Coconut Lagoon
Enter to win a copy of Coconut Lagoon: Recipes from a South Indian Kitchen by Joe Thottungal Joe Thottungal was born in the State of Kerala in South India and in 1998 immigrated to Canada. He is now the chef/owner of…
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Are you a meal planner or do you just wing it?
Two cobs of corn sullenly glare at me from the bottom shelf of my refrigerator. Just over a week ago they were torn from their stalks on a farm a mere four miles away and delivered the same day to a farmers' market,…
Two food festivals on tap for Australians
Australians living in the Brisbane vicinity have some exciting food events coming up in the next few weeks. Up first is the second annual Moreton Bay Food + Wine Festival, which is scheduled for 7-8 September. The other…
Chef and author Biba Caggiano has died
California chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author Biba Caggiano died last Thursday. Caggiano, who emigrated to the US in the late 1970s, and her husband opened an Italian restaurant simply named 'Biba' in Sacramento in…
How to outfit your pantry like a GBBO baker
As Darcie reminded us last week, Netflix here in the US is broadcasting The Great British Bake Off three days after the original episode airs in the UK. Raise your hand if you have already watched Cake Week (raise both…
Marcella Hazan's lasting legacy
There are a handful of people whose pioneering work in codifying the cooking of a region has created a body of work that is used generation after generation. Paula Wolfert, Julia Child, and Marcella Hazan are three…
This week at Eat Your Books
It's been an exciting week for baking fans as GBBO returns to the tent and our televisions. UK fans can watch the show on Tuesdays on C4 and for the first time ever, Netflix subscribers in the USA can watch the show…
When savory meets sweet
Sweet and savory generally occupy different areas on restaurant menus and different courses in our meals. But when they come together, the results can be wonderful. I was reminded of this by an article on the James…
Ruffoni Cookware Giveaway
Here we are at the end of August wrapping up our month-long 10th birthday celebration with another beautiful giveaway. The Ruffoni Opus Prima Stainless-Steel Chef Pan pictured above is one of the Italian cookware…
Are green onions and scallions the same thing?
When I come across a recipe that calls for scallions, I automatically substitute green onions. I've been under the impression that these are two different names for the same vegetable. And then there are chives, which…
Let them eat cake...scraps
If you bake a lot of cakes (or even just a few now and then), you might have encountered this dilemma - the cakes are domed and won't stack, so you trim the tops off to level them. This results in small scraps of lovely…
500 EYB Digital Previews
Late March 2018, Eat Your Books launched our EYB Digital Preview program which allows our members to view a selection of pages from a title – including photographs, illustrations, and complete recipes – with just a…