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August 2025 EYB Cookbook Club Summary

August 18, 2025 · Jenny

Each month we allow posting in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club from any cookbook, magazine or blog and we also offer one featured cookbook -most months. We hope that sharing our favorite recipes will help our Members…

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August 17, 2025 · Darcie

Renowned beer historian Martyn Cornell died at the beginning of June. His friend Steve McCubbin's heartfelt obituary for Cornell was just published in The Guardian. McCubbin shares Cornell's long and storied career, and…

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Meat-free no more

August 13, 2025 · Darcie

In 2024, Daniel Humm released Eleven Madison Park - The Plant-Based Chapter, which celebrated the transformation of the former World's Best Restaurant, Eleven Madison Park, into the first plant-based kitchen to earn…

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Kewpie celebrates a century

August 13, 2025 · Darcie

Kewpie mayonnaise, the Japanese mayonnaise with devotees around the globe, celebrates its 100th birthday this year. Its creator, Toichiro Nakashima, was inspired to create the condiment after visiting the United States…

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August 10, 2025 · Darcie

Less than a week after Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff told a reporter that he did not anticipate further layoffs in the company, 15 Eater staff members were laid off, according to Vox Media union. In a post on Bluesky, one…

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In defense of 'ugly' cakes

August 9, 2025 · Darcie

A recent opinion piece in The Cut has rankled the baking community, especially those who have small cottage baking businesses they run out of their homes. In the article, the author disparaged trendy Instagram and…

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Finding joy in Baking & the Meaning of Life

August 9, 2025 · Jenny

Helen Goh became a household name - at least those households that harbor a cookbook fan - when Sweet was released in 2017. She co-authored the book with Yotam Ottolenghi and it has become beloved in many bakers' homes.…