January's Cookbook Club Summary
We have been busy working through Smitten Kitchen Every Day, The Zuni Cafe Cookbook and Dorie Greenspan recipes over in the Eat Your Books Cookbook Club, our online cooking group. Desserts are still be churned out in…
2018
Best selling cookbooks of 2017
Last month our friends at cookbook stores around the world gave us their picks for their favorite books of 2017. Now we asked them for their top sellers. We thought it would be interesting to compare the lists from…
Add another tool to your cooking arsenal
A good cook should have several tools in her or his toolkit for amping up flavors or adding zing to a dish. Umami boosters like soy sauce, fish sauce, and Parmesan cheese are commonly used to provide depth of flavor.…
Observer Food Monthly celebrates its 200th issue
Observer Food Monthly is celebrating this January, and with good reason: this month it publishes its 200th issue. Befitting such a momentous occasion, the magazine is filled with recipes from celebrity chefs like…
January 2018 Cookbook Roundup
I've said it before and I'll say it again, the scope and breadth of 2017's cookbooks were epic. Both authors and publishers muscled through with Herculean efforts to deliver titles that were both beautiful and engaging.…
Autentico - Rolando Beramendi
When I first picked up Rolando Beramendi's Autentico: Cooking Italian, the Authentic Way, I was instantly reminded of why Italian food is loved worldwide: simple elegance. Rolando is an importer and connoisseur of the…
Influential French chef Paul Bocuse dies at 91
Paul Bocuse, the French chef whose influence on the world of fine dining was incalculable, has died at the age of 91, according to the BBC. The chef is best known outside of his native France as the fouder of the Bocuse…
Featured Cookbooks & Recipes
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…
Learning about an ingredient the hard way
It all started with a trip to the newly-opened gourmet market. The small space it occupied in a charming old exposed-brick storefront was packed with an array of locally-grown produce and ingredients not frequently seen…
Looking back at a Cold War cookbook
Tensions ran high in Berlin during the summer of 1948. The first crisis of what would become known as the Cold War was happening in the war-torn capital of Germany, as the Soviets had cut off rail and road access to the…
Patricia Heaton's Food for Family and Friends
Most of us know Patricia Heaton, the actress, from her hit shows, Everybody Loves Raymond and The Middle, as well as other tv and movie roles. It was in October 2015 when Patricia Heaton Parties aired on the Food…
Major layoffs at Saveur Magazine
Saveur ranks as the one of the most popular magazines in the EYB Library. We've often linked to articles on the magazine's website in our blog posts, and we've featured the magazine in our monthly newsletter. This high…