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Mario Batali's trial for sexual misconduct wrapped up this week in Boston, with a jury issuing a not guilty verdict. The charges stemmed after a woman accused Batali of forcibly kissing and groping her at a Boston bar…
2022
This week: EYB Features, The Art of Eating prize, Fortnum & Mason Food Awards; recipes, giveaways and EYBD Previews
Last week, Jane announced that the search of your own Notes feature was live. Be sure to visit this post to learn more: Search your own Notes. This week we want to remind our members about our Bookmarklet feature.…
Author Articles Cookbook Giveaways Recipes
Atsuko Ikeda - Author Quick Bites & Cookbook Set Giveaway
Enter our US/CA/UK giveaway to win one of two sets of the following three titles by Atsuko Ikeda: Otsumami: Japanese Small Bites & Appetizers; Atsuko's Japanese Kitchen: Home-Cooked Comfort Food Made Simple; and Sushi…
Fortnum & Mason Food Awards 2022
The Fortnum & Mason Food Awards celebrate their tenth anniversary highlighting the best in food and drink writing and broadcasting in the UK. In a blurb on the awards home page, F&M CEO Tom Athron's noted the milestone…
The Art of Eating Prize for 2022
The Art of Eating magazine first appeared in 1986 in the form of an eight-page black-and-white newsletter written by Edward Behr. After three decades in print, it transformed into a digital-only, advertising-free…
Explore the sweet-sour punch of tamarind
I first discovered tamarind while searching for pad Thai recipes years ago. Once I had purchased a brick of it, I explored other recipes that used this tropical fruit, finding that it was used in a host of cultures in…
Your Daily Veg Cookbook Giveaway
Enter our worldwide giveaway to win one of three copies of Your Daily Veg: Modern, Fuss-Free Vegetarian Food by Joe Woodhouse. Your Daily Veg: Modern, Fuss-Free Vegetarian Food by Joe Woodhouse (husband of Olia…
Food news antipasto
For those worried that we are living in a dystopian future straight out of a sci-fi novel, here is something to add to your concern: a team of scientists has created a robot that can taste. The device, which is "trained…
When you lose a favorite recipe
Have you ever had a terrific recipe that you absolutely adored but that you somehow managed to lose? That is the scenario I found myself in this evening. I was tasked with making a salad for a potluck and my thoughts…
Search your own Notes
Members have been asking for a way to search their Notes and we have now added this feature to the site. Now you can easily access your own Notes under the My Bookshelf tab (My Notes). And once there you can search your…
The last two weeks: Adding books to your Bookshelf, Food Season is back at The British Library and more
For our new members, we want to review adding books to your Bookshelf. A member asked recently why the US edition of a UK book was not listed in the Library. It was but was linked to the edition we indexed. Here's an…
An evening with Yotam Ottolenghi
During his US tour Yotam Ottolenghi came to Minneapolis, and since it was so close to me and I am a huge fan of his cookbooks, I booked a ticket to listen to his talk. Although I had hoped to go in person, a sore throat…