The history behind fish and chips
Fish and chips is inarguably the definitive national dish of the United Kingdom. How this dish, which features a New World ingredient, became the emblematic meal is explained in a new book by Panikos Panayi. As The…
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In defense of dessert
Restaurant dessert menus have been on the decline for some time. Perhaps we can blame the trend on people cutting back on carbs or the demonizing of sugar. Or perhaps it is a by-product of the growing practice of…
Cookbook giveaway - What to Bake & How to Bake It
What to Bake & How to Bake It follows in the footsteps of Jane Hornby's last two cookbooks. Jane provided EYB with an excerpt from the cookbook that offers many great baking tips; you can read them here. We're delighted…
Fusion isn't just for food anymore
When you think of alcohol, it's usually in terms of individual spirits: vodka, bourbon, tequila, or rum, for example. The latest trend in the cocktail world combines these distinctive spirits with each other, or with…
Take it or leave it
You're perusing the ingredient list of a recipe when you notice it calls for bay leaves. You obligingly fish a few dried and crumbling leaves out of the packet and plop them in the pot, hoping you remember to remove…
Fresh from...the vending machine?
When you think of vending machines, fresh food probably doesn't come to mind. But across the U.S., that is beginning to change, as Modern Farmer reports on the trend of farm-fresh vending machines. For now it's more…
Chef Jason Atherton on cooking at home
Jason Atherton's pedigree is impressive: Gordon Ramsay's Maze, El Bulli, his own London restaurants, and outposts in Hong Kong and Singapore. While these establishments feature complex foods, the Michelin-starred chef…
Literal chef's plates
Daniel Boulud's new Washington, DC restaurant, DBGB Kitchen and Bar, represents a homecoming of sorts. Boulud worked in DC when he first arrived in the U.S. thirty years ago. When it came time to decorate his new…
Discovering sumac
Some ingredients go from obscure to rock star seemingly overnight, and one recent example is sumac. Sumac's meteoric rise can be attributed in large part to authors emphasizing Middle Eastern flavors like Yotam…
Of baking and bartering
Baking bread can be cathartic. So it was for Malin Elmlid, who started making her own sourdough in 2007 as an escape from her day job. She quickly became enamored with breadmaking and pursued the hobby passionately,…
Celebrate Oktoberfest
We're in the midst of Oktoberfest celebrations, which recently began in Munich. While people think of it mainly as a beer festival, Oktoberfest originated as a celebration for the wedding of Prince Ludwig to Therese of…
Goodbye, free bread basket
The familiar restaurant scenario where the waiter brings you a basket of bread to nibble while you are perusing the menu is fading into oblivion (at least in the U.S.), according to this Yahoo! Food article. The recent…