Gift Guide for Cookbook Lovers, Cooks and Bakers 2018

November 11, 2018 by
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The season of giving is upon us. All year, I've been making notes for this gift guide to share with you books and products that I have bought, reviewed and love. My various gift guides from years' past can be found at the links below. Any cookbooks on my Fall Cookbooks preview post, I whole-heartedly recommend especially Israeli Soul, Everyday Dorie, and Estela. These titles are must-have… read more

First Annual EYB Holiday Cookie Contest

November 10, 2018 by
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I love collecting cookie recipes - cherished family recipes and  newspaper contest compilations are my favorites. I'm always on the lookout for something new and exciting to try so every holiday season, I snatch up all the holiday baking magazines and make plans to make hundreds of cookies.    This year, I thought it would be fun to share our original… read more

Buy a gift certificate and win cookbooks for yourself

November 10, 2018 by
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You rely on Eat Your Books to help you organize your recipes and find inspiration. Why not share that benefit with friends and family who love to cook? Gift certificates are available for one, two and three year memberships to EYB. And for every gift certificate you buy between now and December 31, we will enter you into a drawing… read more

Pink gin is in – but is it any good?

November 9, 2018 by
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It's well known that millenials like all things pink: pink clothing, pink wine (rosé is all the current darling in that demographic), and all kinds of pink foods. Now another item is joining the fray in taking on a blushing hue to appeal to millenials - pink gin.  Unlike the neon vodkas and liqueurs that dominated in the early 2000s, pink… read more

Featured Cookbooks, Recipes, and the Latest EYBDigital Books & Previews

November 9, 2018 by
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EYB wants to make your cooking life easier. Our main focus has always been indexing cookbooks and magazines so you can efficiently search your own collection instead of paging through individual indexes. We also aim to keep members up to date on the best new titles being published. Our new EYBDigital  platform allows us to provide EYBDigital Previews (sample pages from cookbooks) and EYBDigital Books … read more

Are we really cooking everything wrong?

November 8, 2018 by
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No doubt you have seen this phrase, or a variation of it, in your social media news feed: "You've been cooking [insert food name] wrong the whole time!" When I type"you've been cooking" into the Google search bar, the first five items that pop up are all about being wrong - apparently you've been cooking pasta wrong, along with potatoes,… read more

Eataly: All About Pasta

November 8, 2018 by
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Eataly: All About Pasta: A Complete Guide with Recipes is an ideal pasta primer, whether you would like to master mixing and forming the dough from scratch or you just want to expand your repertoire of easy weeknight sauces for store-bought pasta - this book has it all. Organized by "families" of pasta, the book explains every major pasta shape from… read more

North Carolina chefs contribute to flood relief efforts

November 7, 2018 by
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When Hurricane Florence battered the Carolinas in the southeastern US, videos and news reports depicted the devastation that the storm wrought on the coastal communities directly in the path of the hurricane. Inland areas were also affected by the flooding that resulted from the record amounts of rain that poured down nonstop for days following the storm, but they did not… read more

The case for not lining your sheet pan

November 6, 2018 by
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When you pull out a sheet pan to make cookies, you probably line it with parchment or foil to keep the delicate items from sticking. So it makes sense to do the same when you are roasting meat or vegetables too, right? Perhaps not, says Anna Stockwell at Epicurious. She makes the case for not lining your sheet pan.  As… read more

November 2018 Cookbook Previews

November 6, 2018 by
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If you have wondered if there are any cookbooks to be excited about after October's onslaught, have no fear there are plenty.  November delivers some beautiful books including a few EYBD titles. For more information on EYBDigital see our EYBD Page which will be updated later this week with new additions. Right now, EYB has three dozen giveaways open including books that… read more

Bourke Street Bakery: All Things Sweet – EYBD Book

November 6, 2018 by
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Now with EYBDigital, if you buy a print book within the promotional period, for the first time you will have access to the full EYBD cookbook wherever you can access EYB - on vacation, at work, in the grocery store, etc. In addition to the digital book, all the features of EYB will be included in the access, at no… read more

M.F.K. Fisher’s ‘Consider the Oyster’ to be republished

November 5, 2018 by
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It's been 77 years since M.F.K. Fisher's second book, a collection of essays titled Consider the Oyster, was published. Now the work is getting a second life, with a second publication that features a foreword by food writer Felicity Cloake. It's an understatement to say that a lot has happened in the food world since the publication of this book. Is… read more

Celebrating a classic baking book

November 4, 2018 by
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Some cookbooks become icons that are passed down from generation to generation. One such tome is the Australian Women's Weekly Children's Birthday Cake Book, first published in 1990 and reissued in 2011 as a collector's edition. The book has inspired countless people to attempt baking a birthday cake for their child, eventually passing the book down to their grown children who… read more

12 Bones Smokehouse – EYBD

November 4, 2018 by
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Now with EYBDigital, if you buy a print book within the promotional period, for the first time you will have access to the full EYBD cookbook wherever you can access EYB - on vacation, at work, in the grocery store, etc. In addition to the digital book, all the features of EYB will be included in the access, at no… read more

The Japanese Larder – EYBD Book

November 4, 2018 by
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Now with EYBDigital, if you buy a print book within the promotional period, for the first time you will have access to the full EYBD cookbook wherever you can access EYB - on vacation, at work, in the grocery store, etc. In addition to the digital book, all the features of EYB will be included in the access, at no… read more

How to eliminate Thanksgiving menu planning frustrations

November 3, 2018 by
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I will be the first to admit that I am a terrible menu planner. Either I don't start the process early enough, or I amass too many possibilities and have difficulty narrowing down the list. I also forget to check whether the timing of the foods I have selected works - it's no good when you have to do last… read more

Salad Feasts and Swiss Diamond Knives

November 3, 2018 by
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Salad Feasts: How to Assemble the Perfect Meal by Jess Dennison elevates the salad from a starter or side dish to center stage. One of my favorite comedians has a routine on dieting and salads. It goes something like this "A salad is not food. Oh no, a salad is a promissory note that more food will arrive. When someone asks… read more

Crusts by Barbara Elisi Caracciolo

November 3, 2018 by
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Crusts: The Ultimate Baker's Book by Barbara Elisi Caracciolo shares more than 300 recipes from expert and artisan bakers, covering breads, croissants, flatbreads, pizzas, and pies. Barbara is the founder and owner of Spigamadre bakery in Stockholm, Sweden and the author of the Bread and Companatico website.  When I received this book, I was impressed with the depth of information contained within… read more

Black Friday deals without the wait

November 2, 2018 by
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Halloween is over so that means we can turn our full attention to the remainder of the holidays to celebrate until year's end. For us in the US, that means Thanksgiving in addition to the December special events. In the windup to those dates, there will be plenty of cooking, baking, and of course shopping. Most of us wait (im)patiently… read more

Red Truck Bakery

November 2, 2018 by
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How do I love Red Truck Bakery Cookbook: Gold-Standard Recipes from America's Favorite Rural Bakery by Brian Noyes, let me count the ways. The stunning photography, recipes that are exciting and new, and the book opens with the author's tale of how John Wayne once made him a tuna sandwich. Hot damn, it doesn't get much better than that.  This time… read more

Featured Cookbooks, Recipes, and the Latest EYBDigital Books & Previews

November 2, 2018 by
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EYB wants to make your cooking life easier. Our main focus has always been indexing cookbooks and magazines so you can efficiently search your own collection instead of paging through individual indexes. We also aim to keep members up to date on the best new titles being published.  Our new EYBDigital platform allows us to provide EYBDigital Previews (sample pages from cookbooks) and EYBDigital Books (complete… read more

Alexa now talks turkey

November 1, 2018 by
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Since 1981, turkey producer Butterball has manned a call-in help line for people who have questions about cooking their Thanksgiving bird. The service, called the Turkey Talk-Line has helped countless harried cooks avoid potential turkey disasters. This year the Talk-Line is getting an upgrade as users can now use their Alexa-enabled device to ask for assistance.  For the first time, users… read more

Little Everyday Cakes by Candace Floyd

November 1, 2018 by
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There are times when we are hit by a cake craving or someone unexpected is popping over for dinner but you don't have the time or need to make an elaborate multi-layered dessert. Little Everyday Cakes: 50+ Perfectly Proportioned Confections to Enjoy Any Day of the Week by Candace Floyd delivers over fifty recipes for those occasions. Most of the cakes… read more

Leftover Halloween candy recipes

October 31, 2018 by
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Over 500 kids trick-or-treated through my neighborhood this evening, so my stash of leftover Halloween candy is mightly slim this year. If you have any remaining from tonight's festivities, or if your kid has too much to eat by him- or herself, you might be wondering what you're going to do with it all. Midnight snacking aside, there are ways… read more

The Christmas Chronicles by Nigel Slater

October 31, 2018 by
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The Christmas Chronicles: Notes, Stories and 100 Essential Recipes for Winter by Nigel Slater tells the story of the author's love for winter. With recipes, decorations, fables and quick fireside suppers, Nigel guides you through the essential preparations for Christmas and the New Year, with everything you need to enjoy the winter months. I live for winter, well actually fall and… read more
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