CookShelfThe Salt has a nostalgia-inducing article about community cookbooks that we thought would appeal to our members - we dare say many might have a few in their cookbook collection. And while some of these cookbooks have…
We're in a bacon mood today, so we're offering a two-parter. From America's Test Kitchen Feed, here are 3 things everyone should know about bacon, including how to easily separate the slices (roll the package),…
TheKitchn has a wonderful quick tip regarding Feta cheese, certainly one of the most underrated cheeses. As they write, "One cheese I always try to keep in the refrigerator is feta, and the most important reason for…
Julia Moskin in The New York Times has an excellent article this week, "Raw Panic" on how to cope with an overwhelming quantity of vegetables. As she writes, "HERE'S a dirty little secret of summer. What should be a…
In a New York Times column, "Got Milk? You Don't Need It" Mark Bittman recently attacked the premise that drinking milk is healthy. After suffering a lifetime of acid reflux and heartburn, Bittman cured his problem in…
We've mentioned before that one of the great joys of being involved with Eat Your Books is the pretense that we need to stay up-to-date with food writing as part of our job. And another joy is the ability this blog…
The Huffington Post recently composed a list of the top ten food graphs - based on their amusement rather than scientific value - from GraphJam. Here are the chart titles; take a look for a quick laugh and maybe some…
It's fairly well known that eating spicy food actually cools you down. However, as this NPR report states, the same science works for hot beverages. Whether you're in the middle of a heat wave or experiencing cool…
Two news items recently caught our attention - one good news (for many of us, at least) and one sad. On the good news front, Salt at NPR reports that drinking a moderate amount of wine helps women prevent bone loss: "A…
Every cook needs a spatula for so many things - cooking, scraping out bowls, gentle folding. And this wide variety of tasks that it's called on to perform often means you need a wide variety of spatulas - a firm,…
Over at the Huffington Post, Meathead (aka Dr. Greg Blonder) tackles one of the major barbecue legends - that grilling a whole chicken on top of an open beer can produce succulent, moist, delicious chicken. Using quite…
There's a new food magazine that's creating a lot of attention. Lucky Peach is a quarterly magazine about food and writing, described on their website as follows: " Lucky Peach is a new journal of food writing,…
