CookShelfOnions are indispensable in my kitchen. I usually have at least two types on hand at any given moment (red and yellow) and frequently even more. They are essential to many dishes. I'm far from the only fan of onions, of…
For the past 20+ years, Donna Hay has been a driving force in the Australian food scene. As Australia's leading food editor and best-selling cookbook author, she has shaped the conversation around food for decades.…
The heatwave continues unabated in much of the Northern Hemisphere, which leaves many of us thinking about the best cold things to eat. Chief among those is ice cream, which is excellent any time of the year but…
Shortly after the news broke late last year that chef, restaurateur, and television host Mario Batali had been accused by multiple women of sexual harassment and assault, many of his business dealings began to fall…
Anna Del Conte is one of the greatest living experts on Italian food. Born in Milan, she arrived in London in 1949 where she quickly became the first cookery writer in England to specialize in Italian food. Nigella…
J. Kenji López-Alt can count at least 1,897 EYB Members as fans (that's how many of us have The Food Lab on our Bookshelves), although it is surely much more than that. López-Alt has written numerous columns for Serious…
I, like so many people who love to cook and bake, developed an enthusiasm for the culinary arts by standing at my mother's elbow, first watching and then helping her make everything from simple cookies to more…
Food blogger and cookbook author, Molly Yeh's Girl Meets Farm debuted on Food Network today. If you missed the first show, as I did, Food Network is reairing this episode on June 26th at 11:30 am Central - set your…
Pioneering Irish chef Myrtle Allen has died at age 94. Allen was a Michelin-star-winning chef and co-founder, along with her husband, of Ballymaloe House located in County Cork, Ireland. Her pioneering work there…
Next week the annual list of the World's 50 Best Restaurants will be unveiled. This week we got to learn about the runners-up, the restaurants ranked from 51-100. The list contains restaurants on the move, either new…
Say what you will about the New York restaurant scene, but you will never make the argument that it is boring. Today's surprise food news out of NYC comes from Prune owner Gabrielle Hamilton, who announced that she is…
It's difficult to believe, but September marks the 20th anniversary of Nigella Lawson's ground-breaking debut cookbook, How to Eat: The Pleasures and Principles of Good Food. Since then, the witty and talented Lawson…
