CookShelfBack in 2015, Australian blogger Belle Gibson rocketed to fame after claiming that she beat brain cancer not through modern medicine but rather by changing her diet. She published a cookbook, The Whole Pantry, and…
Enter our US giveaway to win one of two copies of Rooza: A Journey through Islamic Cuisine Inspired by Ramadan and Eid by Nadiya Hussain. Nadiya Hussain's star has continued to rise since winning The Great British Bake…
With Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. appointed as the US Secretary of Health and Human Services, raw milk advocates believe there is potential for increased availability of raw milk products. Currently, regulations vary from…
Many food additives that are allowed in in other countries are banned by the EU and UK: ingredients such as brominated vegetable oil and bleached flour and additives including certain food colorings. These ingredients…
In our last roundup, I shared some cookbook highlights of 2025 with our Members. This week I will cover a few more. I have been updating the 2025 Cookbook Preview post and they keep rolling in. If you are like me, your…
As our members know, each month we offer several cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. There are other fun cookbook clubs around the interwebs and we’d like to highlight those for those members who might…
When I was a young girl, my grandfather would occasionally pick me up to take me to my grandparents' farm for the weekend. On the way home we would stop at a local bar, where he would have a beer with his buddies while…
In a quest for perfection, people can fall down some interesting rabbit holes. They will go to lengths that makes the average person scratch their head in puzzlement. This is true of nearly any human endeavor, and…
Celebrity Chef Gordon Ramsay opened the doors earlier this week on his "most ambitious project yet" in the tallest building in the City of London. The chef has launched two restaurants, a bar and a cookery school at 22…
When most of us think of ketchup, we envision the tomato-vinegar-sugar sauce that is often served alongside burgers and fries. However, as explained at Gastro Obscura, ketchup is actually a catch-all category rather…
Well, it seems that we learned nothing during the Covid-19 pandemic, as hoarding has again reared its ugly, selfish head. Trader Joe's and Costco recently imposed limits on how many cartons of eggs that shoppers can buy…
In response to Darcie's post about finding a culinary ride-or-die, I felt compelled to share my story from the other side of the kitchen counter. My husband Jim loves my cooking, but he comes with an encyclopedia of…
