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March 23, 2025 · Darcie

Plate has published its biannual list of top cookbooks. Food writer and cookbook author Kate Leahy compiled 17 chef-driven titles that take a deep dive into a place, capture a movement, or break the rules. Leahy notes…

Food Online

March 2025 EYB Cookbook Club Summary

March 23, 2025 · Jenny

Each month we previously offered at least four cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. This summer we cooked our favorite recipe from any cookbook, magazine, blog or online option and had a huge increase in…

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Mellow yellow

March 22, 2025 · Darcie

One color is dominating the trends in 2025, showing up on everything from KitchenAid mixers to clothing: butter yellow. Although Pantone chose a dark, brooding color for its 2025 Color of the Year (Mocha, which people…

Cookbook Giveaways Recipes

Monsoon by Asma Khan - Giveaway

March 22, 2025 · Jenny

Enter our US/UK giveaway to win one of two copies of Monsoon: Delicious Indian Recipes for Every Day and Every Season by Asma Khan. Please note Asma's events that we have shared on our Calendar. “The soul of my cooking…

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Don't try this at home

March 21, 2025 · Darcie

Since the advent of the internet, the amount of useful information available at one's fingertips has grown astronomically. It's easy to forget how much more effort you had to expend to find out the answers to questions…

Holidays & Celebrations

Celebrating Persian New Year

March 18, 2025 · Darcie

On the spring equinox every year, the festival of the traditional Persian New Year festival celebrated in Iran, Afghanistan, and the Kurdish regions of Iraq, Turkey and Syria, throughout Central Asia, and by members of…

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Food news antipasto

March 16, 2025 · Darcie

This is a reminder that the free webinar sponsored by IACP and Milk Street is this Tuesday, March 18, at noon Eastern (US) time. Join J.M. Hirsch and Deb Broide as they explore how Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street…

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How well do you know pepper?

March 15, 2025 · Darcie

When most people in the West talk about pepper, they are referring to ground black peppercorns, but that is only one in a range of spices referred to around the world as pepper. Gastro Obscura takes a closer look at the…