You've probably seen the 'Beta' on the Eat Your Books logo and maybe wondered if it's ever going to be taken off! It will be, but not until we're 100% satisfied with the website and our new developers have completed a huge list of features we wanted to change or add.
Over the next few weeks (it's software development - no definite release date!) we will be introducing a new way to search for books and recipes. In the new design, we've incorporated much of the great feedback we've had from members and made it a much simpler process to select recipes and books using advanced criteria. As well as improving Search we've replaced Menus, Favorites, Do Laters and Categories with a straightforward 'Bookmark' feature. We will let you know exactly when the changeover will happen.
This month Every Day With Rachael Ray magazine is featuring Eat Your Books, so if you've come to Eat Your Books having read about us, welcome. You'll be pleased to see that 23 of Rachael's books are now indexed - and if you happen to own all of them that's 3,888 recipes you can search through with Eat Your Books.
Don't forget that while we are in Beta we will continue to offer a Lifetime Membership for just $50.
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Shelf Life with Susie: Hostess with the mostest (...or not!)
Entertaining-focused cookbooks come out twice a year--before summer and for the holidays (even if their party suggestions are not season-sensitive). I always leaf through the summer ones with the slightly dislocated sense one has when observing a foreign culture. Twice each summer is my limit, basically, when it comes to entertaining. The first time is my daughter's birthday (cookies & tea sandwiches, crafts, princess stuff), followed very shortly by July 4th (fried chicken, sugar snap peas, picnic tables). After that I surrender to inertia and the weather.
So when I look at a book like Fay Lewis' Be My Guest, with its elaborate floral centerpieces, bespoke linens, and cascades of shimmering glassware, it is with an anthropological sense of wonder, like Margaret Mead among the Samoans. Interestingly enough, the recipes look pretty simple (just as well, since it takes time to tie raffia bows around the bread rolls).
For
a little more updated vision of dinner-with-friends plus
manners-and-mores, there's Emily Post's Great
Get-togethers (by
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Hot Find: Agua Fresca from Deborah Madison's Local Flavors
Do you ever have that
problem with a watermelon where you cut it up for after dinner, but
even after everybody's stuffed themselves there's a giant,
fridge-hogging, leftover chunk? Best solution: agua
fresca! Throw that puppy in the blender, where it will reduce
to a cool, refreshing, liquid that's 1/4 the volume of the
original. With some lime juice and a couple other optional
additions, it will reduce your core temperature by 10 degrees even
on those steamy days when you just can't seem to chill.
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Puzzler: Tomatoes + Grapefruit
Odd couples rarely found in nature... but just a click away on
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Curious . . . ? Try them in
Southwestern Ceviche from Bobby Flay's Bold American
Food.
Recently Indexed Cookbooks
These great books have recently been indexed - to purchase your copy, click on the book link to find out more about the book, then the Buy Book link.
A compilation of the very best dessert recipes from one of the best dessert creators around. So if you missed his earlier books, now sadly out of print, this is a chance to catch up.
Another fabulous cookbook from the co-owner of Ottolenghi, this one a compliation of vegetarian recipes, mainly from his column in The Guardian.
The author spent 5 years travelling and eating in search of the tastiest dishes from the snowiest climes, resulting in an irresistible collection of dishes from North America and Northern Europe.
Toolbox: High-Heat Silicone Thingamajig
Sometimes they call it a "spoon-spatula". Sometimes they call it a "spoonula" or even a "spoontula," which is a word I maintain no one will ever get me to pronounce aloud. Whatever it is, I don't know what we ever did without it before that day in 1990-something when it first hit the market. Flexible, sturdy, and heat-resistant to 600+ degrees, it turned out to be perfect for reaching into the circular edges of hot skillet where those little onion bits hide. You could use it like a regular scraper, for pancake batter or soup in a blender--yet it could also go where no ordinary scraper could.
All I can say is, every day I give thanks for my whatchamacallit. Thingamajig. Whosis. You know what I mean.
2010 Cookbook Awards
It's cookbook Awards time - recently the IACP and James Beard Foundation announced the books they consider to be the best of 2009. Click the links below to see the full list of nominees and winners - it's interesting to see that only a few appear on both lists.
The
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nominees and winners for the 2010 James Beard Awards
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10 Cookbooks of 2009 »
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Seasonal 
Searches
Strawberries. The
first sweet taste of summer! Divine fresh, diviner with
cream, strawberries are always worth
the wait. Gobble them up with the shortcake you baked in the
morning, when it was still cool enough to have the oven on.
Sugar Snap Peas.
Hanging heavy with dew from 5-foot-tall vines, sugar snap peas are green candy.
Take your kids to your local farmshare to pick some and even the
staunchest vegetable-hater will succumb.
Top 10 Books 
from our Members' Bookshelves
- Mastering the Art of French Cooking Volume 1
- The Silver Palate Cookbook
- The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook
- Joy of Cooking
- How to Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food
- Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics
- The Barefoot Contessa Family Style
- The New Basics Cookbook
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- The Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook
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"As a professional chef, and a book lover, it’s no surprise that I have a huge cookbook collection. As much as I revere my cookbooks, however, the fact is that the internet is a faster and easier way to find recipes, and until recently, I was turning to it far more frequently than I was my books. Then, I discovered EYB and everything changed. Since becoming a member, sorting through my cookbooks is now as easy as searching for recipes online. Whether I’m looking for individual dishes, ingredient specific recipes or even recipes based on different ethnicities or courses, I can find them easily on EYB and instantly see a listing of every relevant recipe in every cookbook on my shelves. Not only has EYB helped me to rediscover the joy of cooking out of cookbooks again, but it has also helped me to justify buying even more of them!"
Watch Cookbook Videos!
It is amazing what you can watch on YouTube - every subject you can think of is covered - and cookbooks are no exception. These are a few videos we've come across - if you know of any that you think other EYB cookbook lovers will enjoy, let us know.