CookShelfWhile most recipes in the EYB Library that call for cheese specify a particular variety, sometimes you will come across one that tells you to use your favorite "melting cheese". You might wonder which cheese is best…
Enter our US/CA giveaway to win a copy of Rage Baking: The Transformative Power of Flour, Butter, Sugar, and Women's Voices by Kathy Gunst and Katherine Alford. Please note the authors' events that begin on February…
The history of Mexican cuisine involves adaptation, conquest, and assimilation. One way to trace this story is through cookbooks. While not many exist from the earliest interactions between Europeans and Native…
Enter our US giveaway to win a copy of Beyond the North Wind: Russia in Recipes and Lore by Darra Goldstein. Please note the author is touring and her events are on our calendar. Beyond the North Wind is an intriguing,…
February is Black History Month here in the US, a celebration of African Americans who have contributed to the fabric of American society. In the culinary world, the focus tends to be on familiar names like Edna Lewis…
People who love food are the best people. I enjoy learning more about my favorite cookbook authors, food writers, and bloggers and hope you do as well. Every few weeks, I will share a new article under the tag…
Have you ever thumbed through a supermarket tabloid while waiting in line at the cash register? If so, you've probably seen a headline that went something like "Stars: they're just like us," with photos of celebrities…
Artificial intelligence (AI) is touted as a way to make things better and faster than humans can by harnessing the power of computers that process innumerable equations in the blink of an eye. It's been put to use in…
Everyone knows that chopsticks are the traditional food eating implement of most Asian cuisines, but do you know where they started and why they became popular? That's a question posed by the Chinese Food & History blog…
While I am not a huge chocolate fan, my husband and son are chocolate fiends. Anything vanilla or citrus-flavored send my way and I will imbibe until my stretchy pants give up the ghost. So, I don't bake the types of…
Enter our US giveaway below to win a copy of Cool Beans: The Ultimate Guide to Cooking with the World's Most Versatile Plant-Based Protein, with 125 Recipes by Joe Yonan with one grand prize winner receiving a Circulon…
Have you ever noticed that the covers of the same cookbooks published in the US and the UK are frequently different? There are several reasons for this phenomenon, explains Charlotte Druckman in a recent Epicurious…
