Lemon meringue cake
Nigella Lawson's recipe for Lemon Meringue Cake (courtesy of the recipe website Cookstr) struck us as the perfect springtime dessert option. Easier than its namesake pie, it's just as delicious. In fact, to use her…
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Building a well-stocked pantry
The Food 52 editors have an interesting discussion on the basic foods people need to create and maintain a well-stocked pantry and refrigerator. It's not as easy as it sounds. As they say: "When we first began, we…
Designer fruit-the iMandarin
Described as a "celebration of a fruit's perfect design," the Smithsonian blog, Designer Decoded, has a seven-part article on the Cutie - a seedless, easily peelable mandarin designed specifically to be kid-friendly.…
The favorite cookbooks of Jeremiah Tower
Jeremiah Tower, the founding chef at Chez Panisse and the founder of the legendary Stars restaurant in San Francisco, has now retired from professional cooking. But he is still writing and reading and he shares in…
Weird but wonderful fruits
Given the enthusiasm our members have for recipes, we're sure many of you have seen references to fruits named "Horned Melon," "Buddha's Hand," "Noni,"-but have you ever seen them? The site Mental Floss has compiled…
Eat intensely flavored food to keep portion sizes small
According to the Salt (NPR's food blog) and a study in Flavour, smell can affect how much we eat. The more intense the aroma, the smaller the bite. It's logical; when we encounter a new especially aromatic food, we tend…
A whole new look, a new blog and a new home page!
You will have noticed a new look to Eat Your Books when you signed in today. We have done a bit of a reorg and we hope you like it. Your Home page will now feed you the latest news on books, recipes, authors and what's…
What's new in the natural products expo
Remember chia pets? They're back....but now on your plate-at least the seeds are. The largest natural products exposition was recently held in Los Angeles and, besides reintroducing chia seeds, it highlighted some…
Gail Monaghan on what makes a great chef
In this brief (less than 2 minute) video, Gail Monaghan explores the mind of a chef, including the difference in mentality between a pastry chef and a cook. She also gives some basic tips that any good cook should…
The selling of style
Something odd is going on in cookbook merchandising, and I'm trying to understand it. We're all familiar with the explosion of food websites and food blogs in the last 10 years and their inevitable transition into…
Setting up a container garden
It's so warm and sunny here that thoughts of gardening are impossible to push off. Amy Pennington over at Food52 has an excellent series of articles on apartment gardening-how to start growing your own food, no matter…
James Beard award nominations
The James Beard Foundation have announced its annual award nominations for book awards, journalism, design and graphics, broadcast and media, and restaurant and chefs. Known as the 'Oscars of the food world', the…