"Sister Pie aims to celebrate the seasons through pie
to provide consistently delicious, thoughtful,
and inventive food; to foster a welcoming environment
for employees and customers through transparency,
community engagement, and education."

The above quotation is a part of Sister Pie's mission statement and the reminder of this statement is set out in a flyer that the bakery's employees see every day. The bones of this policy should be a part of how we all live our lives with kindness. 

Sister Pie: The Recipes and Stories of a Big-Hearted Bakery in Detroit by Lisa Ludwinski is special not only for the stunning photography and tempting recipes but for the spirit behind this bakery. The shop's focus is on sustainability, paying their employees above-average wages, promotion from within and training plans. They recycle, set monthly water-usage goals, and buy compostable paper goods from a local supplier. There are many other ways that this business is making a difference including their "Pie-it-Forward" program which allows customers to pre-purchase pie slices for anyone to use for any reason. They don't talk the talk, they walk the walk. Lisa is touring in support of this title and her schedule can be found on our calendar. 

As any good pie primer begins - it all starts with the dough which includes a variety of special crusts such as Cornmeal rose galette dough, Aged gouda pie dough and a Toasted pecan pie dough. A collection of inspirational sweet and savory pie recipes are shared before the "everything else" chapter begins. Here, recipes such as Salted rosemary shortbread, Rhubarb blondies, and Blackberry peach coffee cake, for Jane (not our Jane but former employee) are set out. 

To state that I am in love with this book is an understatement. The book itself and spirit of the author are magical and will provide many delicious bakes as well as feel good moments for years to come.  

Our  takes you inside this gorgeous book and features the following 

• Sweet potato coconut pie
• Cornmeal rose galette dough
• Roasted asparagus, potato, and chive waffles
  
  

The publisher is offering three copies of this book to EYB Members in the US. One of the entry options is to answer the following question in the comments section of this blog post.

Which recipe in the index would you try first?

Please note that you must be logged into the Rafflecopter contest before posting or your entry won't be counted. For more information on this process, please see our step-by-step help post. Be sure to check your spam filters to receive our email notifications. Prizes can take up to 6 weeks to arrive from the publishers. If you are not already a Member, you can join at no cost. The contest ends at midnight on December 22, 2018. 

Now with EYBDigital, if you buy a print book within the promotional period, for the first time you will have access to the full EYBD cookbook wherever you can access our site - on vacation, at work, in the grocery store, etc. In addition to the digital book, all the features of EYB will be included in the access, at no cost to the book purchaser. For more information see our EYBD Page.

• Recipe search
• Bookmarks
• Recipe ratings and reviews
• Photo upload (personal photos of dishes cooked)
• Shopping lists

We are pleased to share a promotion for Extra Helping: Recipes for Building Community One Dish at a Time by Janet Elsbach, our latest EYBD Book on its publication day. Janet's events are shared on our calendar.

One of the essential ways to show up for people is to feed them. When our son was in and out of the hospital for almost a three month period last year, it would have meant everything to me if someone would have brought over a meal. When your mind and body is exhausted, that basic act - even if it is a take-out pizza - is life giving.

This year when we moved our friend prepared dinner for us which we shared at 9 pm with the moving employees on a make-shift picnic table set up in the garage - it was wonderful. The movers stated no one had ever did that for them - sat and shared a meal after they had been working all day. (Our friend also had bought breakfast sandwiches for us all including the movers and we bought pizza for the guys for lunch. She saved that day and we will never forget that.)

Extra Helping is for anyone who wants to nurture others. With recipes tailored to meet many of the dietary modifications that illness and recovery (not to mention modern life) often entail, as well as suggestions that range from mailing a care package to bringing over a full, hot meal, this title will guide us in the best ways to offer our support.  

In eight chapters, Extra Helping walks the helpful friend through cooking for people who are dealing with illness, recovery, and loss - or celebrating babies, birthdays, and new homes. Personal stories from the front lines of care, shortcuts for the time-strapped, and sidebars full of tips and embellishments round out a collection of over 60 recipes (ingredients given in both volume and weight measurements), aid readers in developing a style of caregiving all their own. The true beauty of this special book is its cause - a portion of the sales will go toward Feeding America.

Our   takes you inside this book with the following 

• Black bean soup 
• Great big enchilada-ish bake
• Great big enchilada-ish bake - vegetarian
• Enchilada sauce 
• Chilli-mac

If you order before February 16, 2019 register here (be sure you have a photo of your receipt or screenshot from your online order ready to upload). Once your purchase has been verified, this button will appear on the book on your Bookshelf next to the title and will take you to the digital access for this book.

Below are screenshots showing how these features will appear.

Special thanks to the publisher, for working with us to bring this exclusive incentive to our members as well as for providing five copies of Extra Helping in our giveaway below.

The publisher is offering five copies of this book to EYB Members in the US and Canada. One of the entry options is to answer the following question in the comments section of this blog post.

Which recipe in the index would you try first?

Please note that you must be logged into the Rafflecopter contest before posting or your entry won't be counted. For more information on this process, please see our step-by-step help post. Be sure to check your spam filters to receive our email notifications. Prizes can take up to 6 weeks to arrive from the publishers. If you are not already a Member, you can join at no cost. The contest ends at midnight on December 21st, 2018.

Even this cookbook lover admits that there are times when I don't want to think about dinner. Any number of things can throw my carefully balanced juggling act off course. Claire Tansey is an accomplished chef, but also a busy working mom, so she knows the stress that takes over when deadlines are looming but we need to put dinner on the table. In her debut cookbook, Uncomplicated: Taking the Stress Out of Home Cooking, Claire has streamlined classic dishes so that cooking doesn't take more time than it needs to. 

The author knows how to filet a fish or slow roast a duck, but admits that sometimes she is just hungry and wants to make a simple meal to sit down and enjoy with her family. The recipes in Uncomplicated are those that she prepares on the regular. For instance, the Gingery beef and broccoli with cashews that can be made ahead and served up before takeout can be called in. There are over 125 recipes from breakfast to dessert, including dishes for entertaining and the holidays. 

Our   takes you inside this title highlighting the following 

• Lentil and vegetable soup
• One-pan roast sausage supper
• No-bake coconut cream cake

Special thanks to Penguin Random House Canada for providing the materials for our EYBD Preview as well as three copies of this title in our giveaway below. 

The publisher is offering three copies of this book to EYB Members in the US and Canada. One of the entry options is to answer the following question in the comments section of this blog post.

Which recipe in the index would you try first?

Please note that you must be logged into the Rafflecopter contest before posting or your entry won't be counted. For more information on this process, please see our step-by-step help post. Be sure to check your spam filters to receive our email notifications. Prizes can take up to 6 weeks to arrive from the publishers. If you are not already a Member, you can join at no cost. The contest ends at midnight on December 20th, 2018.

Act quickly if any of these cookbooks interest you, as I'm not sure how long they will remain on sale. As usual, I will be updating throughout the week. 

Be sure to check out our 2018 Gift Guide
and participate in our First Annual Cookie Contest!
Lastly, our EYBD Page has been updated
with ten more titles for 2019! 

AUSTRALIA

• Zingerman's Bakehouse
• Small Victories
• Tartine Bread
• Tartine Book 3
• Hartwood
• Taste of Persia
• Comfortable in the Kitchen
• The Perfect Cookie - America's Test Kitchen
• The Gut Health Diet Plan - Recipes
• How to Eat More Vegetables
• Christmas 101
• The Story of the Great British Bake Off
• The Flexible FODMAP Cookbook
• Instant Pot Cookbook 1000 Days
• The Fermented Man
• The Dinner Salad Cookbook
• Instant Pot Electric Cookbook
• 1001 Baking Recipes
• Mix & Match Mama Eats
• Fresh & Wild Cookbook
• The Old Rectory - Escape to the Country Kitchen
• Bread Machine Cookbook
• The Mediterranean Slow Cooker Cookbook
• Healthy Cookbook for Two
• The Lost Art of Pie Making
• Deceptively Easy Dessert Cookbook
• How to Bake - Paul Hollywood
• Master Class Text Only
• Baking for Two
• The Clandestine Cake Club Cookbook
• The Ultimate Guide to Baking
• The Cakey Friday Cookbook
• Recipes from my Mother
• Twist

UNITED KINGDOM

• Small Victories - Julia Turshen
• Hartwood
• A Middle Eastern Feast - Claudia Roden
• Scandilicious Baking
• Tartine Bread
• Four & Twenty Blackbirds Pie Book
• Persiana 
• A Table in Venice
• Casablanca
• Tea & Cake with Lisa Faulkner
• Things on Toast
• A Girl Called Jack 
• Simple Diana Henry
• Classic Palestinian Cuisine
• Sesame & Spice Baking from the Middle East
• Orange Blossom & Honey
• Honey & Co Food From the Middle East
• Let's Preserve It
• The Curry Guy Easy
• Classic Italian Recipes
• Jamie's Food Tube Titles
• Rose Elliott Cheap & Easy
• Madhur Jaffrey's Curry Nation
• The First Time Cook
• New Flavours of the Lebanese Table
• Taste of Persia
• Hairy Biker's Perfect Pies
• Buddha Bowls
• Mexican Food Made Simple
• My Kind of Food
• Ceviche
• Five O'Clock Apron
• Scandinavian Christmas
• Savvy Cook
• The French Menu Cookbook

Long term UK Kindle deals can be found here.

CANADA

• Cooking with Love - Carla Hall
• Carla's Comfort Food
• Not Your Mother's Make Ahead & Freeze - Revised
• L. A. Son - Roy Choi
• Little Paris Kitchen
• Verdura: Vegetables Italian Style
• Roots
• James Beard Theory and Practice of Good Cooking
• Around my French Table - Dorie
• The Pie & Pastry Bible (Rose Beranbaum)
• The Encyclopedia of Spices & Herbs
• Food Across Africa: Recipes to Share
• Egg Shop: The Cookbook
• My Italian Kitchen
• Baking for Two
• Beyond Curry Indian Cookbook
• Comfortable in the Kitchen
• Complete Make Ahead Cookbook
• Cook's Illustrated Baking Book
• Delicious Under Pressure
• Dumpling Sisters
• Effortless Sous Vide
• Flour, Too
• Great British Bake Off Celebrations
• Hartwood
• How to Roast Everything - ATK
• Japanese Cooking Made Simple
• Mastering the Art of Japanese Cooking
• Minimalist Cooks Dinner
• Model Bakery
• New German Cookbook
• Patisserie Step-by-Step Guide
• Perfect Cake -ATK
• Perfect Cookie - ATK
• Plantiful Table
• Plenty - Ottolenghi
• Rose's All American Pie Recipes
• Saladish
• Sally's Best New Cookies
• Small Victories
• Taqueria Tacos
• Tartine Bread
• Tartine No. 3
• Tokyo Cult Recipes
• Twist
• Zingerman's Bakery

UNITED STATES

For those who love to read fiction and nonfiction - see other deals

Newer Kindle sales - look for updates throughout the week (see this link at for long-term deals also updated):

• Sugar Cinnamon and Love
• Rib Ticklers & Choux Ins
• Stuffed The Art of the Edible Vegetable Boat
• Sous Vide at Home
• Ottolenghi the Cookbook
• Moosewood Restaurant Simple Suppers
• Smashed Mashed Boiled & Baked
• Salted
• Tartine All Day
• Butter & Scotch
• Momofuku
• Le Bernardin Cookbook
• Authentic Mexican Cooking
• Dashing Dish
• The Big Book of Holiday Brewing
• The James Beard Cookbook
• Not Your Mother's Make Ahead & Freeze Cookbook - Revised
• Keep Calm and Bake Cake
• Layered - Spectacular Cakes
• Dolci Italy's Sweets
• A Lime and a Shaker
• Frankie Dettori's Family Italian Cookbook
• The Ultimate Cookbook (900 Recipes)
• Garde Manger (Chuck Hughes)
• The Ultimate Peanut Butter Book
• Hand-Crafted Candy Bars
• Home Made - Yvette van Boven
• Homegrown: Illustrated Bites from your Garden
• Hubert Keller - Christmas in Alsace
• Inspiralize Everything
• The Dinner Plan
• First Place Pies
• F*ck That's Delicious
• Healthyish
• My Prairie Cookbook
• Baked Elements
• Baked Occasions
• Chelsea Market Cookbook
• Southern Girl Meets Vegetarian Boy
• Savory Bites 
• Danielle Walker's Celebrations Against All Grain
• Cooking with Nonna
• Paleo Cookbook
• Let's Eat: Elly Pear's Home Fridge Deli (free)
• Clean Eating Alice Spring (free)
• James Beard's Theory & Practice of Good Eating
• Sunday Suppers: Recipes & Gatherings
• The Southerner's Handbook
• The Flavor Principle
• L. A. Son - Roy Choi
• A Matter of Taste
• Christmas 101 Rick Rodgers
• Thanksgiving 101 Rick Rodgers
• Moosewood Restaurant Book of Desserts
• Kansha: Celebrating Japan's Vegan and Vegetarian Traditions
• The Italian Baker - Revised
• Marinades, Rubs, Brines, Cures & Glazes
• The Greek Yogurt Miracle
• The Southern Slow Cooker
• Waste-Free Kitchen Handbook
• Carla's Comfort Food
• Cooking with Love
• Forks Over Knives - The Cookbook
• Around my French Table - Dorie
• No-Prep Slow Cooker
• Modern Comfort Cooking
• Soup Night
• Recipes from the Herbalist's Kitchen
• My Italian Kitchen
• Baking with Less Sugar
• The Little Paris Kitchen
• An assortment of Weldon Owen Cookbook titles
• New Thanksgiving Table
• Brown Sugar Kitchen
• Spain: Recipes and Traditions from the Verdant Hills of the Basque Country to the Coastal Waters of Andalucia
• Roots: The Definitive Compendium
• A Beautiful Mess Weekday Weekend
• The Coffee Bible
• The Pie & Pastry Bible (Rose Beranbaum)
• The Encyclopedia of Spices & Herbs
• Food from Across Africa - Recipes to Share
• Gordon's Great Escape - Southeast Asia
• Ultimate Appetizer Ideabook
• Quick & Easy Korean
• Food52: Baking
• Korean BBQ
• Martha Stewart Cookies
• Brunch at Bobby's
• The Braiser Cookbook
• A Love for Food
• Artisanal Kitchen: Holiday Cookies (Medrich) 
• Best Craft Cocktails
• Blissful Basil
• But My Family Would Never Eat Vegan
• Cauliflower 
• Claridges the Cookbook
• Complete Make-Ahead Cookbook
• Cook's Illustrated Baking Book
• Eat More Veg
• Eating Vietnam
• Everyday and Sunday
• Everyday Meat Guide
• Flour, Too
• Foodie Facts
• Gluten Free Flours
• Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook
• Hartwood
• Haven's Kitchen Cooking School
• Healthy Baking
• Julie & Julia
• Kitchen Confidant
• Kitchenella
• Lemonade with Zest
• Little Black Book of Cocktails
• Mastering the Art of Japanese Cooking 
• New English Kitchen
• New German Cooking
• Patisserie - A Step-by-Step Guide
• Perfect Cookie - ATK
• Perfect Passover Cookbook
• Plantiful Table
• Pumpkin Cookbook
• Slow Cooker
• Smoke & Pickles
• Southern Cooking from the Loveless Cafe
• Tony & Giorgio

The season of giving is upon us. All year, I've been making notes for this gift guide to share with you books and products that I have bought, reviewed and love. My various gift guides from years' past can be found at the links below.

Any cookbooks on my Fall Cookbooks preview post, I whole-heartedly recommend especially Israeli Soul, Everyday Dorie, and Estela. These titles are must-have for cooks and bakers (I will not repeat all the titles here). Books featured in our EYBD Program are great ideas for cookbook lovers because they also share the added benefit of digital access to the titles through EYB for your gift recipient. The EYBD book page shares links to previews, promotions (including giveaways with products I love), events and more.

• Cookbooks for Holiday Cooking & Baking 
• Cookbook Gift Guide for New to Advanced Cooks 
• Cookbook Gift Guide for Bakers
• Cookbook Gift Guide for Entertainers
• Cookbook Gift Guide for the Ultimate Collector
• Cookbook Gift Guide for the Music and Art Lover
• Gift Guide 2017
  
  

Gifts for the Baker

Rose Levy Beranbaum has designed a wonderful collection of baking products that work! I covered a few of these products in our promotion for her latest book. Since that post, I have used two of these items religiously in my kitchen:  Rose's Magic Non-Stick Rolling Pin and Rose's Magic Dough Pastry Mat. This rolling pin really does the job without having to add flour and is super easy to clean up. The same can be said for the mat. If you are a baker or you know a baker - one of these items with Rose's book is a great gift.  

The KitchenAid Scale + Sifter attachment (UK link); is another genius product from KitchenAid. I treated myself to this attachment and have been having a great time using it. Other KitchenAid products, I love include, of course, the stand mixer itself, the vegetable sheeter, the ice cream maker, pasta attachments, spiralizer (curly fries!), and the mixer attachment pack. 

Every baker needs a good scale, the OXO Good Grips Stainless Steel Food Scale with Pull-Out Display (UK link, CA link) is the stand alone type I recommend. One of the things that has helped me the most in the kitchen since I've been baking several times a week is being organized. I cannot say enough about OXO's Good Grips 10-Piece Airtight Food Storage POP Container (UK link; CA link). I have a set of these as well as four of the 4 quart size (UK link; CA link) for flours, sugars and more.

Another OXO product I have been enjoying is the OXO jelly roll pan (UK link; CA link) that we are featuring in our promotion for Pie Squared, Cathy Barrow's latest (and a part of our EYBD program). Bake up a recipe from this fantastic book in an OXO pan, wrap up the book, and you have the perfect hostess gift this season. 

Give someone you love a subscription to Bake from Scratch - my favorite baking magazine. This gift will provide a year's worth of inspiration as do any of their books on baking, cakes or breads. 

Mauviel is one of my absolute favorite things in the world. Their copper mixing bowl and stand or their new individual souffles set my heart aflutter. Every girl wants something shiny under the tree, and this girl wants Mauviel. For your holiday cooking and roasting, the Mauviel roaster is perfect. Look for a promotion soon for one of these gorgeous copper roasters.

Other ideas for the baker: 

• Nordic Ware Bundt Pans  (UK link; CA link)
• American Atelier Madera Pedestal Plate with Dome
• Oaktown Spice's Baking Box
• The Baking Steel
• Lekue 8 Cavities Cannele Bordelais Multi Cavity Baking Mold (UK link; CA link)
• Lekue 9 Cavities Financier Multi Cavity Baking Mold (UK link; CA link)
• Lekue Decomat Decorating Kit (UK link; CA link)

Cookbooks for the Baker from 2018:

• The Cookie Book by Rebecca Firth (promotion)
• The Great Minnesota Cookie Book (promotion)
• Crusts by Barbara Elisi Caracciolo (promotion)
• SUQAR by Greg Malouf and Lucy Malouf
• Fantastical Cakes by Gesine Prado
• Flour + Stone by Nadine Ingram
• Bakeland by Marit Hovland (review)
• The Red Truck Bakery by Brian Noyes (promotion)
• All About Cake by Christina Tosi
• The Holiday and Celebration Bread in Five Minutes a Day by Zoë François and Jeff Hertzberg M.D.
• The Nordic Baking Book by Magnus Nilsson and Richard Tellström
• Food52 Genius Desserts by Kristen Miglore (review)
• Pies and Tarts: For All Seasons by Annie Riggs
• Modern Baking by Donna Hay (promotion)
• Sister Pie: The Recipes and Stories of a Big-Hearted Bakery in Detroit Lisa Ludwinski
• Room for Dessert by Will Goldfarb (review)
• ESSENTIAL Volume Two: Sweet Treats for Every Occasion by Annabel Langbein (review)

For the cook who has almost everything:

The Instant Pot multicooker is sweeping the world but did you know they make a Sous Vide, an incredibly priced sous vide that works just as well as models twice the price. I've used this product several times with great results. (UK link; CA link)

The latest from Instant Pot is their 8 Qt Aura Pro Multi-Use Programmable Multicooker with Sous Vide. I hope to be able to bring you a promotion soon on one of Instant Pot's sous vide products and will be providing a full review of the Aura Pro. (CA link)

Cookbooks for the Sous Vide from 2018:

• Sous Vide Made Simple: 60 Everyday Recipes for Perfectly Cooked Meals by Lisa Q. Fetterman 
• The Instant Pot® Ultimate Sous Vide Cookbook: 100 No-Pressure Recipes for Perfect Meals Every Time by Jason Logsdon
• Sous Vide for Everybody: The Easy, Foolproof Cooking Technique That's Sweeping the World by America's Test Kitchen Editors

Of course, an Instant Pot® (7-in-1) multi-cooker (UK link; CA link) is the tool every busy cook needs. Their newest products include the 6 quart 10-in-1 (with more functions) and the 8 quart 7-in-1 which is perfect for bigger jobs. For dorm rooms and smaller needs, the 3 quart, 7-in-1 mini duo is adorable and a perfect fit. My review on the mini pot can be found here. When deals for these products are available, we will be sure to let our members know and, of course, our Black Friday post will be available soon. Keep checking our Facebook page for updates. Next week, we'll have a promotion available for two of Ivy Manning's books and one of Instant Pot's multicookers! 

In January, I did a summary of our favorite Instant Pot books. This year there has been an influx of new exciting titles which include: 

• Instantly Southern: 75 Recipes for Classic Southern Favorites Using Your Pressure Cooker, Multicooker, and Instant Pot®by Sheri Castle 
• Comfort in an Instant: 75 Modern Recipes for Classic Favorites for Your Pressure Cooker, Multicooker, and Instant Pot® by Melissa Clark
• Instant Pot® Miracle 6 Ingredients or Less: 100 No-Fuss Recipes for Easy Meals Every Day by Ivy Manning 
• Skinnytaste One and Done: 140 No-Fuss Dinners for Your Instant Pot®, Slow Cooker, Sheet Pan, Air Fryer, Dutch Oven, and More by Gina Homolka 
• The Instant Pot® Bible: More than 350 Recipes and Strategies -- The Only Book You Need by Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough
• Instant Filipino Recipes: My Mother's Traditional Philippine Food In a Multicooker Pot by Elizabeth Ann Besa-Quirino
• The Ultimate Instant Pot Cookbook: 200 Deliciously Simple Recipes for Your Electric Pressure Cooker by Coco Morante 
• The Essential Mexican Instant Pot Cookbook: Authentic Flavors and Modern Recipes for Your Electric Pressure Cooker by Deborah Schneider
• Instantly Sweet: 75 Desserts and Sweet Treats from Your Instant Pot or Other Electric Pressure Cooker by Barbara Schieving and Marci Buttars
• The Essential Indian Instant Pot Cookbook: Authentic Flavors and Modern Recipes for Your Electric Pressure Cooker by Archana Mundhe
• Instant Indian: Classic Foods from Every Region of India Made Easy in the Instant Pot by Rinku Bhattacharya
• The Complete Indian Instant Pot Cookbook: 130 Traditional and Modern Recipes by Chandra Ram

Le Creuset is and will always be my first love. Every serious cook needs a piece of Le Creuset. This pot will last a lifetime, will be a workhorse in your kitchen and look great on top of it all. Check out our current promotion to find more information about Le Creuset and enter our giveaway to win a gorgeous Indigo Dutch Oven with Kate McDermott's Home Cooking.  Right now I'm obsessing over the Tartan design available at Williams Sonoma and hoping Santa has me on his nice list (I need to figure out how to hack that list).

Staub cast iron cookware is another wonderful option for gift giving. Staub comes in a variety of sizes and colors and they have the most adorable knobs that are as addictive as the cookware.

The fish, snail, rooster, cow, rabbit and pig knobs are whimiscal and would be a welcomed gift for those who already have Le Creuset or Staub (they are interchangeable) or as a stocking stuffer if Santa already has a dutch oven under the tree. Check out our current promotion for The Staub Cookbook and skillet and enter our giveaway. I am now infatuated with Staub's special holiday pot pictured to the left - it screams holidays. The Staub wood trivet is another great stocking stuffer and keeps your hot pot perfectly planted with no slipping.

My new favorite cutlery is Shun. The Shun premier chef's knife is the knife. I love the feel, weight and precision of Shun cutlery. We will be having a promotion very soon for this stunning knife. 

Emile Henry stoneware looks great on your table and produces perfect results for all your baking needs. Look for a promotion soon for a covered loaf pan! One of my favorite pieces is their potato pot. This stoneware delivers potatoes that are crispy all over - shake the pot instead of flippin (this piece can also be used for bread).

Besides cookware or a good knife, the item in my kitchen that gets the most use is my Zojirushi BB-PDC20BA Home Bakery Virtuoso Plus Breadmaker. I confess I only use the dough cycle on this machine but it is a lifesaver. I make a batch of bagels every week and many yeasted dough baked goods - and the dough cycle makes this portion of baking easy work. We will have a promotion for this beauty coupled with Holiday and Celebration Bread in Five Minutes a Day: Sweet and Decadent Baking for Every Occasion. 

Cookbooks from 2018

Any cookbooks on my Fall Cookbooks preview post, I whole-heartedly recommend especially Israeli Soul, Everyday Dorie, and Estela. These titles are must-have for cooks and bakers (I will not repeat all the titles here). Books featured in our EYBD Program are great ideas for cookbook lovers because they also share the added benefit of digital access to the titles through EYB for your gift recipient. The EYBD book page shares links to previews, promotions (including giveaways with products I love), events and more.

In addition, the following titles that would make any cookbook lover happy:

• Cooking in Iran: Regional Recipes and Kitchen Secrets by Najmieh Batmanglij (preview post)
• Honey Salt: A Culinary Scrapbook is a culinary scrapbook devoted to friends, family and community, featuring nearly 300 pages of family recipes, restaurant favorites and expert tips and tricks for the avid foodie. 
• Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol: A Book-to-Table Classic by Charles Dickens 
• Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice: A Book-to-Table Classic by Jane Austen
• Home Made Christmas by Yvette van Boven
• Wine Food: New Adventures in Drinking and Cooking by Dana Frank and Andrea Slonecker
• The Christmas Chronicles: Notes, Stories and 100 Essential Recipes for Winter by Nigel Slater (promotion)
• Everyday Monet: A Giverny-Inspired Gardening and Lifestyle Guide to Living Your Best Impressionist Life by Aileen Bordman
• How to Eat a Peach: Menus, Stories and Places by Diana Henry 
• Shaya: An Odyssey of Food, My Journey Back to Israel by Alon Shaya (review)
• Hawker Fare: Stories & Recipes from a Refugee Chef's Isan Thai & Lao Roots by James Syhabout
• Chinese Soul Food: A Friendly Guide for Homemade Dumplings, Stir-Fries, Soups, and More by Hsiao-Ching Chou (review)
• The Bordeaux Kitchen: An Immersion into French Food and Wine, Inspired by Ancestral Traditions by Tania Teschke (review)

And of course, give the gift that keeps on giving a Gift Certificate to Eat Your Books. We are running a contest right now, buy a gift certificate and be entered to win one of three sets of five cookbooks from 2018. 

Also, please remember to link from EYB before making any purchase on Amazon.  We earn a small affiliate fee for every purchase made in the next 24 hours after you click through to the Amazon site from any 'Buy Book' link in the EYB Library. Our affiliate store links can be directly accessed here Amazon US, Amazon CA  and Amazon UK  with the same result. Our home page also shares our affiliate links on the right sidebar.  Remember, the more income we make, the more books we can index!

I love collecting cookie recipes - cherished family recipes and  newspaper contest compilations are my favorites. I'm always on the lookout for something new and exciting to try so every holiday season, I snatch up all the holiday baking magazines and make plans to make hundreds of cookies. 

This year, I thought it would be fun to share our original family recipes with each other. Here's how we will do it: 

• From now until December 1st share an original recipe for a holiday cookie or bar.
• Email your recipes to jenny@eatyourbooks.com. In the subject line, write Cookie Contest. 
• Be sure to include the cookie/bar name, oven temperature, baking time, ingredients and instructions.
• If you have a photo, share that as well. 
• Optional: If you would like to share a line or two about the recipe, please do so.

I will compile the recipes into one post so that all our members can try a few new recipes this year. I'll have the compilation post up and ready by December 5th - in plenty of time for baking a new treat or two. (I may even have a prize to share for the most unique recipes.)

Please remember they must be adapted or original recipes, we cannot share recipes from published sources.

Eataly: All About Pasta: A Complete Guide with Recipes is an ideal pasta primer, whether you would like to master mixing and forming the dough from scratch or you just want to expand your repertoire of easy weeknight sauces for store-bought pasta - this book has it all.

Organized by "families" of pasta, the book explains every major pasta shape from its history, what sauce pairs best, and the inside scoop on signs of quality in the market. In one quick-reference volume the cook has everything necessary to prepare delicious pasta dishes whether for an elegant dinner party, a make-ahead buffet, or a quick family meal.

In Eataly: All About Pasta you will learn to make a variety of pastas and sauces, including raviolis and staples such as homemade ricotta. Tips on cooking pasta and preparing broths are shared. There is no shortage of photographs here from finished dishes to step-by-step process photos. This is a wonderful book for those who want to learn how to make pasta whether a novice or an experienced dough maker. I know this title will find a spot on my kitchen bookcase where all my go-to-reference and favorite books are at my fingertips.  

Our   provides an indepth look into this title featuring the following 

• Pasta with sardines (Bucatini con le sarde)
• How to cook pasta 
• Bucatini with guanciale (Bucatini all'Amatriciana)
• Bucatini with tuna (Bucatini al tonno) 
• Spaghetti with tomato sauce (Spaghetti al pomodoro) 
• Thick spaghetti with crushed black pepper and pecorino (Spaghettoni cacio e pepe) 
• Spaghetti with bottarga (Spaghetti con la bottarga) 
• Linguine with clams (Linguine alle vongole) 
• Rigatoni with cauliflower (Rigatoni al cavolfiore)

Special thanks to Rizzoli for providing the materials for our EYBD Preview as well as three copies of this book in our giveaway below.  

The publisher is offering three copies of this book to EYB Members in the US. One of the entry options is to answer the following question in the comments section of this blog post.

Which recipe in the index would you try first?

Please note that you must be logged into the Rafflecopter contest before posting or your entry won't be counted. For more information on this process, please see our step-by-step help post. Be sure to check your spam filters to receive our email notifications. Prizes can take up to 6 weeks to arrive from the publishers. If you are not already a Member, you can join at no cost. The contest ends at midnight on December 18th, 2018.

If you have wondered if there are any cookbooks to be excited about after October's onslaught, have no fear there are plenty.  November delivers some beautiful books including a few EYBD titles. For more information on EYBDigital see our EYBD Page which will be updated later this week with new additions.

Right now, EYB has three dozen giveaways open including books that are coupled with cookware, knives, products and more. For the next few weeks there will be additional promotions added every day. We have so many great cookbooks and products to share with you!

The EYBDigital Previews added since October's preview post are set out in the table below. Click on the book title to go directly to the EYBD Preview. Titles that are EYBD titles are indicated. Giveaways and author events are noted and for Phaidon titles, the usual 30% discount at Phaidon.com is available at the link provided.

SUMMARY OF NEW EYBD PREVIEWS

Cooking in Iran: Regional Recipes and Kitchen Secrets by Najmieh Batmanglij is absolute brilliance packed into 700 pages that share 400 stunning photographs and 250 recipes. Najmieh's books should be on everyone's radar and especially her latest as she brings to the reader her ten thousand mile, five year journey through Iran. During that trip, she cooked with locals, visited workshops, and developed recipes. The result is an astounding authoritative exploration of a cuisine whose cultural roots are among the deepest of any in the world. This is a book to lose yourself in while you travel those miles with this gifted storyteller. After spending time wrapped up in the author's love of Iran, soaking in the history and learning about the people, only then take to the kitchen to recreate these dishes. Sure to be one of my top 2018 titles.

Holiday and Celebration Bread in Five Minutes a Day: Sweet and Decadent Baking for Every Occasion by Jeff Hertzberg M.D. and Zoë François is divine and a gift that is perfect for any baker. Filled with baking tips, recipe variations, step-by-step photography to guide the reader through braiding and techniques, it is a dream of a book. I love that there are so many bakes from around the world including a Greek cross-topped bread, Swedish tea rings and Romanian Easter braid with ricotta custard. We will be bringing you a promotion on this title coupled with a Zojirushi Home Bakery Virtuoso Plus Breadmaker for all your dough mixing needs. 

Fantastical Cakes: Incredible Cakes for the Baker in Anyone by Gesine Bullock-Prado shares the baking star's step-by-step instructions for baking, piping, and making decorations. Gesine makes each task more manageable, whether it's baking layers ahead of time and freezing, or taking the time to crank out a slew of gorgeous frosting flowers that hold beautifully in the freezer until you need them. No step is skipped or left unexplained. Everyone of Gesine's books are must haves.

Cibi: Simple Japanese-Inspired Meals to Share With Family and Friends by Meg Tanaka and Zenta Tanaka is a book on home-style Japanese cooking inspired by the eponymous Melbourne café and design space created by the authors. It contains 80 seasonally relevant recipes across vegetables, fish and seafood, meat, grains and noodles, and sweets, plus small features on elements of Japanese cooking and food culture, accompanied by beautiful photography and illustrations. 

Extra Helping: Recipes for Building Community One Dish at a Time by Janet Elsbach is a part of our EYBDigital Program, buy the book before Februrary 16th, 2019 and you will receive digital access to the full book on EYB. For more information on EYBDigital see our EYBD Page. In eight chapters, this title walks the helpful friend through cooking for people who are dealing with illness, recovery, and loss - or celebrating babies, birthdays, and new homes. Personal stories from the front lines of care, shortcuts for the time-strapped, and sidebars full of tips and embellishments round out a collection of over 60 recipes, aiding readers in developing a style of caregiving all their own. Events.    

Bourke Street Bakery: All Things Sweet: Unbeatable Recipes from the Iconic Bakery by Paul Allam and David McGuinness is a part of our EYBDigital Program, buy the book before Februrary 4th, 2019 and you will receive digital access to the full book on EYB. For more information on EYBDigital see our EYBD Page and for more information on this title see our promotion post and be sure to enter our giveaway.  

Kindness & Salt: Recipes for the Care and Feeding of Your Friends and Neighbors by Ryan Angulo and Doug Crowell shares more than 100 recipes for the dishes and drinks that draw passionate fans from around the corner and around the globe to their Brooklyn restaurants.

SUQAR: Desserts & Sweets from the Modern Middle East by Greg Malouf and Lucy Malouf shares the secrets to a more than 100 sweet treats from the Modern Middle East - ranging from puddings and pastries, to ice creams, cookies and cakes, candied fruit, and nuts. It is absolutely stunning and one of our upcoming main selections in the Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. The Maloufs' titles are very special and their books will always have a place in my collection. 

Joe Beef: Surviving the Apocalypse: Another Cookbook of Sorts by David McMillan, Frédéric Morin and Meredith Erickson is being released both in the US (Knopf) and Canada (Appetite) and is just as spectacular as their first title. Recipes include an Onion soup toast, Duck stroganoff, and a "Beauty's special" Saint Honoré that will blow your mind. 

Searing Inspiration: Fast, Adaptable Entrées and Fresh Pan Sauces by Susan Volland shares more than 60 enticing recipes for seafood, poultry, meats, vegetables, tofu, and eggs. This title gives cooks the confidence to invent their own dishes. Susan's Mastering Sauces is the perfect companion to this new title. Promotion coming soon coupled with Swiss Diamond cookware.  Events.

Black Sea: Dispatches and Recipes, Through Darkness and Light by Caroline Eden follows the author's successful debut book, Samarkand: Recipes & Stories from Central Asia & The Caucasus (see my interview and review on this title). This book is being released in the UK this month and will be published in the US in May, 2019. The US release will be a part of our EYBD program. I had to order this book from the UK as I am a fan of the author and I just received it today. Packed with rich photography and sumptuous food, this biography of a region, its people and its recipes is truly impressive. I'm looking forward to spending more time with this title. 

Other titles of interest include the following:

• French Pastry 101: Beautiful Baking Classics That Take One Hour or Less by Betty Hung 
• German Meals at Oma's: Traditional Dishes for the Home Cook by Gerhild Fulson 
• Plant-Based Meats: Hearty, High-Protein Recipes for Vegetarians, Flexitarians, and Curious Carnivores by Robin Asbell
• Mirazur by Mauro Colagreco and Massimo Bottura
• The Best of Lodge: Our 140+ Most Loved Recipes by The Lodge Company
• A Feast of Lebanese-Style Home Cooking: Recipes from Comptoir Libanais by Tony Kitous and Dan Lepard
• Ramen Otaku: Mastering Ramen at Home by Sarah Gavigan and Ann Volkwein
• The Fat Kitchen: A Complete Guide to Rendering, Curing, Cooking & Baking with Lard, Tallow & Poultry Fat; 100 Homestyle Recipes by Andrea Chesman
• The Culinary Crescent: A History of Middle Eastern Cuisine by Peter Heine
• Untraditional Desserts: Classic Treats with a Twist by Allison Miller
• The Community Table: Recipes for an Ecological Future by The Ecology Center
• The Book of Lost Recipes: The Best Signature Dishes From Historic Restaurants Rediscovered by Jaya Saxena
• Authentic Portuguese Cooking: More Than 185 Classic Mediterranean-Style Recipes of the Azores, Madeira and Continental Portugal by Ana Patuleia Ortins
• Cooking with Nonna: A Year of Italian Holidays: Over 100 Classic Holiday Recipes from Italian Grandmothers by Rossella Rago
• Ciao Italia: My Lifelong Food Adventures in Italy by Mary Ann Esposito 
• I Am a Filipino: And This Is How We Cook by Nicole Ponseca and Miguel Trinidad Events
• Flavors of California: Cooking with Tommy Bahama by Rick Rodgers (excited about this latest offering and will have more for you once I receive the book)
• The Complete Indian Instant Pot Cookbook: 130 Traditional and Modern Recipes by Chandra Ram
• Bake with Shivesh by Shivesh Bhatia 
• Completely Perfect: 120 Essential Recipes for Every Cook by Felicity Cloake
• Pastry School: 101 Step-by-Step Recipes by Le Cordon Bleu 
• Jamie's Friday Night Feast Cookbook: Epic Weekend Recipes for Friends & Family by Jamie Oliver 
• Pollen Street: The Cookbook by Jason Atherton 
• The Food of Argentina: Asado, Empanadas, Dulce de Leche and More by Ross Dobson and Rachel Fuller
• Christmas: Feasts and Treats by Donna Hay
• Lose Weight with Your Instant Pot by Audrey Johns 

I will have more details on all these titles and others in my Cookbook Review later this month. 

Now with EYBDigital, if you buy a print book within the promotional period, for the first time you will have access to the full EYBD cookbook wherever you can access EYB - on vacation, at work, in the grocery store, etc. In addition to the digital book, all the features of EYB will be included in the access, at no cost to the book purchaser. For more information see our EYBD Page.

• Recipe search
• Bookmarks
• Recipe ratings and reviews
• Photo upload (personal photos of dishes cooked)
• Shopping lists

We are pleased to share a promotion for our next EYBD Book, Bourke Street Bakery: All Things Sweet: Unbeatable Recipes from the Iconic Bakery by Paul Allam and David McGuinness, two chefs turned bakers, who share a love of good food and an appreciation of all things handmade. They also dreamt of opening a little cafe bakery where everything would be made by hand with dedication and love. In the winter of 2004, they realized that dream when they opened their bakery in Sydney and the rest, as they say, is history. I love history that involves cakes, tarts and good work (read about The Bread & Butter Project).

The Bourke Street Bakery titles are nothing short of perfection.  How to Bake Perfect Bread, Bourke Street Bakery: The Ultimate Baking Companion and The Bread and Butter Project (Bourke Street Bakery), I've had in my collection since they were published. Right now there are about twenty more bins in the garage to be unpacked from our move and I cannot wait to find these two titles and reacquaint myself with their brilliance.

Bourke Street Bakery: All Things Sweet: Unbeatable Recipes from the Iconic Bakery is a comprehensive guide to baking all things sweet. Step-by-step photography accompanies the triple-tested recipes for the pastries, cakes, tarts, cookies and confectionary that made this bakery famous. This collection represents years of testing, adapting and refining of the recipes, so now readers at home can be sure that  they have everything they require to bake the perfect treat every time. 

Our   will take you inside this title and features the following 

• Nougat 
• Jubes 
• Cherry and almond tart 

If you order before February 4th, 2019, register here (be sure you have a photo of your receipt or screenshot from your online order ready to upload). Once your purchase has been verified, this button will appear on the book on your Bookshelf next to the title and will take you to the digital access for this gorgeous book.

Below are screenshots showing how these features will appear.

Special thanks to the publisher, for working with us to bring this exclusive incentive to our members as well as for providing three copies of in our giveaway below.

The publisher is offering three copies of this book to EYB Members in the US, UK, AU and Canada. One of the entry options is to answer the following question in the comments section of this blog post.

Which recipe in the index would you try first?

Please note that you must be logged into the Rafflecopter contest before posting or your entry won't be counted. For more information on this process, please see our step-by-step help post. Be sure to check your spam filters to receive our email notifications. Prizes can take up to 6 weeks to arrive from the publishers. If you are not already a Member, you can join at no cost. The contest ends at midnight on December 17th, 2018.

Now with EYBDigital, if you buy a print book within the promotional period, for the first time you will have access to the full EYBD cookbook wherever you can access EYB - on vacation, at work, in the grocery store, etc. In addition to the digital book, all the features of EYB will be included in the access, at no cost to the book purchaser.  For more information on EYBDigital see our EYBD Page.

• Recipe search
• Bookmarks
• Recipe ratings and reviews
• Photo upload (personal photos of dishes cooked)
• Shopping lists

We are pleased to share a promotion for our next EYBD Book 12 Bones Smokehouse: An Updated Edition with More Barbecue Recipes from Asheville, NC by Bryan and Angela King, Shane Heavner and Mackensy Lunsford.

 
When 12 Bones Smokehouse opened in Asheville, North Carolina, many doubted that it would succeed. From a squat building in a flood plain, the owners were serving up creative barbecue that wasn't 100-percent true to any single region. Yet more than a decade later, 12 Bones is a local institution that rivals the Biltmore Estate in popularity. 

Our takes you inside this book and features the following dishes

• 12 Bones andouille
• 12 Bones smoky chicken wings
• Spicy Thai chicken wing sauce
• Peanut butter pretzel bars

If you have pre-ordered or order before December 31st, 2018, register here (be sure you have a photo of your receipt or screenshot from your online order ready to upload). Once your purchase has been verified, this button will appear on the book on your Bookshelf next to the title and will take you to the digital access for this gorgeous book.

Below are screenshots showing how these features will appear. 

Special thanks to the publisher, Voyageur Press/Quarto Cooks for working with us to bring this exclusive incentive to our members as well as for providing three copies of this title in our giveaway below.

The publisher is offering three copies of this book to EYB Members in the US,UK and Canada. One of the entry options is to answer the following question in the comments section of this blog post.

Which recipe in the index would you try first?

Please note that you must be logged into the Rafflecopter contest before posting or your entry won't be counted. For more information on this process, please see our step-by-step help post. Be sure to check your spam filters to receive our email notifications. Prizes can take up to 6 weeks to arrive from the publishers. If you are not already a Member, you can join at no cost. The contest ends at midnight on December 16th, 2018.