CookShelfOne of the best parts of Eat Your Books is the ability to fully utilize the ingredients you have on hand. This is especially useful when you are between shopping runs and have limited items available. Just type in the…
One cuisine that has never lost popularity is the Mediterranean diet. I hesitate to use the four letter word diet because of its negative connotation with denial and hunger. The word diet when used here will describe…
In order to find interesting food news to share with EYB Members, I spend considerable time on social media (tough job, I know). I follow hundreds of food writers, publications, chefs, and bloggers on Facebook, Twitter,…
Food has served as a bridge between cultures dating back to ancient times. Emissaries carrying gifts always brought some type of food from their homeland like fruits, vegetables or baked goods that were novel to the…
In 1974, James Beard published his iconic Beard on Food. In that tome, he listed the six herbs that he couldn't cook without (actually seven because he felt parsley was so universal that it didn't need to be named). The…
Have you ever had a dish that you wanted to recreate, so you asked for the recipe - only to be denied by the person who made the dish? It might be understandable for a chef to keep a recipe trademarked, but what about…
Many men love to cook and are well represented in professional kitchens, but for centuries the everyday task of feeding the family has predominantly rested on the shoulders of women. They are the ones who toiled, day in…
Do you love tacos enough to eat them every day for a year? Food critic Mike Sutter does. For a series he's writing for the San Antonio Express-News, Sutter plans on eating tacos every day in 2017. There's no doubt he…
If you are a fan of spicy foods, you're going to like the findings of a recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Vermont. The study found a reduction in mortality for those who consumed hot red chili…
Even the most enthusiastic of cooks runs out of inspiration at some point. Whether it's a busy schedule that leaves you too tired to plan, a healthy eating resolution, dreary weather or just plain boredom, you can find…
Is it true? Does he or she who dies with the most cookbooks really win? AbeBooks published A Guide to Collecting Cookbooks recently that triggered something in me - and I had a "come to Julia" talk with myself. While I…
Slow cooker, Dutch oven, electric pressure cooker: you probably have at least one, if not all three, of these in your kitchen. Each has its own appeal. The slow cooker is a set-and-forget tool that doesn't require…
