CookShelfIn 2006 two women: Christopher Hirsheimer, the founding editor of Saveur, & Melissa Hamilton, the director of Saveur's test kitchen, began a new business: Canal House. Originally plannined as a photo and design studio…
Jane and I were chatting the other day and the question arose: Which is the most expensive cookbook? We weren't discussing used or historical books auctioned off or resold, but currently available books for sale on…
® The annual Pillsbury Bake Off® - which long ago stopped involving just baked goods - just announced its 2013 winners - awarding $1,000,000 to the winning recipe. We always think it's interesting to see what wins. This…
It's not like "simple" is new. Cookbook authors have been touting the ease and speed of their authors presumably for as long as there have been cookbooks. But these days, I get the sense that ease and speed are a means,…
If you had to choose one spice to be associated with the holidays, it would have to be cinnamon. From pies to squash to drinks to candles, it's omnipresent. So we thought we'd highlight some recent articles that add a…
In their article, Why do we judge people by the food they eat?, The Guardian provided some interesting material to think about. In particular, the idea of food profiling struck a chord. Back in the day (way back in the…
Limited time only We think that you deserve a break this holiday season so the team here at Eat Your Books have been whipping up a little treat for you! Buy your gift certificate before November 30th and you'll be in…
Before we get to our regularly scheduled content, we wanted to announce a special holiday treat from EYB: Buy 1 EYB Gift Voucher, and Get 1 Free! Plus you'll be in the drawing to win Nathan Myhrvold's fabulous new book,…
Now is the time we're all compiling lists of books to request for the holidays, so I wanted to post this list from Grub Street of The Top 25 Must-Read Food Memoirs of All Time for your consideration. No cookbooks here,…
You may remember a post in our new feature My and My Cookbooks where Sue Jimenez, EYB member Manycookbooks shared details of her collection. She mentioned that she was applying to the Guinness Book of Records for the…
We're going into the holiday season, so it's nice to have a collection of healthy, quick snacks and appetizers to go along with the more traditional ones. And kale chips definitely fit the bill. However, making kale…
Personally, I would die a happy person if the Zuni Cafe's Roast Chicken was my last meal. However, I do know people who swear by Thomas Keller's and Julia Child's versions. So I was really excited to read about the…
