Now that's using your melon
The only thing I look forward to during the dog days of summer, when every day seems to take the word sweltering to a new dimension, is watermelon. Oh, and cantaloupe, and honeydew—basically all the melons. I cannot…
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Anthony Bourdain biopic debuts August 7
A biopic about Anthony Bourdain, called Tony and directed by Matt Johnson, opens this Friday in select theaters with a broader distribution beginning on August 21. Rather than a retrospective that covers a lot of…
This grocery store changed the way America shopped
Not only does it have the cutest name of any grocery store, but Piggly Wiggly also has a claim to fame in that it ushered in a new way to shop for groceries. When it started as a single store in Memphis, Tennessee in…
Food news antipasto
Please forgive me for putting in a plug for the state I currently call home, but I just had to share. Yelp recently ranked state fairs on the quality of their food, and the Minnesota State Fair comes out on top. With…
Peak tomato season has arrived
It's August, and that means summer is starting to wind down. Before we enter the crisp days of autumn, however, we have many more sunny, hot days and—this is the important part—garden fresh tomatoes. Whether you grow…
Cooking away from home
Whether you are going home to visit family or setting off for a vacation in a rental house, cooking takes on a new dimension when you are away from your familiar surroundings. The Guardian's Mina Holland understands…
Is this the future of packaging?
It is all but impossible to avoid plastic packaging. Almost every retail establishment uses plastic bags, and in grocery stores, the produce is in clamshells or plastic bags, the meat counter uses plastic or…
Will the real inventor of cookies & cream ice cream please stand up?
I always find the origin stories of iconic foods fascinating, especially when they are shrouded in mystery and intrigue. These days, it's almost too easy to know where a viral food originated, thanks to everything being…
Food news antipasto
This week, The Standard's Melanie McDonagh gave us her favorite cookbooks for the summer, "from seaside food porn to Italian simplicity." Books by Donna Hay, Dara Klein, Theo Randall, and Niki Segnit made McDonagh's…
Better on the vine?
Home gardeners in the north are finally starting to savor the literal fruits of their labors, and one of the most cherished items in backyard gardens is the tomato. The globes gradually turn from green to red (or…
A letter from our founder, Jane Kelly
When I came up with the idea for Eat Your Books in 2007, I could not have envisioned that almost 20 years later, I would be writing this retirement announcement and that the website would have grown into the global…
First, cyclospora, now...hackers?
If it isn't bad enough that consumers have to be concerned about getting explosive diarrhea from eating contaminated produce, we also have to worry about disruptions to our food supply from a different kind of parasite:…