CookShelfThree generations of Spaniards have learned to cook through Simone Ortega's books on gastronomy, which have sold millions of copies nationwide. She is considered one of the foremost authorities on traditional Spanish…
Although it's been a long, slow journey, women have made inroads in the mainly male-dominated restaurant chef sphere. This progress was illustrated at Monday's James Beard Foundation awards ceremony, where women topped…
Following Prince's death, the song Purple Rain again surged to the top of the US charts. Another item that is also at its highest point since the mid 1980s is the US cheese supply. Thanks to a surge in imports from the…
When Gourmet magazine folded in 2009, Christopher Kimball of America's Test Kitchen wrote about its demise, lamenting what he felt was the dumbing-down of cooking that happened because of the internet. "Google 'broccoli…
Love garlic, but hate garlic breath? There is some good news for you: a type of odorless garlic, thought to be extinct, has been rediscovered. The Guardian reports on the resurgence of aglione, also known as "kissing…
Did you know adding online recipes to your EYB Bookshelf is a really great way to build your personal recipe collection? You can now do this even if you have a free membership! Try it out now and see how easy it is.…
If you Google the phrase "chicken recipes" you'll get over 74 million results. The vast majority of those recipes - as well as a surprising amount of cookbook recipes - are published without any testing at all. That…
Spring is in the air, and the first vegetables of the season are hitting farmers' markets stalls. While ramps may have stolen the spotlight in recent years, asparagus remains perennially popular as a star of the spring…
Every month Jane and Fiona wade through hundreds of cookbooks, selecting and reviewing all the best new releases of U.S., Canada, U.K., Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand cookbooks. The only thing left for you to do is…
The James Beard Foundation announced it cookbook award winners yesterday. The list is generally different from the IACP winners announced earlier this month, although there are a few books that made both lists. The big…
Salma Hage, a Lebanese housewife from Mazarat Tiffah (Apple Hamlet) in the mountains of the Kadisha Valley in north Lebanon, has over 50 years experience of family cooking. She learned to cook from her mother,…
Salma Hage has over 50 years of experience in the kitchen and is regarded as an authority on Middle Eastern home cooking. Her new cookbook, The Middle Eastern Vegetarian Cookbook, seamlessly blends the Western trend of…
