CookShelfOne could argue that the two biggest female culinary icons alive today are Martha Stewart and Ina Garten. Both have had big years, Stewart with a documentary about her life and Garten with a recently-published memoir.…
Pantone recently released its color of the year for 2025 - Mocha Mousse (which a few people relabeled as 'Poop', but that's the internet for you) - and the 2025 flavor of the year has something in common with it.…
Enter our US giveaway to win one of two copies of German Heritage Baking: Time-Honored Recipes, Traditional Techniques, and Culinary Secrets by Heidrun Metzler. German Heritage Baking: Time-Honored Recipes, Traditional…
We start out this week with a tip from an EYB Member about a new reality show that is right up our alley called Clash of the Cookbooks. It's brought to us by Roku, the same channel that hosts The Great American Baking…
Each month we previously offered at least four cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. This summer we cooked our favorite recipe from any cookbook, magazine, blog or online option and had a huge increase in…
Do you remember last October when Costco offered a huge set of Le Creuset for about $4,500 USD? Jane and I had questions about who would purchase this massive set, where they would store all 157 pieces, and whether they…
On December 9th, I shared this year's list of top books added to Member bookshelves in 2024. That list included 56 titles as I included a few additional books that were on 100 Bookshelves. A few Members asked if I could…
At the end of the year it's common to look back at what happened in 2024 (best cookbooks lists coming up soon!) and also to predict what food trends will happen in 2025. To that end, Martha Stewart's website has five…
Enter our worldwide giveaway to win one of three copies of The Golden Wok: Mastering the Art of Wok Cooking by Diana Chan. The Golden Wok: Mastering the Art of Wok Cooking by Diana Chan is the cookbook that shows you…
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…
Coffee prices climbed sharply this year, with arabica beans up 80% as of Tuesday to an all-time high. Even the less popular robusta beans - the kind used most often in instant coffee - have doubled in price. While much…
I missed this news when Kenji López-Alt announced it a couple of weeks ago but it is worth mentioning - his first solo cookbook, The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science, recently ticked past 1 million copies…
