a mystery why eggs were chosen to represent rebirth at springtime. Decorated eggs during the season are part of a tradition that predates the Christian religion. NPR's The Salt delves into the symbolism and beauty of Easter eggs, including pysanky, the gorgeously decorated Ukrainian eggs. While most traditions involved colored or simply decorated eggs, psyanky designs are… read more

Eggs-traordinary Easter cocktails

March 25, 2016 by
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  Easter is not a holiday known for its cocktails. Some mixologists are trying to change that, creating a bevy of unusual drinks with an Easter theme. Many of these beverages require a lot of advance planning and more than a little imagination. Take the team behind Portobello Road gin, which has created the Not Cross Bun Gin Martini. They… read more

It’s not too late to celebrate pie day!

March 14, 2016 by
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  If you write your dates in the US convention (month/day/year), then today is a very special day. This is as close to the numbers of pi, the mathematical constant, as we are going to get for another 100 years. Rounding the first six digits of pi results in 3.1416 - exactly today's date. Rounded date, round pie - it's… read more

Get your chocolate fix

February 12, 2016 by
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  Valentine's Day will probably be forever linked with chocolate. Last year, people in the US spent nearly $350 million on chocolate (a whopping 58 million pounds) for the holiday. But you don't have to be content with just eating chocolate as a treat. As the website FSR explains, you can incorporate chocolate into your entire meal. From cocktails to… read more

If you like it, put a ring on (or in) it

February 11, 2016 by
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  Valentine's Day is fast approaching, a day that will feature countless romantic dinners and more than a few marriage proposals. Sometimes the person making the proposal will ask the restaurant to assist him or her in making the moment extra special by requesting the couple's favorite song to be played or by having the pastry chef hide the engagement… read more

Celebrate National Carrot Cake Day

February 3, 2016 by
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  The short month of February doesn't have a lot going for it in the celebration department. Valentine's Day gets a lot of attention but if you aren't in a relationship that date can be rather depressing. Plus, residents in the Northern Hemisphere have grown weary of the month's old, dark days and are pining away for the spring weather.… read more

Get ready for the Lunar New Year

January 31, 2016 by
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The term 'fusion' when applied to the mashup of different cuisines has taken a bad rap in some circles. But Danielle Chang, author of the new cookbook Lucky Rice and the mastermind behind the LUCKYRICE festival, a multi-city celebration of Asian culture and cuisine, thinks that fusion shouldn't be a dirty word.  While "fusion" has negative connotations to some cooks,… read more

Lucky foods for the new year

December 31, 2015 by
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  When you ring in the new year you probably participate in a few traditions such as a champagne toast or a midnight countdown. Many cultures also feature traditional foods to eat as the new year commences, usually meant to help bring good fortune for the coming year. Epicurious takes a look at some of these traditions, which range from… read more

Young cook gets a wonderful gift

December 24, 2015 by
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Food has been a passion of Athtlin Parmenter for decades. The 93-year-old's cooking skills are legendary around her hometown of Vincennes, Indiana. She has also been acknowledged more broadly; Women's Day magazine gave Parmenter its Silver Spoon award in 1980. She was a fan of Julia Child and has collected nearly every book written by and about Child, including some… read more

How to annoy a food lover at Christmas

December 19, 2015 by
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  Food lovers are a fussy group. They eschew the ordinary in favor of the exotic, and their refined palates are difficult to please. At least that seems to be the opinion of William Sitwell, who writes in The Telegraph about how to annoy a food lover at Christmas. Sitwell notes that one way to offend a gourmand is to… read more

Christmas dinner, sans meat

December 13, 2015 by
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Holiday meals often revolve around meat: Thanksgiving turkey, Christmas ham, or Hanukkah brisket are the main courses, surrounded by a phalanx of sides. Vegetarians often must content themselves with the side dishes, but vegetarian main course options are growing in popularity. The Guardian features a Christmas feast that is meat free. The main course for the meal is a mushroom… read more

Now that’s a gingerbread house

December 11, 2015 by
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During the holiday season, families often bake up a storm. This baking often includes gingerbread houses, ranging from tiny cottages to stunning masterpieces. This year's White House gingerbread creation certainly falls into the latter camp, says indexed magazine Bon Appetit. Pastry chef Susan Morrison started planning this year's gingerbread house - a scale replica of the entire White House - nearly… read more

The ultimate holiday foodie gift guide

December 4, 2015 by
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If you're like most people, your email inbox is brimming with advertisements for every website you've even thought about visiting in the last year. As tempting as those products may be, we have a listing of sites featuring holiday hampers and gifts from the most popular chefs and cookbook authors around the world. Some of these items can be shipped… read more

Bakers try new takes on challah

December 2, 2015 by
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Bread of some sort is part of almost every Jewish holiday. Hanukkah's bread, challah, has come to be known as a soft, yeasted bread with an airy crumb. But that wasn't always the case, and recently Jewish bakers have been challenging that tradition with new takes on the holiday staple.  As The NY Times reports, traditionally, challah was defined as any… read more

‘Tis the season for “best of” cookbook lists

November 28, 2015 by
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As the year draws to a close, it's human nature to take a look back and reminisce on the best things of the year. Plenty of experts will be weighing in on which cookbooks were tops in various categories. Jane assesses hundreds of these lists (last year she waded through over 300) and tallies the results to make an ultimate… read more

The most Googled Thanksgiving recipes, state by state

November 19, 2015 by
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Last fall The New York Times generated a bit of controversy with its 50 dishes for 50 states Thanksgiving feast. Minnesotans were stymied by the selection of grape salad, a dish that very few people had even heard of, much less prepared for a holiday dinner. (Although I am not a native Minnesotan, I have lived here long enough to… read more

Thanksgiving cocktails

November 15, 2015 by
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Many Americans are making their Thanksgiving to-do lists in preparation for the biggest food holiday of the year. One thing that often gets short shrift is the beverage selection. Wine generally makes an appearance, but adding cocktails to your meal will instantly up your Thanksgiving game. If you are wondering which cocktails will match with the golden turkey on the… read more

What to drink at your Halloween party

October 25, 2015 by
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  Next weekend Halloween parties will feature all manner of spooky treats: graveyard cakes, cookies that are shaped like witches' hats, even appetizers that look like dismembered body parts. Indexed blog Serious Eats has ideas for great cocktails to go accompany those foods. As one might expect, plenty of the drinks contain pumpkin or spice flavors (or both). While pumpkin… read more

Celebrate National Bacon Day

September 5, 2015 by
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We've highlighted several "food holidays" celebrated in the US and worldwide in the past. Today's food holiday is International Bacon Day, and you can find a plethora of sites with recipes for best celebrating the day from The LA Times to The Telegraph. Any reason to eat bacon is a good one by me, but why do we celebrate these… read more

Celebrate Bastille Day by eating like the French

July 14, 2015 by
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Food, drinks, and fireworks in July aren't limited to the United States. Ten days after America's Independence Day, the French also have their own red, white and blue holiday. Called Bastille Day by English speakers, the day is known to the French as "La Fête Nationale," and it celebrates the anniversary of the liberation of France marked by the storming… read more

Celebrate World Chocolate Day

July 7, 2015 by
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Today is World Chocolate Day, and we're going to help you celebrate by listing several revered chocolate recipes from the EYB Library. But first, let's learn some interesting tidbits about our favorite treat via The Telegraph. In celebration of World Chocolate Day, they dug into the research to bring us 10 weird chocolate facts, some of which you may not want to know. The list begins… read more
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