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2016

New Cookbooks

January 2016 cookbook roundup

January 28, 2016 · Jane

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…

Author Articles

Healthy food should be delicious

January 27, 2016 · Jane

Gizzi Erskine is probably best known for being a presenter on the British television show Cook Yourself Thin and for writing the show's companion cookbook. Gizzi trained at the prestigious Leith's School of Food and…

Antipasto

A cultural reinvigoration

January 26, 2016 · Darcie

At restaurants and in kitchens across the United States, a new generation of black chefs and cookbook authors is "reinventing, reinterpreting and reinvigorating what's thought of as African-American food." The New York…

Food Online

Soup up your soup

January 25, 2016 · Darcie

Residents on the East Coast of the U.S. are digging out from a record snowstorm, so chances are good that soup is on the menu. Nothing warms you like a hearty bowl of soup says Bo O'Connor, executive chef of The Pomeroy…

Food Online

Taco's golden age

January 24, 2016 · Darcie

We are living in a golden age for the taco, say the editors at Chowhound. What started as a cheap street food can now "be high or low, cheap and ubiquitous, or rare and pricey." Tacos range from greasy fast food…

Antipasto

Port makes it way back onto cocktail menus

January 23, 2016 · Darcie

The current cocktail revival is bringing back many once forgotten (or overlooked) spirits. Port is among the many cocktail ingredients with a rich history that dates back to the 1700s, but until very recently you would…

Recipes

Featured Cookbooks & Recipes

January 22, 2016 · Christine

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…

Food Online

Tips for perfect crème brûlée

January 22, 2016 · Darcie

Dessert trends may come and go, but crème brûlée remains a perennial fixture on restaurant menus. The contrast between rich, silky custard and delicate crunchy crust has delighted diners for decades. Despite its…

Food Online

Best "back of the box" recipes

January 21, 2016 · Darcie

Between the millions of recipes available in cookbooks and online, it's a wonder that food companies continue to put recipes on cans and boxes. But check any can of condensed milk, bag of chocolate chips, or box of…

Author Articles

The perfect prescription

January 20, 2016 · Jane

Angelo Acquista, M.D. is board certified physician and a clinical instructor in medicine at Northshore-LIJ University Hospital in Manhattan. He grew up eating in his native Sicily and this culinary background, coupled…