Chefs recall their greatest influences

August 13, 2017 by
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  Every chef - and probably most passionate home cooks as well - can recall a dish that inspired them to dive headlong into the world of food, whether it was a top chef who guided them or a family member passing down cherished treasures. I find these stories fascinating so I was tickled to see top chefs recently sharing… read more

Featured Cookbooks & Recipes

August 13, 2017 by
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Finding the best recipes amongst the millions online is not easy - but you don't have to! The team here at Eat Your Books, searches for excerpts from indexed books and magazines and every week we bring you our latest finds. Every day recipes are added from the best blogs and websites. As a member, you can also add your… read more

Two Kitchens – Rachel Roddy – Review, Recipe and Giveaway

August 12, 2017 by
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Two Kitchens: Family Recipes from Sicily and Rome by Rachel Roddy, the award-winning Guardian Cook columnist and winner of the Andre Simon and Guild of Food Writers' awards, delivers a glorious book highlighting the food that comes from her two kitchens - one in Sicily and the other in Rome. (Because we index every recipe from the Guardian Cook, you… read more

The story of food in photography

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In the Instagram age, where everyone's screens are saturated with lush, colorful, and precisely arranged images of food and drink, we have to be reminded that for most of human existence, people did not have photographs of food to entice them to eat or guide them to cook. From photography's earliest days to the present, however, food and photography have… read more

GIVEAWAY: The Instant Pot® Duo Mini 3 Quart and the Instant Pot® Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook

August 11, 2017 by
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  Meet the new addition to the Instant Pot® Family - the Duo Mini 3 Qt 7-in-1 Multi- Use Programmable Pressure Cooker. She is super adorable and takes far less space on our counters or in our pantry. Perfect for smaller jobs, traveling, and for folks who have a smaller crowd to feed. For kids heading back to college, it is… read more

Friday Flashback – Mrs. Wheelbarrow’s Practical Pantry

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Mrs. Wheelbarrow's Practical Pantry: Recipes and Techniques for Year-Round Preserving by Cathy Barrow is my bible for canning and food preservation. When Cathy first announced she was writing a book, I was thrilled. I had been envious of her gardening posts and was anxious to learn more about canning.  Cathy's book is gorgeous with plenty of photographs and extensive attention… read more

In defense of an over-stuffed pantry

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  Every so often I go through my pantry, promising myself that I will be ruthless and get rid of all of the things I don't use, like that 1/8 of a bag of forbidden rice or those nori sheets that have been in my pantry for longer than I care to admit. (Also, how did I end up with… read more

Spanish Made Simple – Review, Recipe and Giveaway

August 10, 2017 by
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Spanish Made Simple: Foolproof Spanish Recipes for Every Day by Omar Allibhoy, the chef behind the Tapas Revolution chain of restaurants in the UK and cookbook by the same name, guides you through the basics of 100 key Spanish dishes.  Omar is one of the UK's Spanish superstars having worked for both Ferran Adrià and Gordon Ramsay. His philosophy is… read more

Making bad drinks good

August 10, 2017 by
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  Drinks of the 21st century - which often incorporate exotic infusions of herb and spices, feature high-quality craft spirits, and offer sophisticated flavors - have elevated cocktail hour from the days of sickly-sweet Cosmos and Amaretto Sours. Now bartenders are reimagining these and other much-maligned drinks like Midori Sours and the Grasshopper (a drink I recall from grandparent's supper-club… read more

Why did Rocco DiSpirito quit cooking?

August 9, 2017 by
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In the late 1990s and into the early aughts, Rocco Dispirito was at the top of his game. He had a successful New York City restaurant, Union Pacific, that was praised by critics and frequented by celebrities.  He was one of the earliest "celebrity chefs," before food television and social media rocketed an entire cadre of chefs into the spotlight. But in 2004,… read more

Everyday Seafood Nathan Outlaw

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Everyday Seafood: From the Simplest Fish to a Seafood Feast, 100 Recipes for Home Cooking by Nathan Outlaw offers 100 brand-new recipes for all kinds of fish and shellfish. Economical and healthy, good-quality fresh seafood is also fast and easy to cook. Outlaw believes it is the world's convenience food as it takes so little time to cook. This title… read more

Cookbook Giveaway – Everyday Seafood

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Everyday Seafood: From the Simplest Fish to a Seafood Feast, 100 Recipes for Home Cooking by Nathan Outlaw offers 100 brand-new recipes for all kinds of fish and shellfish. Economical and healthy, good-quality fresh seafood is also fast and easy to cook. Outlaw believes it is the world's convenience food as it takes so little time to cook. For more… read more

Cooking up history

August 8, 2017 by
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If you live near Washington, DC, or are planning a visit there and love food, one "can't miss" attraction is the National Museum of American History. The museum features an entire exhibition on food, plus a monthly class called "Cooking up History". The classes take place in museum's demonstration kitchen on the Coulter Performance Plaza and each showcases a guest chef, along… read more

Red, White, and ‘Que Cookbook Review and Recipe

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Red, White, and 'Que: Farm-Fresh Foods for the American Grill by Karen Adler and Judith Fertig is the new title from the authors of The Gardener and the Grill. The team is backyard grilling like never before, with an emphasis on the fruits and vegetables usually neglected in favor of steak or barbecued chicken. Each recipe makes the most of… read more

Cookbook Giveaway – Red, White, and ‘Que

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Red, White, and 'Que: Farm-Fresh Foods for the American Grill by Karen Adler and Judith Fertig is the new title from the authors of The Gardener and the Grill. The team is backyard grilling like never before, with an emphasis on the fruits and vegetables usually neglected in favor of steak or barbecued chicken. Each recipe makes the most of… read more

Is harissa going to be the next Sriracha?

August 7, 2017 by
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  As food trends go, the rise and continued popularity of Sriracha has outlasted many flash-in-the-pan foods that have since lost their luster. The spicy condiment continues to find new devotees, and it has even found its way into other condiments (Sriracha ketchup, anyone?). So what is the poised to be the next Sriracha, taking the world by storm? The Washington… read more

Spice support: the differences between Mexican and Mediterranean oregano

August 6, 2017 by
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  The Latin name for Mediterranean oregano (on the right, above) provides a clue as to how ubiquitous it has become in kitchens all over the world. Origanum vulgare -vulgare coming from the Latin word vulgus, meaning 'the common people' or 'the masses' - is a pungent herb related to mint that is used extensively in Mediterranean cooking, particularly in Italian… read more

No-Bake Desserts – Addie Gundry, Food Network Star Contestant

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The dog days of summer are a perfect time to dig into and enjoy the treats in Addie Gundry's No-Bake Desserts: 103 Easy Recipes for No-Bake Cookies, Bars, and Treats. In this book, the Cutthroat Kitchen winner teaches us how to combine favorite flavors, from fruit and chocolate to nuts and caramel, into over one hundred easy no-bake cheesecakes, pies,… read more

Cookbook Giveaway – No-Bake Desserts – Addie Gundry

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The dog days of summer are a perfect time to dig into and enjoy the treats in Addie Gundry's No-Bake Desserts: 103 Easy Recipes for No-Bake Cookies, Bars, and Treats. For more information on this cookbook, please see our review post which shares a recipe for a Mocha Chocolate Icebox Cake (you can add this to your recipe by clicking on the… read more

What’s the difference between baking soda and baking powder?

August 5, 2017 by
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  Even if you are not an avid baker, there's a good chance you have baking soda in your kitchen because it is used in a variety of other applications. Baking powder might not be in your cupboard unless you do a lot of baking. If you were inspired to bake and didn't have baking powder on hand, you might… read more

Preparing for the new GBBO, and what’s next for Mary Berry

August 4, 2017 by
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Channel 4 Productions has just released its first trailer for the upcoming season of The Great British Bake Off, the first season that the show is not airing on the BBC. The advertisement features a variety food items, whimsically animated and singing along to Paul McCartney's song 'We All Stand Together'. What we can see in the clip does not substantially… read more

Featured Cookbooks & Recipes

August 4, 2017 by
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Do you find other people's comments on recipes helpful? Have you written your own recipe Notes? It's a great way to remind yourself how a dish turned out and share your experience with the EYB community. On each Recipe Details page you'll find a Notes tab. Adding online recipes to your EYB Bookshelf is a really great way to expand… read more

Friday Flashback – Rose Water & Orange Blossoms

August 4, 2017 by
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The subject of today's flashback is a beautiful cookbook by Maureen Abood entitled Rose Water & Orange Blossoms: Fresh & Classic Recipes from My Lebanese Kitchen. In the opening pages of this book, the author shares her journey to building her family story by tracking down and interviewing relatives. She also brings her exciting inaugural visit to Lebanon to the opening… read more

Are these the best cookbooks of the 21st century?

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  While almost every 'best-of' cookbook list is dominated by the heavyweights published before the turn of the last century like Mastering the Art of French Cooking, there is no doubt that the 21st century has been good for cookbook lovers. In fact, there is an entire generation of cooks that have never cooked a single recipe from the 20th… read more

Cookbook Giveaway – Feeding a Family

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Keeping with the spirit of yesterday's post, today we have an equally lovely title devoted to feeding families and doing it well. Sarah Waldman's Feeding a Family: A Real-Life Plan for Making Dinner Work, with Healthy Recipes and Tips for Involving the Whole Family delivers 40 seasonal meals, 100 recipes, and loads of tips and strategies to make weeknight dinners work. For… read more
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