Practice cookbook voyeurism
When you are at the grocery store, do you ever peek into the cart next to yours to see what others are purchasing? Have you gone to a realtor's open house in your neighborhood just to have a look inside? Then you…
2014
Orangette pens a memoir
Molly Wizenberg's popular blog Orangette, and her first book, My Homemade Life, are both indexed on EYB and can be found on many EYB members' Bookshelves. Molly has just published a second book, Delancey, a memoir that…
Cookbook giveaway - Delancey
Molly Wizenberg's popular blog Orangette is a favorite of many EYB members. Her first book, A Homemade Life, also graces plenty of EYB Bookshelves. Now Molly has a new book, Delancey, which is a autobiographical work…
Featured Cookbooks & Recipes
Whether they are from cookbooks, magazines, or blogs, all the recipes we feature in these weekly round-ups have online links so you can add any of them to your Bookshelf. Even if you have a free membership! All free…
Drink your vegetables
Many busy people turn to fruit juice as a time-saving way of getting part of their daily five servings of fruit and vegetables. However, fruit juice can be high in sugars--even higher than some sugary foods like…
Ladies and gentlemen, start your grills
The official Memorial Day holiday in the U.S. also marks the unofficial start of summer, and by extension, grilling season. Food websites are ablaze (groan) with grilling and barbecue recipes. Serious Eats gives the…
The best way to organize your life (well, at least your recipes)
Eat Your Books has already saved members from spending countless hours scouring the internet for recipes. Thanks to the carefully curated selection of online recipes in the EYB Library, which is unlike any other online…
Wanderers
Eat. Travel. Write a cookbook. It's not a common formula in these tight-belted days, but every once in a while some intrepid spirit pulls it off. Some come by it through mixed heritage, like Tessa Kiros of Falling…
The love child of kale and Brussels sprouts
What happens when two of the most popular vegetables in the U.S. get together? The answer can be found in Kalette, a new product developed by Tozer Seeds, a British vegetable breeding company. While you may think that…
Last minute desserts
Does this situation sound familiar to any EYB members? You are invited on the spur of the moment to a friend's or neighbor's house for dinner. The host already has the meal planned--except for dessert. Naturally, you…
Why we love smoke
The days are getting longer and the sun is warming up the Northern Hemisphere, which means that it's grilling season. The smell of a backyard barbecue makes our stomachs rumble in anticipation of a burger, steak or even…
Cookbook store profile - Scrumptious Reads
It's time for another installment in the EYB series highlighting independent cookbook stores. Discover (or get reacquainted with) a store near your home - or plan a new target destination when you travel. To keep this…