CookShelfIn her second cookbook, The Homemade Kitchen, Alana Chernila exalts the beautiful imperfections of food made at home and extends the lessons of cooking through both the quotidian and extraordinary moments of the day.…
Nigella Lawson remains one of the most popular authors in the EYB Library. NPR's Steve Inskeep recently talked with Nigella about her latest cookbook, Simply Nigella: Feel Good Food, which explores the breadth of food…
The trend in cookbooks to be part travelogue, part memoir, and part instruction follows from the increased interest in leisure reading about food. While not a new trend - people have been writing about food and cooking…
Holiday meals can be stressful, especially for a food lover. Trying to make each dish absolutely perfect may cause blood pressure to rise and even tempers to flare. Unachieveable perfection goals aside, it is a…
René Redzepi has been described as the most influential chef in the world. His Copenhagen restaurant, Noma, has sat atop the world rankings for several years, and has spawned any number of imitators. Now the Danish chef…
Do you find other people's comments on recipes helpful? Have you written your own recipe Notes? It's a great way to remind yourself how a dish turned out and share your experience with the EYB community. On each Recipe…
The growing cocktail revival has made an impact on the drink scene in many ways, not the least of which is resurrecting spirits that had all but disappeared. Two people who contributed heavily to this revival are Erik…
Claire Ptak is a California pastry chef who moved to London in 2005 after working at Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, California. She owns Violet, a baking company in East London which supplies her popular Broadway…
Roberta Muir's passion for food, wine and foreign culture has led her on adventures in Europe, Africa, Turkey, South East Asia and Australia. Since 1997 she has managed Australia's leading cooking school, Sydney Seafood…
Roberta Muir's career is enviable. Her passion for food, wine and foreign culture has led her on adventures in Europe, Africa, Turkey, South East Asia and Australia, and even the Arctic Circle. Roberta manages the…
Pastry chef turned food blogger David Lebovitz remains one of the most popular authors in the EYB Library, thanks to his recent hit My Paris Kitchen. Now he is letting readers into that very kitchen in an interview with…
When Mark Bittman recently announced that he was leaving his job at The New York Times to join a startup with the goal of helping people eat more plants, speculation swirled as to where he was headed. We now know the…
