New community page features
We have added some fun new features to Community - let us know what you think. We would love contributions from EYB members for some of them - Hot Find, Puzzler and Buzz from the Web are all places where your input…
2010
Loco for local
The summer cookbooks have been rolling in and holy guacamole! It's farmer's markets and local foods, left and right. And it's not just the cookbook authors and advocates anymore. There's Fast, Fresh & Green by Susie…
Spring fever
Is it my imagination, or has it been the longest, sweetest spring in recent memory? A couple of months ago, at a time when the frozen ground usually still rings like iron when struck by a futile hoe, I had lettuce…
EYB Road Trip
We got back home today after two weeks on the road. In two weeks we visited San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Boston and New York. Had some wonderful experiences, climaxing Sunday night with the James Beard Awards in…
Eat Your Books Award at IACP
We just got back from the IACP Cookbook Awards where I presented the Eat Your Books Award. All the nominees were tremendous books - we were delighted to present it to Stephanie Alexander for Stephanie Alexander's…
EYB at IACP
We had our first day today at the IACP Conference in Portland, Oregon. It was a packed and exciting day. Lots of networking and meeting interesting people. And tonight there was the opening reception where Portland's…
Site maintenance
We will be doing some essential maintenance on the website this morning which will require the site to be down for up to 5 hours from 10:30am (EST). Apologies if you need to use EYB at that time. Hopefully you will find…
Need help from EYB members
We are soon planning to test the new EYB searches that we have been working away at recently. It will take about 30-40 minutes and you would do it from home on your own computer, on April 27 or 29. If you think you…
Lighting the fire
The last snow was only a week and a half ago, and already this year's grill books are arriving. I don't blame the publicists for wanting to hasten the warm weather. Last week, I bought my own first sack of charcoal for…
1,000 Cookbook Indexed
Today we added our 1,000th indexed book - that is almost quarter of a million recipes now indexed. Since we added two books at the same time, I couldn't decide which was the 1,000th since they seemed equally deserving.…
Oven Thermometers
As a cookbook reviewer, I sometimes have to measure where it would usually be perfectly fine to guess. I don't always like having to measure 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon, but I do it...I've got 5 sizes of measuring cups, a…
Jamie Oliver's petition to improve children's eating habits
Jamie Oliver has launched an online petition to improve the eating habits and lifetime health of America's children. This ties in with his new TV show Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution which is currently showing on ABC.…