CookShelfWhile most of us thoroughly enjoy our time in the kitchen, there are still some kitchen tasks that are just plain mundane. Most cooks eventually learn how to quickly chop onions or peel an orange, but there are still…
For today's blog we were torn between dreaming of traveling to the best outdoor farmer's markets or presenting some practical advice on how to best store your food items. Taking the easy way out, we decided to do both.…
Our friends over at Serious Eats just posted an intriguing new list - Just Add x Foods That Taste Better on Their Own. As they describe it, "Here are seven of our favorite 'Just Add Water [Hamburger, Oil, etc]' foods…
For those of us who love to cook, accumulating fun - but maybe not essential - kitchen gadgets can be a real thrill. The cooks over at Food 52 have assembled a list of the gadgets that give them a warm feeling of…
It's so warm and sunny here that thoughts of gardening are impossible to push off. Amy Pennington over at Food52 has an excellent series of articles on apartment gardening-how to start growing your own food, no matter…
I'm sure many know about CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) projects. For those who don't, here are the basics: a farmer offers for sale a certain number of shares to the public. Typically the share consists of a box…
We will have to take the site down this morning, hopefully for not longer than 3 hours, for some essential upkeep of the site. It should be back up by 3pm EST. Once the new version of the site goes live in the next…
Our own Susie Chang has just been awarded 3rd place in the biennial MFK Fisher Award for Excellence in Culinary Writing (administered by Les Dames d'Escoffier International). The story so honored was last year's Gather…
I will be doing a live interview Sunday morning on 4FM Radio in Ireland, around 9:30am on Sunday Breakfast with Michael Comyn. That is 4:30am here on the USA east coast - I hope I can talk sensibly at that hour!
An interesting article by Sarah Dickerman on Slate.com as to whether the iPhone could take over from the cookbook in the kitchen. She concludes not, though does see the advantage of a digital shopping list on your…
Every Rosh Hashanah I try a different honey cake recipe hoping that this one will not be dry. Although I'm not Jewish (is my second name Kelly a giveaway there?), my husband is, so we get to celebrate (and cook for)…
We've added another 400 or so cookbooks and now have almost 16,000 in the EYB Library. In addition, we are adding newly indexed books all the time and now have more than 700. Don't forget you can request any of your…
