Potato, potahto
White, red, russet, gold, fingerling - while these are the types of potatoes you will find in most supermarkets, there are actually dozens of varieties. You might see some of the lesser known cultivars at farmers'…
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Lidia's American Dream
Lidia Bastianich helped create a food empire - in addition to owning six restaurants with her son, Joe, she is part owner of the New York and Chicago Eataly locations. As if this weren't enough, she has two Emmy…
Featured Cookbooks and Recipes
At Eat Your Books we want to bring you the best recipes - our dedicated team searches out and finds online recipes excerpted from newly indexed cookbooks and magazines. New recipes from the best blogs are indexed daily…
Friday Flashback - Feasting Karen Martini
Hello, my name is Jenny and I have a problem - when I find a cookbook author I enjoy, I must have all the books they have written. My obsession with Karen Martini made that feat quite expensive - those darn Australian…
Recipes from an Italian Butcher - The Silver Spoon Kitchen
The first edition of The Silver Spoon (Il Cucchiaio d'argento) cookbook was published in 1950. Experts collected hundreds of traditional recipes throughout Italy, including every regional speciality, to create what has…
The Galloping Gourmet's cookbook is updated and reissued
One of the first food television personalities, Graham Kerr figuratively and literally leapt into the public eye in the late 1960s in his television shown called The Galloping Gourmet. Known for his boundless energy,…
The Artful Baker by Cenk Sonmezsoy
Cenk Sönmezsoy is the creative voice behind the award-winning blog, Cafe Fernando, named after Rose's teddy bear on the Golden Girls. "Bake and watch the Girls with Cenk" was just added to my bucket list. The Artful…
Over 5,000 video recipes now indexed
A growing category of recipes available on blogs and websites is the video recipe. Sometimes they take the form of a mini-episode of a cooking show; other times they are more focused on specific techniques or methods. A…
Eat Your Books Cookbook Club Monthly Roundup
Last month, we announced the Eat Your Books Cookbook Club - an online cooking group. More information is available on our introduction post. We have already scheduled out the rest of the year as follows: October -…
French butter shortage causes consternation
A perfect storm of various trends is causing a butter crisis in France. Increased demand for French baked goods in Asia and other locations, coupled with a reduced European milk supply, has caused a shortage of butter…
October 2017 Cookbook Roundup
October has arrived with a staggering number of cookbooks and food related titles. November will have a fair number of new releases as well and as hard as it is to imagine, we will soon be talking about Spring releases.…
Chef John Besh steps down amidst controversy
On Saturday the New Orleans Times-Picayune published a shocking account of sexual harassment allegations against lauded New Orleans chef and restaurateur John Besh. Two days after the story broke, Besh resigned as head…