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Italian Street Food - Paola Bacchia

January 3, 2017 · Jenny

Paola Bacchia's Italian Street Food: Recipes from Italy's Bars and Hidden Laneways is a delicious journey along the streets of Italy sharing stories of her food and people. Bacchia not only wrote this book, she also…

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Food resolutions for the new year

January 2, 2017 · Darcie

As the calendar page flipped from December to January, social media news feeds flipped as well, switching from posts about decadent desserts and holiday cocktails to links for clean eating and home organization. If you…

Food Online

Exploring tahini's many uses

January 1, 2017 · Darcie

Most people know tahini for its role in hummus, but the sesame seed paste delivers flavor and texture to a multitude of foods. Indexed magazine Saveur takes a closer look at tahini, including which brands are best and…

Holidays & Celebrations

Lucky foods for the New Year

December 31, 2016 · Darcie

Half the world has already celebrated the New Year while the others are counting down the hours. After waking up the next day (if you feel like eating, that is), you may celebrate with a traditional meal of 'lucky'…

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What Makes a Good Cookbook

December 31, 2016 · Jenny

Recently, there was a discussion in The Cookbook Junkies about the marks a cookbook must hit to be defined as "good" or in other words "what do we look for in a cookbook". This discussion has been rehashed several dozen…

Recipes

Two Weeks of Featured Cookbooks & Recipes

December 30, 2016 · Christine

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…

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Best online food writing of 2016

December 30, 2016 · Darcie

If you like reading cookbooks, it's probably not a stretch to assume that you also enjoy food literature. With the myriad number of online food writing pieces that have come out in the last year, a few good nuggets may…

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Looking back at 2016 in food

December 28, 2016 · Darcie

As the year draws to a close, people have a tendency to become introspective. While 2016 may not be anyone's favorite year for a number of reasons, instead of dwelling on the negative let's reflect on the positive when…