More 2025 Cookbook News, Food Season at the British Library, EYBD Previews and more

The British Library’s highly anticipated Food Season runs from 17 April – 1 June 2025 and we have highlighted events with cookbook authors on our Calendar. Now in its seventh year, the festival will once again bring together a talented roster of chefs, food writers, historians, literary authors and cultural commentators to explore the rich history, global influences, and future of food and drink. This year sees the launch of the Food Season Food Awards with four prize categories for Best Narrative Cookery Book, Food Stories Fellowship, Food on Display and a Food Hero Award voted for by the public.

With each roundup I am trying to keep you up-to-date on new books coming our way see our previous roundups for more 2025 news. Our 2025 Cookbook Preview Post has been updated with these titles:

• Bitter by Alexina Anatole (US release by Interlink of 2023 UK edition Bitter)
• Baked & Boozy: 50 Spirit-Infused Recipes for Better Flavors, Better Textures, and Happier Hours by Mike Johnson
• Persiana Easy by Sabrina Ghayour
• Something from Nothing by Alison Roman
• Eat Small Plates: Vibrant, Shareable Dishes for Daily Joy by Ben and Zikki Siman-Tov
• Ferment – The Life-Changing Power of Microbes by Tim Spector
• All Consuming: Why We Eat the Way We Eat Now by Ruby Tandoh
• Mary 90: Brand-New and Timeless Recipes from my New BBC Series by Mary Berry
• Turtle Island: Foods and Traditions of the Indigenous Peoples of North America by Sean Sherman
• Sweet – The Secret to the Best Desserts by Alexina Anatole (US release by Interlink of Sweet Feb 2025)
• The Pasta Book – Recipes, Techniques, Inspiration by Marc Vetri and David Joachim
• Around the World in 80 Meatballs by Bunny Banyai

The last few week on Eat Your Books

Since our last roundup, Darcie has written these articles:

• The great grape explosion
• Food banks and farmers hit by funding cuts
• Best food-related April Fools’ Day pranks
• A chocolate lover’s dream job
• Take me out to the ballgame
• Better than butter?
• Lessons from a lifetime of cooking
• Mellow yellow
• Don’t try this at home

Darcie’s weekly food news antipasto is shared every Sunday and the tag #foodnews brings up these information-packed posts from the most current to the first one.

Since our last roundup, I have posted the following:

• Monsoon by Asma Khan – Giveaway (US/UK)
• Sweet Farm by Molly Yeh – Giveaway (US/CA)
• March 2025 New Cookbook Review
• March 2025 EYB Cookbook Club Summary
• April 2025 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary (updated)
• 2025 Cookbook Preview Post (updated)
• Calendar of worldwide events (updated with these events – and others):
  • Meredith Hayden – The Wishbone Kitchen
  • Erin Grinshpan – Tahini Baby (US and Canada)
  • Georgia Freedman – Snacking Dinners
  • Tammy Donroe Inman – New England Brunch
  • Rick Martinez – Salsa Daddy
  • Roy Choi – The Choi of Cooking
  • Nicole Rucker – Fat + Flour
  • Caroline Eden – Green Mountains (UK)
  • The British Library – London
  • Andrea Buckett – The Essential Cottage Cookbook (Canada)
• Cookbook deals are updated when time permits so check that post for new sales – the publisher links automatically update and please see the ICYMI post.

Jenny and the EYB Team

Recently Indexed Titles

Our team of member and pro indexers are working hard indexing titles, both new and old. Below are just a selection of highlighted titles that were recently indexed. ckbk titles notated as such – for more information on ckbk see Jane’s post. Remember to view the most current indexed titles – they will always show up at the top of the EYB Library and your Bookshelf. Recent indexed magazines can be found here. For information on member indexing, please see this roundup with more details.

• Kwéyòl / Creole: Recipes, Stories, and Tings from a St. Lucian Chef’s Journey by Nina Compton
• Umma – A Korean Mom’s Kitchen Wisdom and 100 Family Recipes by Sarah and Nam Soon Ahn EVENTS
• The Pasta Bible (note other editions) by Jeni Wright
• Tony Bilson’s Recipe Book by Tony Bilson ckbk
• Dish of the Day by Kate McMillan (171 online recipes)
• Lugma: Abundant Dishes and Stories From My Middle East by Noor Murad EVENTS (11 online recipes)
• Hot and Spicy by Marlena Spieler ckbk
• The Food For Life Cookbook by Tim Spector (21 online recipes) (US edition May 2025 )
• Symon’s Dinners Cooking Out by Michael Symon
• The Scarr’s Pizza Cookbook by Scarr Pimentel
• The Best of the Hairy Bikers by The Hairy Bikers EVENTS (35 online recipes)
• School Night by Kate McMillan (27 online recipes)

Member Photo of the Week

Loaded tortilla bowls from PlantYou – Scrappy Cooking: 140+ Plant-Based Zero-Waste Recipes That Are Good for You, Your Wallet, and the Planet (page 178) by Carleigh Bodrug submitted by Member Veganbaksels

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Featured Online Recipe

Carrot cake cookies from Two Peas and Their Pod by Maria Lichty and Josh Lichty

Add Two Peas and Their Pod to your Bookshelf for 2,135 recipes

Featured EYBD Preview Recipe

We currently have 8,807 EYBDigital Recipes indexed. All can be added to your Bookshelf.

Korean soy marinated steak (Bulgogi steak) from Balli Balli: Quick & Easy Korean Cooking by Da-Hae West – Publication date May 13th, 2025

Be sure to check out the other recipes available in our EYBD Preview. We will have a promotion and author interview after publication.

EYBDigital Previews

Recently, we uploaded our 2,084th EYBDigital Preview where a selection of full sample pages are available including the titles below.

Learn more about EYBDigital Previews.

Note: All Preview recipes are indexed, whether the full book is indexed or not. Any Preview recipe can be added to your Bookshelf.

• 4 recipes from The Food of Bharat: A Chef’s Journey through India’s Rich Culinary History by Helly Raichura
• 3 recipes from Malai Frozen Desserts – Inspired by South Asian Flavors by Pooja Bavishi Publication date April 8th, 2025
• 4 recipes from Salsa Daddy: Dip Your Way into Mexican Cooking by Rick Martinez Publication date April 29th, 2025
• A selection of pages and one recipe from Sama Sama: Comfort Food from my Mixed Malaysian Kitchen by Julie Lin Publication date May 13th, 2025

The cookbook giveaway roundup shares all current giveaways including those open worldwide and to other regions.

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