Saying farewell to Charlie Trotter
Charlie Trotter, who passed away today, was one of those chefs that everybody had on their bucket list. Those who ate what he cooked were lucky and could always recall their meal in detail; those who never had the…
2013
Make way for chocolate!
It's been a while since we saw much in the way of serious chocolate books. For a while, the same chocolate book seemed to be published over and over: an introduction featuring the history of cacao's discovery and…
Holidays & Celebrations Recipes
The Thanksgivvukah face-off: The two final recipes
Last month, we announced that two of our favorite online food sites were entering into a culinary joust to create recipes for the unique holiday of Thanksgivvukah (see our blog description if you're in the dark about…
John Besh describes the unique touches in his 10 signature dishes
We have a special soft spot in our culinary hearts for New Orleans cuisine - and we've found John Besh to be a worthy successor to such illustrious forces as Paul Prudhomme and Emeril Lagasse. So his essay from In First…
Converting a recipe to a slow cooker
Food52 recently published a useful article on how to change a recipe so that it can be made in a slow cooker. Here are some of the areas the article discusses - you can read the entire list and further description at…
Five essentials and 50 foods for sensual home cooking
When you've been around the food world for awhile, you discover some less-publicized but strongly admired food authors. Certainly not as famous as Alice Waters or Rachael Ray, these are authors who publish newsletters…
EYB survey: Read our results
In a recent survey we asked you to tell us what you thought of Eat Your Books and how you used it - we were delighted with the number that responded. It's your feedback and support that will help us continue to improve…
October 2013 Cookbook Roundup
Every month Susie Chang reviews new cookbook releases and notes trends in the United States. And she may also occasionally throw in a review of a "not-quite cookbook." And for our non-U.S. members, Jane and Fiona…
Food Online Holidays & Celebrations Recipes
The Thanksgivvukah face-off: Food 52 vs. Serious Eats
Two of our favorite online food sites are potentially entering into quite a culinary joust. To create recipes for the unique holiday of Thanksgivvukah (see our blog description if you're in the dark about this holiday),…
Me and my cookbooks - October 2013
We're hearing from a lot of you that you've enjoyed meeting some of our EYB members through our Me and my Cookbooks Monthly feature. We'd love to introduce as many as we can - If you'd like to be featured, just email us…
What's a winter cookbook?
The summer cookbook has always been a pretty identifiable creature: cocktails, grilling, entertaining, the odd picnic or camping book. But although you could argue that people enjoy cooking more in cold weather, I've…
Unearthing Halloween Inspiration
With Halloween coming on Thursday, we thought we'd help out anyone looking for different ideas. We have over 150 pins on our Halloween Pinterest board - unique recipes all gathered in one convenient location. And there…