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Break free from black pepper

October 4, 2019 · Darcie

I've always been a big fan of black pepper - it's warmth and earthiness are comforting to me. Perhaps I like it so much because almost everything I ate as a kid was liberally sprinkled with this spice. Strange as I…

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Star Wars meets Le Creuset

October 4, 2019 · Jenny

Just when I lied to myself and swore off more cookware, I find out that Le Creuset is putting out a line of Star Wars™-inspired items. Be still my heart. Below are a few of the items available on November 1st at outlets…

Recipes

This week at Eat Your Books

October 4, 2019 · Jenny

While still feeling the effects of last month's landslide of cookbooks, October is sizing up to be quite possibly the largest month of releases to date. Our indexers are cranking out books as quickly as possible while…

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Apples are a sweet introduction to fall

October 3, 2019 · Darcie

The news cycle these days can be nearly be measured in nanoseconds, with one crazy headline appearing after another. While nothing seems settled in the world, it can be reassuring to see the change in the seasons which…

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Can there be only one?

October 1, 2019 · Darcie

At last count, there are over 100 “best” chocolate chip cookie recipes in the EYB Library. That doesn’t even include the recent craze of Levain Bakery copycat recipes, or recipes describing themselves as "perfect"…

Book News

Family recipes that revealed a secret

September 30, 2019 · Darcie

When Genie Milgrom was growing up, she never noticed that a family secret lurked in the recipes that her mother and grandmother made. Raised in a devoutly Catholic household, Milgrom never questioned the idiosyncrasies…