Don’t call it a comeback

March 21, 2023 by
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In the late 2010s, Alison Roman was the "it" person in the land of viral food videos and was queen of cookbooks. Her debut, 2017's Dining In: Highly Cookable Recipes and the follow up, 2019's Nothing Fancy: Unfussy Food for Having People Over, were NYT bestsellers and wowed EYB Members, with both landing in the top 70 books in the… read more

Food news antipasto

March 19, 2023 by
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A recent TikTok trend has people boiling their wooden kitchen utensils in an effort to sanitize them. A video of someone giving her wooden spoons a bath in a vat of boiling water has over 49 million hits. One person who is not jumping on this bandwagon is Rachel Cooke. The daughter of microbiologists, she was taught that wood is… read more

GBBO announces new co-host Alison Hammond

March 17, 2023 by
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In an Instagram post, the Great British Bake Off just confirmed who would be replacing Matt Lucas as co-host of the program along with Noel Fielding. Alison Hammond, the presenter of This Morning, will enter the tent for the upcoming season of the show. Hammond will be the first person of color to host or judge on the show since… read more

What’s the deal with all these ice cream flavors?

March 17, 2023 by
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a single scoop of chocolate ice cream sits inside a waffle cone. The background is a blank white canvas so the cone stands out.
A few days ago an advertisement for Van Leeuwen's Hidden Valley Ranch-flavored ice cream passed through my news feed. I showed it to my husband who replied, succinctly, "No." This savory take on a beloved treat - matched with a major brand, in this case Kraft Foods - seems to be a growing trend. Not everyone is a fan, especially… read more

This week: Food Season at British Library, events, recipes and EYBD Previews

March 17, 2023 by
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The first major push of cookbook releases begins this month and with that we have authors going on tour: In the US: Alison Roman – Sweet Enough Andrea Nguyen – Ever-Green Vietnamese Jocelyn Delk Adams – Everyday GrandAbra Beren – PulpGesine Bullock-Prado – My Vermont TableOmnivore Books – San Francisco CABook Larder – SeattleBooks are Magic – Brooklyn NYArchestratus Books… read more

Cookbook/prize package giveaway: My Vermont Table

March 16, 2023 by
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Enter our US contest to win one of three prize packages (set out below) including a copy of Gesine Bullock-Prado's newest title My Vermont Table: Recipes for All (Six) Seasons. Gesine is touring in promotion of this title and her events can be found on our calendar. Gesine is the author of a number of books which have dealt primarily… read more

Mysterious food deliveries stymie L.A. neighborhood

March 15, 2023 by
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Move over 'Murders in the Building' - there's a new mystery afoot, but it (thankfully) doesn't involve anyone being killed, just phantom deliveries from Uber Eats. Apparently a neighbor in Los Angeles is being vexed by a series of unwanted food deliveries from McDonald's and Starbucks - and no one can figure out who is ordering the food. The small… read more

April 2023 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary

March 15, 2023 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 the interwebs and we’d like to highlight those for those members who might want to cook or bake something other than our choices.  We want to get this information out to you so you can prepare… read more

Pi-e Day is a time to celebrate

March 14, 2023 by
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I will always believe that today is the perfect date to celebrate pies because 3.14 (pi) is such an integral part of anything round. I noticed many people celebrating via posts on social media today, but even if you missed the "official" date, pie is so delicious that you can definitely have a makeup day. I ended up making a… read more

Food news antipasto

March 12, 2023 by
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World Central Kitchen and José Andrés just announced that the organization is releasing a cookbook this September. According to an email, the WCK team has "gathered recipes from and inspired by many of the places our Relief Team has cooked following disasters and other crises worldwide, as well as sharing powerful narratives from the people and communities we’ve met along… read more

Movie-themed ideas for your Oscars party

March 11, 2023 by
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The Academy Awards are coming up tomorrow, but it's not too late to make changes or additions to your Oscar party menu (or to start planning an impromptu get together if you haven't already done so). You might want to consider some of the recipes from The Washington Post, which came up with themed foods to match some of this… read more

GBBO making changes for 2023

March 10, 2023 by
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While the Great British Bake Off musical may have received mixed reviews (at least one critic didn't think it was worthwhile but one of our Members and last year's winner Syabira Yusoff thought it was great), even die hard GBBO fans were a bit disappointed with the 2022 season. The show's producers have taken note of the criticism (and a… read more

This week: New cookbooks; EYBD Previews, recipes and more

March 10, 2023 by
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We have a fairly long roundup of articles, recently indexed books and more so I will try to keep this opening brief. I have been updating the 2023 Preview listing and it seems never-ending. Today, I will point out some exciting new titles added just this week. Covers that are already available appear in the collage below. Now & Then:… read more

Vintage cookbooks can fetch big prices

March 8, 2023 by
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Do you have a pristine first edition Joy of Cooking or Mastering the Art of French Cooking in your collection? Or perhaps some older or more rare volumes? If so, you could be sitting on a gold mine, according to a recent article about vintage cookbooks. Says Nicole Sawyer, the co-founder of Chattic.com, an online community and marketplace for collectibles,… read more

Does the GBBO musical live up to the show?

March 7, 2023 by
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The reviews are in for the musical adaptation of The Great British Bake Off, the series that bakers around the world adore. The big question is whether this stage show can live up to the fascinating charm of the television program, which is coming up on its fourteenth anniversary. According to Matt Wolf of The New York Times, the answer… read more

Cookbook Giveaway: The Kids Book of Challah

March 7, 2023 by
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Enter our worldwide giveaway to win one of two copies of The Kids Book of Challah: Challah Adventures For The Whole Family by Rochie Pinson. In 2020, I reviewed Rochie's Rising: The Book of Challah which had me tackling challah successfully. Now, Rochie has written The Kids Book of Challah which brings her decades of challah baking and teaching experience… read more

Cookbook Giveaway: The Shortcut Cook: All in One

March 7, 2023 by
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Enter our US/UK/AU/NZ giveaway to win one of three copies of The Shortcut Cook: All in One: One-Dish Recipes and Ingenious Hacks to Make Faster and Tastier Food by Rosie Reynolds. Rosie's second shortcut cookbook is here! The Shortcut Cook: All in One: One-Dish Recipes and Ingenious Hacks to Make Faster and Tastier Food is a title that makes classic recipes, faster,… read more

Food news antipasto

March 5, 2023 by
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Looking for ways to get your kitchen better organized? Head over to The Kitchn, which recently posted about their favorite IKEA solutions to keep your cooking area tidy while also looking stylish. The products include utensil organizers, pegboards, and clip-on baskets. One of my favorite IKEA organizing products is their Hultarp series. I have three rails in my kitchen and… read more

Do chain restaurants deserve more respect?

March 4, 2023 by
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My friends know that I love to cook, bake, and dine at nice restaurants, and sometimes this makes them self-conscious about food or dining out. If we are talking about a recent restaurant meal they enjoyed they might say something like "You probably wouldn't like that place, it's not very fancy, just a chain restaurant." While I have on occasion… read more

A 10-year scone sampling project

March 2, 2023 by
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I admire dedication to a project, and if it involves food all the more so. This one features baked goods, making it rank even higher in my appreciation. Sarah Merker, from Isleworth, recently completed a 10-year quest to sample scones at every possible National Trust location, ranking each on her blog. Diana Henry's Easter scones from Diana Henry at The… read more

Yuzu is lemon’s mellower cousin

March 1, 2023 by
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Yuzu is a form of citrus that has attracted fans well outside of its original East Asian place of origin. Cultivation of the fragrant fruit with floral overtones has expanded to the Mediterranean, New Zealand, and Australia, but whole fruits are still difficult to find in the U.S. However, it's fairly easy to find the juice, as Aleksandra Crapanzano explains… read more

Why refrigerators are bad for bread

February 28, 2023 by
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You probably already know that storing bread in the fridge only hastens its demise, but freezing it is a good way to store it. That might seem contradictory - after all both are cold, right? It's not that simple, as Serious Eats' Dan Gritzer explains, providing us with the science behind the staling of bread. What causes that soft sandwich… read more

February 2023 New Cookbook Review

February 26, 2023 by
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Don't blink it is almost March! There are so many fantastic books being planned for publication this year. I have been doing a few previews of titles in our Weekly Roundups and I will continue to update my 2023 preview listing. I hope to have a Spring Preview post for you in March. If you would like to order any of these titles… read more

Food news antipasto

February 26, 2023 by
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I found a lot of interesting tidbits this week, so let's just dive right in. First up is an edited excerpt in The Washington Post from a new book (not a cookbook) called Eat & Flourish: How Food Supports Emotional Well-Being by Mary Beth Albright. In the Wapo excerpt, Albright discusses how eating with others nourishes us in more ways than… read more

Cookbook Giveaway: On the Curry Trail & an Emile Henry stew pot

February 26, 2023 by
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Enter our US giveaway to win one of two copies of On the Curry Trail: Chasing the Flavor That Seduced the World by Raghavan Iyer with one grand prize winner in the US receiving an Emile Henry Sublime stew pot. One additional copy of the book is available worldwide courtesy of EYB. Raghavan Iyer is the author of six books… read more
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