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The International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) has traditionally handed out annual cookbook awards, among the most prestigious in the industry. Additionally, they have honored great culinary writing with…
The L.A. Times recently reviewed Cookbook Cafe - a do it yourself cookbook platform that allows anyone to become a cookbook author. And once you've created it, you can publish the cookbook at Bakespace or on iTunes.…
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As the seasons change it's high time for a peek ahead to the cookbooks coming round the corner, including a veritable parade of big titles. These are some of ones Susie has spotted that are coming out shortly in North…
Jeremiah Tower, the founding chef at Chez Panisse and the founder of the legendary Stars restaurant in San Francisco, has now retired from professional cooking. But he is still writing and reading and he shares in…
The James Beard Foundation have announced its annual award nominations for book awards, journalism, design and graphics, broadcast and media, and restaurant and chefs. Known as the 'Oscars of the food world', the…
The first day of spring is celebrated in many parts of the MidEast as the New Year (in Persian, "Nourouz"), a time of rebirth and renewal. Donia Bijan's new cookbook, Maman's Homesick Pie, introduces us to homecooking,…
Debbie Koenig has a new cookbook out Parents Need to Eat Too. In the Huffington Post today she explains why she is quitting her job (well almost) as chef to her fussy 5 year-old son.
Over on Serious Eats, Leah Douglas has posted a review of the book, How Carrots Won the Trojan War (Curious but True Stores of Common Vegetables) by Rebecca Rupp. While the review is mixed, if nothing else this book has…
Yesterday we noted a fascinating New York Times article, I Was a Cookbook Ghostwriter, by Julia Moskin that revealed the extent to which cookbook authors don't write or test their recipes. The article has gone viral so…
Susie reviews in the Boston Globe a new book Notes from a Kitchen which documents the obsessions of 10 different chefs. There is just one recipe, for a cocktail, with 14 pages of instructions. The book costs $225 on…
A couple of interesting articles today on cookbooks: The Boston Globe has a feature on whether cookbooks are moving from books to cook from to books to look at. Not at EYB we think! The New York Times has a fascinating…
This contest is now closed. Congratulations to Melanie who wins the cookbook and to Monica B, Katya and Maryanne who are joining us at the IACP Culinary Expo. Can you all please email us at info@eatyourbooks.com with…
