Getting to know black lentils
I must admit to having an aversion to lentils. This is probably due to the fact that as a young vegetarian who was a rubbish cook, I ate far too many bland dishes of underseasoned, mushy legumes. If only I had known…
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Mealthy Handblend Giveaway
Mealthy is joining our month long celebration of EYB with a giveaway of their Handblend Professional-Grade Immersion Blender with Whisk, Chopper, and Cup. I have an immersion blender that I use for puréeing soups and…
Emile Henry Rectangular Tart Pan and Pies & Tarts
Emile Henry and Quadrille are celebrating with Eat Your Books by offering one member an Emile Henry rectangular tart dish along with a copy of Pies & Tarts. Founded in 1850, and located in Marcigny, a small town in the…
Iconic cookbook authors open their first restaurant together
You may be familiar with Melissa Hamilton and Christopher Hirsheimer from their many Canal House cookbooks. After over a decade of writing gorgeous, seasonally-inspired and highly-regarded books, the paid has decided to…
World on a Plate Spice Set from SKORDO and Cookbook Collection
This month we are celebrating Eat Your Books' tenth birthday with special promotions! Today's giveaway features five of my favorite books from Hardie Grant and Quadrille publishers (they allowed me to pick!) along with…
Food news antipasto
Have you ever wondered why pounds is abbreviated as 'lbs' and ounces as 'oz'? Although I only thought about it in passing, it's something that has puzzled me for years. Southern Living has cleared up the mystery for us,…
Is 2019 going to be the year of the carrot?
When we list up-and-coming food trends, most of the time the honors go to 'exotic' fruits, vegetables, or cuisines that are gaining recognition outside of the native areas. Pantry and refrigerator staples are rarely…
These tools are real multi-taskers
I've got a kitchen full of tools and equipment that were specially designed for cooking. From mixers to spatulas to cake decorating tips, these tools belonged in the kitchen from the moment they were conceived. But some…
From Freezer to Instant Pot
Title: From Freezer to Instant Pot: The Cookbook: How to Cook No-Prep Meals in Your Instant Pot Straight from Your Freezer Authors: Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough, the dynamic duo behind countless cooking titles…
This week at EYB - special anniversary promotions and more!
Check out this week's recipes, giveaways, cookbook previews and more. Eat Your Books (EYB) is a website for people who love cookbooks and want to make better use of the great recipes from those books. This month we…
Food and politics grow more entwined
It used to be relatively easy to isolate food from politics. You could fine tune your Twitter feed and Facebook notifications to only show images of gorgeous dishes or links to new recipes. In recent months, however,…
Everyone wants to be an Italian nonna
In this age of instant gratification with thirty second food videos or turning on lights with a voice command, it is comforting that cooks are drawn to preparing food like our grandmothers and great grandmothers did.…