Noma popup slated for Australia
The chef of the number one restaurant in the world is taking his show on the road once again again. René Redzepi is packing up everything, include his entire 60-person staff, and will open a popup version of Noma in…
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Weights and measures
More and more home bakers are using scales to improve their baking. Precision is important to achieving consistent results, but it can be a pain to convert volume measures into ounces or grams. A few conversion charts…
Attention budding cookbook authors
If you are a cookbook lover, chances are you have considered writing your own cookbook. Maybe your friends suggested it or you came up with an idea for a spectacular layout while struggling to cook from a poorly…
Get more out of your waffle iron
You might have a waffle iron languishing in the back of your cupboard that you dig out a few times a year to make waffles. But it doesn't have to be hidden away in between those Sunday brunches: there are gobs of…
The interesting cultural history of vanilla
When something is bland, it's often dismissed as being "plain vanilla." But as NPR Food shows us, the history behind vanilla is anything but boring. They explore the origins of vanilla bean cultivation and its…
How does yogurt culture get made?
Many EYB Members likely enjoy making homemade yogurt. Most start with commercial yogurt culture, either from store-bought yogurt or from packets of starter purchased from a cheese making supplier. But where do those…
Marshmallows move to fine dining
Many people equate marshmallows with their youth and happy memories of campfires, s'mores, or crispy rice squares. That nostalgia has prompted several chefs to incorporate marshmallows into their fine dining menus, says…
Is that a real cookbook?
Thousands of cookbooks get published every year in almost every genre imaginable. Many are downright weird--so weird, in fact, that the titles are almost unbelievable. This prompted the crew over at Eater to make up a…
The decline of recipe testing
In the heyday of print media, most major newspapers boasted a full test kitchen complete with a kitchen director. Prominent cookbook authors hired independent testers to make sure their recipes would work in home…
The imitation game
Precious few classic cookbooks have earned such reverence that they can go by a single name, like a famous celebrity. If someone tells you she is making a recipe from "Mastering", there is likely only one cookbook that…
Survey highlights changes in recipe usage
Since 2012, Internet recipe site Allrecipes.com has been surveying its users to determine trends in how people use digital resources to plan, shop for, prepare, and share meals. The site recently shared highlights of…
Give peas a chance?
It's always amazing how fewer than 140 characters can stir up a giant controversy. That's what happened today when The New York Times tweeted a link to a guacamole recipe with this caption "Add green peas to your…