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

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

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

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

This week: Hamantaschen, Jewish baking, cookbook previews & giveaways, culinary news

The Jewish holiday of Purim commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people from Haman’s persecution in ancient Persia. In my social media feed earlier this week, friends celebrating Purim shared tempting photographs of hamentaschen, a symbolic food eaten during this holiday. In Hebrew, hamentaschen means ears of Haman, and are triangular-shaped cookies that represent either Haman’s ears or his three-cornered… read more

This week: The best St. Patrick’s Day eats, cookbook giveaways, previews and more

Corned beef, you either love it or hate it. I fall in the latter category but my husband loves it. Every March 17th, you will find me boiling a corned beef (or salt beef in the UK) and sauteing cabbage as any good Irish lass should. But just how did corned beef become the meal for St. Patrick's Day in… read more

This week: Favorite pie cookbooks, best apple pie recipes, cookbook giveaways, and previews

Last month, we featured the best recipes for pie crust. As I was updating our EYB cookbook library with new 2020 titles, the myriad baking books (which made me giddy with anticipation) and ten specific books devoted to pie being published this year caught my attention. Pie baking has suddenly become baking's It Girl. I thought it was time to… read more

This week: The best roast chicken recipe; 70,000 cookbook recipes available online and more!

What do you think of when you hear Sunday supper? For me, roast chicken ranks high for our family as a meal that we all enjoy. The beauty of this meal is that it is relatively simple to master. My son could eat chicken, gravy, mashed potatoes and popovers every single day. Throw in my simple leftover bread dressing and… read more

This week: King cake and Madri Gras recipes, a preview of upcoming giveaways, cookbook previews and more!

This year Mardi Gras falls on the 25th of February, with celebrations happening in the two weeks leading up to the date itself. The largest celebrations occurring on the two weekends before the day itself, which always falls on a Tuesday. Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday is the food-laden fête before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season. One of… read more

This week: The best brownie recipes, Valentine’s treats, giveaways, EYBD previews and more

While I am not a huge chocolate fan, my husband and son are chocolate fiends. Anything vanilla or citrus-flavored send my way and I will imbibe until my stretchy pants give up the ghost. So, I don't bake the types of treats I adore for two reasons: those desserts are not met with the enthusiasm that chocolate garners and number… read more

This week: The best wings and game-day snacks, giveaways, EYBD previews and more.

The Super Bowl is this Sunday in the United States. While football fans are tuning in for the football showdown, there are even more of us that are excited for the anticipated commercials (Super Bowl commercials in the US are a big deal) and the feast that is spread out to snack upon during field goals, touchdowns, flag throwing, and… read more

This week at EYB – The best pie crust recipe, new EYBD previews, giveaways and more.

National Pie Day is a celebration of pies that occurs annually in the United States on January 23. Being reminded of this had me pondering all things pie. If there is one thing that most pie lovers can agree upon it is that the crust is just as important, if not more crucial, to the success of a great pie.… read more

This week at Eat Your Books: The best chocolate chip cookie recipe, EYBD previews, cookbook giveaways and more!

The search for the best chocolate chip cookie recipe is a journey with no end. Even a mediocre homemade chocolate chip cookie is better than no cookie at all. So the less than perfect experiments in our quest will be met with anticipation (at least in my house). The best cookie recipe is subjective as some love thin and crispy… read more

This week at Eat Your Books

Since our last roundup, Darcie has written articles that include a piece on getting the most out of your mortar and pestle, starting the new year off sans meat, praising the unitasker, India’s ‘Pickle Queen’, and cave cooking. Darcie’s weekly food news antipasto is shared every Sunday (#foodnews brings up these information-packed posts). Our post on looking forward to 2020 cookbooks provides an outline of… read more

This week at Eat Your Books

Happy New Year! We had a fantastic year of cookbook releases and the post on looking forward to 2020 cookbooks provides an outline of what the new year has in store for us cookbook lovers. Throughout the year, this post will be frequently updated with new additions, edits to titles and publication dates and more! Since our last roundup, Darcie… read more

The last two weeks at EYB

It has been two weeks since our last roundup as we were super busy with the month-end new cookbook review and EYB cookbook club summaries along with the best of the best cookbooks 2019 and best cookbooks of 2019 by the experts. Our monthly newsletter went out on Monday of this week be sure to check your inbox if you… read more

This week at Eat Your Books

Since our last roundup, Darcie has written articles that include a piece on Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough, a cookbook power couple, looking back at the decade in food, St. John celebrates a quarter-century, Tom Parker Bowles on his latest cookbook and the ‘Two Fat Ladies’. Darcie’s weekly food news antipasto is shared every Sunday (#foodnews brings up these information-packed posts). I am a planner… read more

This week at Eat Your Books

Since our last roundup, Darcie has written articles that include a roundup of new ideas for edible gifts, Joy of Cooking’s enduring appeal, a new series based on the life of Chef Aarón Sánchez, ’12 days of cookies’ trends, and the possibility of a french fry shortage. Darcie’s weekly food news antipasto is shared every Sunday (#foodnews brings up these information-packed posts). Need some… read more

This week at Eat Your Books

Need some cookie inspiration? The Cookie Time article shares many links and ideas for the holidays. Our monthly new cookbook review was shared along with our EYB Cookbook Club Summary in our newsletter. Be sure to check your inbox. Since our last roundup, Darcie has written articles that include a roundup of holiday gift ideas from your favorite authors, the… read more

This week at Eat Your Books

Since our last roundup, Darcie has written articles that include preparing for Thanksgiving, how to make the most of dried beans, who invented the everything bagel, and ideas for wrapping edible gifts. Darcie’s weekly food news antipasto is shared every Sunday (#foodnews brings up these information-packed posts). Last week I shared my first gift guide of the season: gift guide for the cookbook lover and… read more

This week at Eat Your Books!

Happy National Bundt® Day! Look for a Bundt® bundle giveaway from Nordic Ware in my bakers' gift guide! Along with a great baking package from OXO including a scale, thermocouple thermometer, cookie press and more! To find out more about my book 101 Things to Do with a Bundt® Pan see our earlier promotion post. We have almost 2000 recipes indexed for Bundts! Since… read more

This week at Eat Your Books

Since our last roundup, Darcie has written about a number of interesting topics including a piece on decoding cryptic ancient recipes, the closing of Cornersmith Marrickville, putting the magic back in cooking, food writer Russ Parsons gives away even more cookbooks, Joanna Gaines’ second cookbook available for preorder, and look behind the scenes with a GBBO home economist. Darcie’s weekly food… read more

This week at Eat Your Books!

Since our last roundup, Darcie has written about a number of interesting topics: rekindling childhood food loves, the launching of a Food Network app, her latest spice support covered curry leaves (#spicesupport will bring up all these articles) and filled us in on Rocco Dispirito’s rollercoaster career. Darcie’s weekly food news antipasto is shared every Sunday (#foodnews brings up these information-packed posts). Our… read more

This week at Eat Your Books

Since our last roundup, Darcie has written about a number of interesting topics: your fall dessert based on your zodiac sign, fun ideas for a spook-tacular Halloween, a new Julia Child documentary, bergamot and how did it found its way into tea, and Ex-MasterChef stars to host a new Australian cooking show. Darcie’s weekly food news antipasto is shared every Sunday. As… read more
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