10,000 Books on EYB Bookshelves
We have had so many new members sign up since the Boston Globe article last week. The number of cookbooks on EYB members' Bookshelves is now more than 10,000 and growing every day. You will see a lot of new indexed…
2009
Boston Globe article about EYB
There is a great article today about Eat Your Books in the Boston Globe Food Section.
800th indexed cookbook added to EYB
We have just added our 800th indexed book to EYB. It was How to Roast a Lamb: New Greek Classic Cooking by Michael Psilakis which has been getting great reviews and appearing in some of the Best Cookbooks of 2009 lists.
Best cookbooks of the decade?
In addition to their best of the year cookbook list, Eat Me Daily has produced a Best Cookbooks of the Decade list. I'm not sure that I agree with all their choices - too many restaurant chefs in my opinion. They are…
NPR stories worth catching
Susie was featured on NPR yesterday talking about her selection of the best cookbooks of 2009 - you can hear her discussion with Lianne Hansen on Weekend Edition. Another interesting piece on NPR recently was a…
Best cookbook of 2009 Lists
It's that time of year when all the Best Cookbooks of the Year lists are popping up - ours is up on the Community page now. Our own Susie's list for NPR has been attracting lots of attention. Here are some other best of…
Changes to EYB
We've been listening to the suggestions you have made since we launched the site and you will see lots of improvements over the next few months. Initially, we have increased the font size and revamped the Community and…
Anyone interested in indexing books?
We are getting so many index requests from members that we need to take on more data inputters (a paid job). If you, or anyone you know, might be interested get them to contact us at info@eatyourbooks.com. They should…
Holiday Time
The thing about the holidays is that we expect to cook more than any other time of year while having less time to do it. Every year about this time, I think: Oh no, here comes the turkey again. My brain starts…
21 New Ingredients in Under Pressure
I just added Thomas Keller's Under Pressure as an indexed book and was surprised that I had to add another 21 new ingredients, even with 5,936 already in our database. How many of you have these in your store-cupboard…
First EYB Press
Very exciting - we had our first piece of press today in the Vermont newspaper Seven Days. The article is available on their online edition. There was also a terrific article about EYB on Suite 101 which explains really…
Heaviest and best cookbooks
Funny piece today on Eat Me Daily about the heaviest cookbooks out there and their cost per pound. As expected, The Big Fat Duck Cookbook was the heaviest and most expensive per pound at $13.57. Take a look and see how…