Cookbook Giveaway – Cooking with Cocktails

May 10, 2017 by
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In Kristy Gardner's Cooking with Cocktails: 100 Spirited Recipes, recipes based in Italian and French roots are blended with spirits - those of the libation variety. One hundred recipes with alcohol - sign me up! For more information on this title, please see our review and recipe post. We are pleased to offer five copies of this title to our EYB Members in… read more

Essential tools for beginning cooks

May 9, 2017 by
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  Every spring as graduation looms near, lists of essentials every young person needs when starting out on their own start popping up on news feeds. The Washington Post recently addressed the issue, with their own catalog of tools and ingredients that everyone should have in their kitchen. The lists seem to get longer and more expensive every year, with more… read more

Casa Marcela by Marcela Valladolid

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The third cookbook from Food Network personality, Marcela Valladolid, Casa Marcela: Recipes and Food Stories of My Life in the Californias, is by far my favorite of her titles. Her first two books, Fresh Mexico and Mexican Made Easy were both great books but here the author has hit her stride.  Gorgeous photographs are plentiful throughout this book and recipes for Braised Beef Tongue… read more

Cookbook Giveaway – Casa Marcela

May 9, 2017 by
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The third cookbook from Food Network personality, Marcela Valladolid, Casa Marcela: Recipes and Food Stories of My Life in the Californias, is by far my favorite of her titles. Her first two books, Fresh Mexico and Mexican Made Easy were both great books but here the author has hit her stride. For more information on this title, please see our review and recipe post. We… read more

Exploring Sicily’s culinary traditions

May 8, 2017 by
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  While today Sicily is part of Italy, its traditions, architecture, and more have been influenced over the centuries by various North African and Middle Eastern cultures just as much as that of the Italian mainland. In an article that will make you want to book  the next available flight to Sicily, Marisa Raniolo Wilkins (writing for indexed blog Great British Chefs)… read more

Cookbook Giveaway – Citrus

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Citrus: Recipes That Celebrate the Sour and the Sweet by Catherine Phipps explores the myriad uses of oranges and lemons, and all things in between. Catherine starts off with a glossary of the types of citrus along with drying and preserving instructions. Once we are educated on the world of sour and sweet, over 150 recipes for vibrant and approachable… read more

Citrus – Catherine Phipps

May 8, 2017 by
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Citrus: Recipes That Celebrate the Sour and the Sweet by Catherine Phipps explores the myriad uses of oranges and lemons, and all things in between. Catherine starts off with a glossary of the types of citrus along with drying and preserving instructions. Once we are educated on the world of sour and sweet, over 150 recipes for vibrant and approachable dishes… read more

A sneak peek at Rose Levy Beranbaum’s upcoming book

May 7, 2017 by
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Fans of Rose Levy Beranbaum have become better bakers thanks to her exquisite and thorough baking books, starting with Romantic and Classic Cakes, the groundbreaking The Cake Bible, and 2014's The Baking Bible. Rose is not content to rest on her laurels, however, and is busy working on another project titled Baking Basics. She recently posted about the photo shoot for… read more

May Cookbook Preview Part 1

May 6, 2017 by
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The cookbooks keep coming and kudos to the publishing houses and authors because they are pumping out one gorgeous title after another. I can't help but think we are supporting the economy - book sellers, delivery services, the post office, book case manufacturers, home builders to build new homes for us to store our books, divorce attorneys...oops I went too… read more

Spice support: fenugreek

May 6, 2017 by
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Many plants perform culinary double-duty: their leaves and their seeds are both used for various culinary purposes. That is the case with today's selection, fenugreek. The Latin name for the herb is quite a mouthful - Trigonella foenum-graecum - and comes from the Latin "Greek hay", according to Harold McGee in On Food and Cooking. It is also known as… read more

Out of Line – Barbara Lynch

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In her memoir - Out of Line: A Life of Playing with Fire - Barbara Lynch highlights the remarkable process of self-invention while sharing tales of the colorful characters of the food world. Her coming of age in South Boston surrounded by gangs and poverty enabled her to bluff her way into professional cooking jobs. The rest, as they say, is history. The… read more

The Splendid Table talks to Samin Nosrat

May 5, 2017 by
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Samin Nosrat has taught cooking for many years. To give you insight as to how well she's done in that endeavor, know that Alice Waters has declared her "America's next great cooking teacher". Nosrat has distilled her knowledge into a new cookbook, named after the simple philosophy that she employs in her teaching.  The book is titled Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat,… read more

Featured Cookbooks & Recipes

May 5, 2017 by
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At Eat Your Books we want to bring you the best recipes - our dedicated team searches out and finds online recipes excerpted from newly indexed cookbooks and magazines. New recipes from the best blogs are indexed daily and members index their favorite online recipes using  the Bookmarklet all the time. Below you'll find this week's recommendations from the EYB team.… read more

Cookbook Giveaway – Project 258: Making Dinner at Fish & Game

May 5, 2017 by
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In Project 258: Making Dinner at Fish & Game, Zakary Pelaccio and Peter Barrett celebrate the popular Hudson Valley restaurant, Fish & Game. For more information on this cookbook, please see our review post which shares a recipe for Jori's Ramp Kimchi. We are pleased to offer two copies of this title to our EYB Members in the US. One of the entry options… read more

Project 258 by Zakary Pelaccio & Peter Barett

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In Project 258: Making Dinner at Fish & Game, Zakary Pelaccio and Peter Barrett celebrate the popular Hudson Valley restaurant, Fish & Game. Why Project 258? Zak and his wife, Jori, apparently had a conversation about the number of projects they currently had in the hopper - this book was being called Project 258 by Zak in jest but it stuck… read more

A musically-inspired cookbook

May 4, 2017 by
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It's not often that a hit Broadway show contains food as a main feature. However, the Tony-nominated musical The Waitress does, as pie plays a major role in the production. In the cult classic movie-turned-Broadway production, the eternally optimistic protagonist expresses her hopes, dreams, fears, and frustrations through the whimsically named pies she bakes each morning. Now a new tie-in cookbook… read more

Cookbook Giveaway – Greece – The Cookbook

May 4, 2017 by
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Greece - The Cookbook by Vefa Alexiadou is a reissue of the popular author's Vefa's Kitchen. If you wish to order this title, please remember Eat Your Book members receive 30% off Phaidon titles when using the link provided. For more information on this cookbook, please see our review post which shares a recipe for Almond Pastry Triangles. We are pleased to offer three copies… read more

Greece -The Cookbook by Vefa Alexiadou

May 4, 2017 by
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Greece: The Cookbook by Vefa Alexiadou is a reissue of the popular author's Vefa's Kitchen. Vefa is one of the leading authorities when it comes to Greek cuisine. A bestselling author of thirteen cookbooks she also had her own television series, regularly wrote articles for magazines and gave lectures and demonstrations on recipes. She is the Julia Child of Greek cookery. Over… read more

Grant Achatz is working on a new cookbook

May 3, 2017 by
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  Over 500 EYB Members have a copy of Alinea by Grant Achatz on their Bookshelves. Alinea  was one of the first books to bring molecular gastronomy to the masses, written by a groundbreaking chef who continues to push boundaries in the restaurant world. Now Achatz is working on another cookbook, although this one isn't based on the restaurant, but rather… read more

Nopalito by Gonzalo Guzman

May 3, 2017 by
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Nopalito: A Mexican Kitchen by Gonzalo Guzmán and Stacy Adimando is a stunning book from the head chef at San Francisco's popular restaurants by the same name. Featuring 100 Mexican dishes with a Californian vibe along with stunning photographs throughout makes this another must-have restaurant cookbook. Techniques, insights into Mexican food and culture are also included. I love everything about this… read more

Cookbook Giveaway – Nopalito

May 3, 2017 by
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Nopalito: A Mexican Kitchen by Gonzalo Guzmán and Stacy Adimando is a stunner of a book from the head chef at San Francisco's popular restaurant by the same name. For more information on this cookbook, please see our review and recipe post.  We are pleased to offer two copies of this title to our EYB Members in the US. One of… read more

James Beard chef and restaurant awards

May 2, 2017 by
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Yesterday the James Beard Foundation announced the winners of its chef and restaurant awards. Previously they announced the nominees and semi-finalists, with many contenders from across the United States competing in various regional and national categories like Best Chef Midwest or Outstanding Restaurateur. You might recognize some of the chefs and restaurateurs who have written successful cookbooks, like Michael Solomonov of… read more

Pure Heart – Book Giveaway

May 2, 2017 by
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Pure Heart: A Spirited Tale of Grace, Grit, and Whiskey by Troylyn Ball and Bret Witter is more than the story of the building of Asheville Distillery and Troy & Sons. It is also an inspirational tale for parents who are dealing with the difficulties of special needs children. Troy is the first female legal moonshiner in the history of the… read more

The Cookbook Course

May 2, 2017 by
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James Beard Award-winning cookbook editor, Shaun Chavis, has developed an online solution for those writers who wish to grow their brand and write a cookbook. The Cookbook Course, through live lessons, one-on-one coaching, and manuscript reviews, will have you working on your cookbook with the very first lesson. Shaun Chavis spent four years as a development editor for Time Inc. Books, where… read more

Cookbook culling: easier said than done

May 1, 2017 by
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  People in the Northern Hemisphere must be doing a lot of spring cleaning. That is the best explanation I have for the recent rash of articles and posts about paring down cookbook collections; the latest is from San Francisco, where Elaine Corn discusses the pros and cons of culling her 1,000+ cookbook library.  Corn, a former news editor turned food… read more
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