Vintage Imperial Sugar – Downloadable Cookbooks

Imperial Sugar has a large library of vintage cookbooks and pamphlets available free to download. Subjects range from canning, stir-fries, holiday baking, and more! I particularly love the retro artwork. Take a look at the many topics that are available and see if any (or all!) catch your eye. Thanks to my friend Robin who shared a link to the… read more

This week: Best pancake and waffle recipes, fall/autumn cookbook previews, and more

Soon in the northern hemisphere, many will begin the search for grilling and other warm weather-related recipes. For me, at least for a few more weeks, I am indulging myself and our members in comfort food. I am so not a summer person, give me the crisp cool days of autumn or the blistery winds of winter and I'm content.… read more

From Scratch – Cookbook Giveaway

Enter our US/CA giveaway to win one of three copies of From Scratch: 10 Meals, 150 Recipes, and Dozens of Techniques You Will Use Over and Over by Michael Ruhlman. When I first received this title, I was gobsmacked. It is stunning - filled with beautiful imagery, illustrations, and Ruhlman's best from-scratch recipes. One would think that most cooks would know how… read more

The Hot Chicken Project – Cookbook Giveaway

Enter our giveaway open to US/UK/AU/NZ to win one of three copies of The Hot Chicken Project: Words + Recipes | Obsession + Salvation by Aaron Turner. "Hot chicken ain't nothing but the truth." Acclaimed Australian chef Aaron Turner, owner of Igni and author of the cookbook of the same name, tackles hot chicken in his latest work. For Turner,… read more

This week: Recipes for one bowl baking, a preview of 2020 baking cookbooks, EYBD previews, and cookbook giveaways.

This week, my cousin posted on social media that she had a cake mix fail. It appears that the cake mix she used expired in 2015. I came to the rescue too late with some links sharing one-bowl cake recipes and thought our members would like to add a few quick recipes to their arsenal. One-bowl vanilla cake We have… read more

Donna Hay – Week Light

Enter our giveaway to win a copy of Week Light: Super-Fast Meals to Make You Feel Good by Donna Hay. (3 copies US; one copy worldwide provided by Eat Your Books). Australia's bestselling cookbook author and most trusted home cook, Donna Hay, returns with a beautiful new cookbook that you'll want to use every night of the week. The vibrant… read more

Hershey’s Lodge Chocolate Chip Cookie

A central Pennsylvania lodge is joining restaurants across the country in generously sharing the most sought after recipes. The Hershey Lodge's famous chocolate chip cookies recipe joins the ranks as one of the chocolate chip cookie recipes I have tried: Doubletree, Levain copycat, Allison Roman's chocolate chunk shortbread, amongst many others. One of our weekly roundups covered all things chocolate… read more

This week: The best scone recipes, free downloadable cookbook, EYBD previews and giveaways

This year Mother's Day will undoubtedly be different from most. Since many will not be able to celebrate traditionally with a meal out, how about baking something up for mom? A basket of scones, mom's favorite tea, and a baking cookbook (recommendations below) can be dropped off while maintaining the social distancing rules. Scones can be a baker's nemesis. Over… read more

Aran – Flora Shedden – Cookbook Giveaway

Enter our US/UK/AU/NZ giveaway to win one of three copies of Aran: Recipes and Stories from a Bakery in the Heart of Scotland by Flora Shedden. We all remember Flora Shedden, the youngest semi-finalist in the Great British Bake Off, Season 6 (2015). Five years later and the bake-off star has written two cookbooks Gatherings: Recipes for Feasts Great and… read more

This week: Crumbles, crisps, cobblers, Brown Betty and buckles, recipes, Ottolenghi virtual event 4/26, cookbook previews and giveaways

This week's Spring Baking Championship (Food Network) episode covered crumbles, crisps, cobblers, Brown Bettys, and buckles oh my! I may think I'm savvy enough to know the difference between these desserts but I'd be wrong. Thinking our members might be in the same denial about what makes a crisp a crisp or a buckle a buckle, I did some research.… read more

The Irish Cookbook

Enter to win one of two copies of The Irish Cookbook by Jp McMahon. Open to US/UK/AU/CA members. Ireland's remarkably rich food heritage dates back to 8000 BC and, in The Irish Cookbook, acclaimed chef Jp McMahon captures its unique culinary origins and varied influences. Irish food is the summation of what the land and sea give; the book's 500… read more

This week: Banana bread and other quick bread recipes, Mother’s Day gift ideas, cookbook previews and giveaways

When the pandemic took a foothold, bread was kneaded by home bakers that had never kneaded before. This week seems to indicate that we have entered the phase of all things banana bread. In our EYB Cookbook Club, members are sharing photos of Shauna Sever's The only banana bread you'll ever need (photo below) from her title Midwest Made. The… read more

The Outdoor Kitchen Cookbook Giveaway

Enter our US giveaway to win one of three copies of The Outdoor Kitchen: Live-Fire Cooking from the Grill by Eric Werner and Nils Bernstein. The Outdoor Kitchen: Live-Fire Cooking from the Grill by Eric Werner is the long-awaited second title from the chef behind Hartwood. To learn more about Hartwood, the restaurant and the cookbook, please see this review.… read more

DoubleTree Hotel’s Chocolate Chip Cookie – Is it worthy of the hype?

Unless you are truly isolating on top of a mountain with no connection to the outside world, you have most likely noticed a parade of chocolate chip cookies in your social media feed. Why have loaves of bread been replaced by trending chocolate chip cookies? Because there is a God and he/she is wonderful. DoubleTree Hotels shared their chocolate chip… read more

This week: Best macaroni & cheese, cheesecake recipes, cookbook news and more

Two of my most requested recipes while living in New York were macaroni and cheese and cheesecake. Do you see a theme? I have made both of these dishes hundreds of times in many variations over the years. Every Easter I would be assigned these dishes and would often bring something new I came across just to shake up things… read more

Procrastibaking – Anolon Bakeware Set

Enter our US giveaway to win one of three copies of Procrastibaking: 100 Recipes for Getting Nothing Done in the Most Delicious Way Possible by Erin Gardner. One grand prize winner will receive the following baking items from Anolon: Advanced Muffin Pan with Silicone Grips and Lid, Eminence Mini Loaf Pan and Teak Prep Set Pastry Wheel Cutter, Pastry Brush,… read more

The Pastry School – Cookbook Giveaway

Enter our giveaway (2 copies US provided by the publisher and one copy worldwide provided by Eat Your Books) for a chance to win The Pastry School: Master Sweet and Savoury Pies, Tarts and Pastries at Home by Julie Jones. This title made my best books of Spring 2020. Julie Jones is a pastry artist. Her first cookbook Soulful Baker:… read more

Plants-Only Kitchen – Gaz Oakley

Enter our US/UK/AU/NZ giveaway to win one of three copies of Plants-Only Kitchen: Over 70 Delicious, Super-Simple, Powerful and Protein-Packed Recipes for Busy People by Gaz Oakley. Plants-Only Kitchen offers an explosion of flavor, with more than 70 vegan recipes that work around your lifestyle. With symbols flagging recipes that are high-protein, take less than 15 minutes, or are suitable… read more

This week: Pantry recipes, downloadable cookbook sampler, how to make EYB work better for you and more

Another week has slipped away and I trust that we are all safe and healthy. Anxiety levels are high for most and in an effort to distract you and ourselves for a bit, we have prepared a post on ideas that might make Eat Your Books work better for you. In this weekly roundup, we are sharing ideas for recipes… read more

Flavors of the Southeast Asian Grill & Schmidt Bro. Chef Knife Giveaway

Enter our US giveaway to win one of two copies of Flavors of the Southeast Asian Grill: Classic Recipes for Seafood and Meats Cooked Over Charcoal by Leela Punyaratabandhu with one grand prize winner receiving a stunning Schmidt Bros. Cutlery chef's knife. Flavors of the Southeast Asian Grill: Classic Recipes for Seafood and Meats Cooked Over Charcoal by Leela Punyaratabandhu delivers… read more

Le Creuset Dutch Oven and Melissa Clark’s Dinner in French – Giveaway

Enter our US giveaway to win one copy of Melissa Clark's Dinner in French: My Recipes by Way of France (provided by Eat Your Books) and one 5.5 quart Dutch oven in Le Creuset's newest color artichaut provided by the French cookware manufacturer. Melissa Clark recently took time out of her packed schedule to answer a few questions in our… read more

Canelés, friands, baking cookbooks and things that bring me joy – Part I

As you can ascertain from the photo below, I had intended to do a post on canelés and all things baking before Valentine's Day. It was right about then that things went haywire and shortly thereafter the pandemic took over. Many people are baking and trying new things and I wanted to share a few things that bring me baking… read more

This week: Pizza crust and two-ingredient dough recipes, cooking tips, cookbook previews and more

This week I thought I would feature Hot cross bun recipes (online recipes) but with the scarcity of yeast and other baking supplies and with Darcie just featuring Easter and Passover recipes in our monthly newsletter (check your inboxes) or find the newsletter archive here, I rose to the occasion and switched gears. (Forgive the puns, I'm getting a little… read more

This week: Bread recipes, how to cultivate your own yeast, sourdough starter and more

Certainly, we can all agree that the past weeks have been taxing. Fear of what the future holds and social distancing is a difficult pill to swallow in 2020. I posted recently on social media that this will be the time when everyone learns to bake bread. Twenty or thirty of my friends shared photos of their bread-related baking on… read more

One Pot Feeds All – Anolon Two Step Meal Set & Baking Pan Giveaway

Enter our giveaway to win a copy of One Pot Feeds All: 100 New One-Dish Recipes from Roasts to Desserts by Darina Allen with one grand prize winner receiving Anolon cookware (US). EYB is providing one copy of the cookbook to a member worldwide. Darina runs the world-renowned cooking school at Ballymaloe in County Cork, Ireland. She founded the school with her brother, Rory O’Connell in 1983… read more
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