Eat Your BooksCookShelf

2014

What's New on EYB

World Calendar of Cookbook Events

August 28, 2014 · Jane

There are many cookbook-related events going on around the world - author book signings, talks, cooking classes, and more. But we often never hear about them - or even more frustratingly, we hear about them too late.…

Author Articles

Building blocks of Mexican cuisine

August 27, 2014 · Jane

Hugh Carpenter is an acclaimed teacher and award-winning cookbook author. He has teamed up again with photographer Teri Sandison for a primer on contemporary Mexican cuisine with Mexican Flavors. (You can enter our…

Cookbook Giveaways

Cookbook giveaway - Mexican Flavors

August 27, 2014 · Darcie

Mexican Flavors is the newest cookbook by prolific author and acclaimed cooking school instructor Hugh Carpenter. The book includes classic recipes such as guacamole and tortilla soup, but there are many surprises and…

Shelf Life With Susie

Spices and spice books

August 27, 2014 · Susie

Learning to use spices better has been a lifelong ambition for me - and many other cooks, no doubt. I always used to have a sort of anxious feeling about the spice cabinet - what's in there? how old is it? is it still…

New Cookbooks

August 2014 cookbook roundup

August 26, 2014 · Susie

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…

Antipasto

Weather woes and tremor troubles

August 25, 2014 · Darcie

Brace yourselves for an increase in the price of Nutella: a cold snap in Turkey, which produces three-quarters of the world's hazelnuts, has led to a price increase of over 60 percent for the nuts. Four…

Cookbook Giveaways

Cookbook giveaway - The Messy Baker

August 24, 2014 · Darcie

Blogger Charmian Christie has just published her first cookbook, named after her blog. The Messy Baker is is an ode to real world baking where brownies aren't perfectly square nor scones perfectly even. From the basic…

Antipasto

Brilliant product redesigns

August 23, 2014 · Darcie

An Australian company aims to make the frustration of spreading cold butter on bread disappear forever with its "Stupendous Splendiforous ButterUp" - a butter knife with cleverly placed holes that aerate and soften cold…