CookShelfEnter our worldwide giveaway to win one of three copies of The Cake Book: Beautiful Sweet Treats for Every Craving by Rebecca Firth. The Cake Book: Beautiful Sweet Treats for Every Craving by Rebecca Firth is a cake…
Like many people, I segregate the types of things I peruse by social media platform. I connect with friends on Facebook, use Twitter to follow policy wonks, and utilize Instagram as a timeline cleanse, following mostly…
Enter our US/UK/AU/NZ giveaway to win one of three copies of Bread Ahead: The Expert Home Baker: A Masterclass in Classic Baking by Matthew Jones. Bread Ahead: The Expert Home Baker: A Masterclass in Classic Baking by…
One of the first things many people learn to bake is cookies, standing at their mother's or grandmother's side, maybe on a chair or stepstool depending on how little they are. While kids and cookies are a natural match,…
March 20 marks the beginning of Nowruz, the traditional Persian New Year festival celebrated in Iran, Afghanistan, and the Kurdish regions of Iraq, Turkey and Syria, throughout Central Asia, and by members of the…
Espécies de São Jorge is a regional sweet from the island of São Jorge, an island in the central group of the Azores archipelago and part of Portugal. This "spiced cookie" is ring-shaped and the dough is cut across the…
Normally I might include an article about new kitchenware in the weekly 'antipasto' post, but I am making an exception today. The first reason is that it's about Le Creuset, and the second is to make sure people have a…
Today the James Beard Foundation announced its nominees for the 2022 Restaurant and Chef awards. These awards honor culinary talent across the United States, with nominations in each of twelve regions. The winners of…
Mother's Day in the UK is celebrated on March 27th this year. In the UK, Mother's Day is connected to Easter, so like this holiday, the date of Mother's Day changes every year as Easter's date changes. Mother's Day, or…
As our members know, each month we offer several cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. There are other fun cookbook clubs around the interwebs and we’d like to highlight those for those members who might…
I usually forget about the "National Pie Day" that occurs in January, but that is okay since the logical choice for the day is Pi day, which is today. What better way to celebrate the mathematical constant that is such…
We start off this week with some sad news. Sally Schmitt, one of the founders of the pioneering Napa Valley restaurant the French Laundry, has died at the age of 90. Schmitt was the original chef and owner of the…
