CookShelfCooking classes can be a great way to learn new techniques or explore an unfamiliar cuisine. They can also introduce you to people who share the same passion or strengthen bonds among friends. But it can be difficult to…
As cookbook collections go, Bowdoin College's recently acquried 700 volumes isn't extremely large. It is, however, rich in history, as the Portland Press Herald notes. The college obtained its collection of books,…
Longstanding NY Times columnist Mark Bittman announced yesterday that he has penned his last opinion column for the newspaper. He is leaving to devote more time to a food startup, stating that "Between time pressures…
Many recipes get their final flourish from a sprinkling of special salt, and one of the most vaunted of all finishing salts is fleur de sel. Jamie Feldmar of indexed magazine Saveur takes us on a journey to the south of…
Scrolling through my news feed today I spied a link from Food Republic on the best places to eat pizza in Naples, Italy, described as "pizza's spiritual home." The article claimed that the pilgrimage was worth the trip.…
Honey has been a cooking staple for millenia, and for good reason. It never spoils and lends a unique, tangy-sweet flavor to everything it touches. We need to thank the first brave soul who ventured into the midst of a…
Finding the best recipes amongst the millions online is not easy - but you don't have to! The team here at Eat Your Books, searches for excerpts from indexed books and magazines and every week we bring you our latest…
Interlink Publishing has just announced a humanitarian cookbook project aimed to help food relief efforts for Syrian refugees. Profits from the book, Soup for Syria, will be donated to the refugee agency UNHCR. The…
Katie Workman was a kid who loved to cook, and a kid who loved cookbooks. She grew up teaching herself how to cook from The Silver Palate Cookbook, making bumpy homemade pasta following Marcella's Hazan's instructions…
Katie Workman, author of The Mom 100 Cookbook, now turns her attention to the biggest problem that every family cook faces: how to make everyone at the table happy without turning into a short-order cook. In Dinner…
Go to any farmers' market and you are bound to see plenty of heirloom vegetables with colorful, historical names, like Cherokee Purple tomatoes or Fordhook acorn squash. But did you ever wonder why we are drawn to these…
If you have ever wondered how a cookbook comes to life, you can get a fascinating glimpse into the creative process as told by Diana Henry to The Telegraph. Henry explains that for her, cookbooks never come out of…
