June 2025 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary

May 19, 2025 by
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As our members know, each month we offer several cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. There are other fun cookbook clubs around world and we’d like to highlight those for those members who might want to cook or bake something other than our choices.  I will update this post as clubs make their June choices. Something that has… read more

Food news antipasto

May 18, 2025 by
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Microplastics can be found everywhere, even inside our bodies. Researchers have raised concerns about this issue, noting that certain types of plastic shed more particles than others and warning about their use in connection with foods. Some plastic manufacturers claim that their products are safe for cooking and storage, but one of those manufacturers is now facing a class action… read more

Getting to know your gingers

May 17, 2025 by
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Ginger is one of the most common spices, used around the world in a variety of cuisines. Humans have grown it for so long that it has become a cultigen, meaning it no longer exists in the wild. This fact, along with a bevy of other information about this delicious rhizome, can be found at Gastro Obscura, which recently explored the… read more

Upcoming cookbook news, author events, recipes, EYBD Previews and more

May 16, 2025 by
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It is time again to highlight a few more upcoming titles that I have recently added to our 2025 Cookbook Preview Post. Yann Couvreur's upcoming September release Yann Couvreur’s Pastry is one of many books that I am looking forward to. It is the English edition of his 2017 French title La Pâtisserie de Yann Couvreur. Diana Henry has Around… read more

Recipe rabbit holes

May 15, 2025 by
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It's easy to run down a recipe rabbit hole on the internet. One click leads you to an article about a particular dish, then you follow tangents until you have forgotten the impetus for the original click. That just happened to me: I clicked on a masa pancake recipe on Epicurious, which contained a link to sources of fresh masa… read more

Just for the fun of it

May 14, 2025 by
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Chef Chris Young wanted to test a theory about basting steaks with butter, a common practice among chefs that is often shown during cooking shows. He wanted to know if basting meant the steak would cook faster, remain juicier, and taste better, which are all reasons chefs give for doing it. After setting up a rigorous testing method that included… read more

What type of cardamom to use when?

May 13, 2025 by
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Do you remember the first time you tasted cardamom? Perhaps it occurred when you nibbled on Swedish meatballs or drank masala chai. Cardamom’s enchanting flavor has made a home for itself in cuisines across the globe. Since there are several types available, it can be difficult to know which is most suited for a particular dish. In a recent Kitchen Aide article at… read more

Food news antipasto

May 11, 2025 by
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Award-winning cookbook author and television host Pati Jinich has a new gig: teaching you how to write a cookbook. Jinich is partnering with notebook brand Levenger to create the workbook How to Write a Cookbook, filled with practical advice for anyone wanting to dip a toe into the world of cookbook writing. Matcha roll cake from One Tin Bakes by Edd Kimber The… read more

The princess cake’s ascendance

May 11, 2025 by
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The first time I saw a princess cake (aka princess torte), it was in the display case of a Minneapolis bakery. I was intrigued by the domed, green shape topped with one simple decoration at the top. After that initial sighting, princess cakes seemed to appear everywhere: on the Great British Bake Off, in other bakeries, and online. The popularity… read more

Beware the digital ‘slop farmer’

May 9, 2025 by
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Bloggers and recipe developers put in a tremendous amount of time creating, testing, writing, and photographing before they publish their articles and recipes to be seen by the world. For some, this has led to internet stardom and a profitable career. Others use it as a side gig or even just a creative outlet. There is another kind of content… read more

Pâtisserie Made Simple, Quick Bites and Giveaway

May 9, 2025 by
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Enter our US/AU/NZ giveaway to win one of two copies of Pâtisserie Made Simple: The Art of Petits Gâteaux by Maxine Scheckter. From the French-trained pastry chef who founded the Sugar Flour Pastry School in Wellington, Maxine Scheckter, comes the perfect introduction to making your own exquisite little cakes and slices at home - Pâtisserie Made Simple: The Art of Petits Gâteaux. Complete… read more

Nagi Maehashi wins cookbook award, beating rival she accused of plagiarism

May 8, 2025 by
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RecipeTin Eats founder Nagi Maehashi won the Illustrated Book of the Year category in the 2025 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) for RecipeTin Eats - Tonight, beating nominee Brooke Bellamy, who Maehashi recently accused of copying her recipes without attribution in Bellamy's cookbook. Bellamy insists the accusations are false and says she has faced relentless online harassment since Maehashi came… read more

The enduring magic of cookbooks

May 7, 2025 by
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While the print publishing industry continues to contract, one area bucks the trend, and has for years. In fact, it shows no sign of slowing down. That area, of course, is cookbooks. So what it is about this genre that allows it to be a publishing juggernaut? Sophia Podini, writing for Her Campus, gives us her theory for why cookbooks… read more

James Beard Foundation 2025 Media Award Nominees

May 7, 2025 by
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The James Beard Foundation has announced the nominees for its 2025 Media Awards, which includes cookbooks. The Book Awards are open to cookbooks and other non-fiction food or beverage-related books that were published in the United States in 2024. In a press release, Clare Reichenbach, CEO, James Beard Foundation, said "Congratulations to our 2025 Media Award nominees, whose exceptional storytelling deserves… read more

Food news antipasto

May 4, 2025 by
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Bravo TV's Top Chef has been introducing the world to the best new chefs for 22 seasons. One of the most interesting episodes each season is the "restaurant war" where contestants form two teams that each serve patrons in a hastily converted space. Although we get to see the drama in the kitchen, we don't really get to experience the… read more

Tips on using mint in cocktails

May 3, 2025 by
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Today was the Kentucky Derby, an event known as much for its hats and its signature cocktail - the mint julep - as for the thoroughbred horses racing around Churchill Downs. Since this event also heralds the return of summer cocktail season, I was reminded of an article we featured several years ago that provided advice from top bartenders on… read more

Life-changing flavors

May 2, 2025 by
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I will never forget the first time I tasted an Alphonso mango. I was visiting food loving friends who lived in a large city, and they happened to live near a market that had just received a shipment of Alphonso mangos, so they grabbed some to serve alongside other nibbles before dinner. I was so overwhelmed with the intense, floral… read more

Fortnum & Mason winners 2025

May 2, 2025 by
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On May 1, food and drink celebrities gathered at The Royal Exchange in London to fete winners of the Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards. These prestigious annual awards celebrate the achievements of the UK’s current and emerging food writers, publishers, photographers, broadcasters, and personalities. The ceremony was presented by Andi Oliver, alongside celebrated chef and Awards judging panel chair, Angela Hartnett OBE. The… read more

Martha Stewart and José Andrés team up for a new show

April 30, 2025 by
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Lifestyle maven Martha Stewart and everyone's favorite humanitarian chef José Andrés have teamed up for a new cooking show from NBC that is also streaming on Peacock. Called "Yes, Chef!", the show puts a new twist on the reality TV competition. Instead of cutthroat competition, the contestants will have to be good teammates in order to advance and ultimately collect… read more

Kid’s food no more – how chefs are redefining the chicken nugget

April 30, 2025 by
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Chicken nuggets are something you buy for your picky four-year-old, not something you would expect on a fine dining menu, right? Wrong, according to several chefs interviewed by Food and Wine Magazine. These chefs use refined techniques to create nostalgic nuggets that they feel are worthy of a place on a fine dining menu. Easy chicken nuggets from Weelicious Lunches… read more

Search your local library cookbooks for recipes

April 29, 2025 by
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We have recently added a new feature allowing library patrons to search the collection of cookbooks on their local library's bookshelves. It works slightly differently to an individual membership, allowing access directly to the recipe search from a QR code or short URL that the library supplies to their patrons. The library patrons cannot make any changes to the library… read more

Allegations of plagiarism – updated

April 29, 2025 by
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Today the creator of the popular blog RecipeTin Eats and cookbook author Nagi Maehashi, shared allegations of plagiarism against Brooke Bellamy, author of Bake with Brooki. You can read her post here where Nagi shares two examples of her recipes she believes to be copied - collage below shows the Caramel slice comparison. Nagi also claimed that a recent reprint… read more

April 2025 New Cookbook Review

April 28, 2025 by
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April showers have delivered a collection of great titles this month. From celebrity books to baking titles and tons more - there is something here for everyone. We have several books on sesame/tahini, roti and French cooking! Our 2025 Cookbook Preview Post is continually updated. Don’t forget that you can create a wishlist and share it with your loved ones. Our April 2025 EYB Cookbook… read more

Salad for Days – Cookbook Review and Quick Bites

April 28, 2025 by
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Enter our US/UK/AU giveaway to win one of two copies of Salad for Days - Breezy Ways with Veg, All Year Long by Alice Zaslavsky. This book was released in the UK and Australia last year and has been published in the US this month. Times have changed and salads have had a glow-up. This book is your guide to… read more

Food news antipasto

April 27, 2025 by
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One of our Members, Kerry Faber (Kfaber on EYB), was interviewed recently about her cookbook collection of over 530 books. Kerry works as a recipe tester for media outlets and recipe developers and has a Substack called Dish Lister, which came from requests she received from friends and family for go-to recipes. In her New Jersey home, Kerry adopted a… read more
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