CookShelfWe're pleased to present another installment of the "Me and my cookbooks" series. Many EYB members have told us they enjoy meeting members and special guests through this feature. We'd love to introduce more people, so…
Tea is not just for drinking anymore, thanks to Annelies Zijderveld's new cookbook, Steeped: Recipes Infused with Tea. Zijderveld finds inventive uses for tea in everything from morning eats to evening sweets. Romance…
Have you ever seen a bottle of pear brandy where an entire pear rests serenely at the bottom, and wondered how the heck they get the pear in there? Wonder no more, as NPR's The Salt explains the process of making fruit…
When there are tens of thousands of cookbooks available (the EYB Library currently has over 144,000 books), how can you possibly winnow down a list of favorites to less than a dozen? Epicurious decided to do just that…
The award-winning author of Ancient Grains for Modern Meals, Maria Speck returns with a second cookbook, Simply Ancient Grains, that promises to make cooking with ancient grains faster, more intuitive, and easier than…
Innovative chef Homaro Cantu was found dead Tuesday afternoon on Chicago's Northwest Side, according to authorities. Police are investigating the death as apparent suicide by the 38-year-old chef and part owner of the…
Almost no food inspires brand loyalty as much as the simple condiment mayonnaise. In the US, there is a cultural divide in fans of the two major brands of mayo: Duke's, which reigns supreme in the southern part of the…
In Baking with Less Sugar, Joanne Chang - author of the bestselling Flour and a Harvard math major to boot - comes up with a winning formula: Minus the sugar equals plus the flavor. Joanne shares her secrets for…
When you think of German food, sausages, schnitzel, and sauerkraut probably leap to mind. Husband-and-wife team Jeremy and Jessican Nolen, authors of New German Cooking, want to change that perception. Owners of…
It's hard to believe that just a few years ago it was difficult to find cocktail ingredients like genever gin or absinthe. Today the options for drink enthusiasts are overwhelming, and much of the credit for this…
Ice cream sandwiches are for kids, right? Not according to several innovative chefs, who have elevated the simple treat with high-end ingredients. While the "food gentrification" trend has been building for several…
The Food52 blog is one of the most popular in the EYB Library. The blog's first two cookbooks (and an app!) were also big hits. The newest cookbook, Food52 Genius Recipes, is a compilation of 100 recipes based on the…
