CookShelfIn the last decade or so, chefs have achieved rock-star status. We've profiled a fair number of these chefs (at least the ones who became cookbook authors) on the EYB blog, reporting on their new dining ventures like…
While baking one Saturday in 2013, I had Food Network on in the background and heard a preview for a show called Heartland Table starring Amy Thielen. I went to the remote and rewound the promo. I was thrilled - a real…
If spices were classified by Alton Brown as 'unitaskers' or multi-taskers', nigella sativa would definitely fall into the latter camp. Also known as black caraway, nigella seed, onion seed, kalonji, and charnuska,…
Hello, I'm back like a pesky telemarketer with another look at cookbooks being released this month. Last week, I covered a dozen titles in my first preview article and today's list is pretty exciting itself - from Texas…
We have posted many stories about people who have written (or ghostwritten) cookbooks. The tales include sneak peeks into the worlds of recipe testing, design, the long back-and-forth of editing, finding a voice, and so…
Do you find other people's comments on recipes helpful? Have you written your own recipe Notes? It's a great way to remind yourself how a dish turned out and share your experience with the EYB community. On each Recipe…
We are pleased to announce that we have reached 7,000 indexed books in the EYB Library! Combined, the number of recipes inside these books exceeds 1.2 million - a mind-boggling number. To save you from doing the math,…
Mountain Berries and Desert Spice: Sweet Inspiration from the Hunza Valley to the Arabian Sea by Sumayya Usmani is the eagerly awaited follow up to the award winning Summers Under the Tamarind Tree which I reviewed in…
Mountain Berries and Desert Spice: Sweet Inspiration from the Hunza Valley to the Arabian Sea by Sumayya Usmani is the eagerly awaited follow up to the award winning Summers Under the Tamarind Tree which I reviewed in…
The number of recipes in the EYB Library is impressive and continues to grow. The only thing better than having such a fantastic repository of recipes is the ability to find just the one you are looking for. To that…
My Modern Indian Kitchen: Over 60 Recipes for Home-Cooked Indian Food by Nitisha Patel is a collection of foolproof Indian recipes offering ideas for everything from street food through desserts. For more information on…
My Modern Indian Kitchen: Over 60 Recipes for Home-Cooked Indian Food by Nitisha Patel is a collection of foolproof Indian recipes offering ideas for everything from street food through desserts. Nitisha's interest in…
