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2024

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How important is the recipe's photo?

May 2, 2024 · Darcie

These days it's rare to find a cookbook that isn't filled with dozens (if not hundreds) of gorgeous, perfectly-styled photographs that accompany the recipes. Not only do these photos make one's mouth water, they also…

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How well do you know eggs?

May 1, 2024 · Darcie

Eggs are a staple food in nearly every cuisine, nearly indispensable in both cooking and baking. Although chicken eggs are the most commonly eaten kind today, throughout human history eggs from other birds were more…

Cookbook Giveaways

Mother's Day Gift Guide and Giveaway

April 29, 2024 · Jenny

Mother's Day is rapidly approaching and I wanted to provide you with a gift guide as well as a special giveaway! Let's get started. Emile Henry creates beautiful cookware, bakeware and tabletop accessories that make any…

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Food news antipasto

April 28, 2024 · Darcie

Are you Team Hydrox or Team Oreo? If you are the former, here is some news from Leaf Brands, maker of the chocolate sandwich cookie: it is planning an antitrust lawsuit against Mondelēz, the parent company of Oreo. Leaf…

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How to use beer in the kitchen

April 27, 2024 · Darcie

Have you ever hosted a gathering and found yourself with leftover cans or bottles of beer that you don't plan on drinking? Instead of letting in languish in your refrigerator (it doesn't keep forever), Food & Wine's…

Food Online

Can copycat recipes be trusted?

April 26, 2024 · Darcie

There are many foods I enjoy out or that are commercially made that I would love to recreate at home, either because I don't live near a store or restaurant that offers the item, or because the restaurant or food no…

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Essential cookbooks

April 24, 2024 · Darcie

What makes a cookbook essential? Is it one that covers broad swaths of territory, like Joy of Cooking, or one that keenly focuses on a smaller subject like Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables? Maybe it's a cookbook…

New Cookbooks

April 2024 New Cookbook Review

April 23, 2024 · Jenny

Welcome to April! You can keep track of what is coming this year with our 2024 Cookbook Preview and don’t forget that you can create a wishlist and share it with your loved ones. Our April 2024 EYB Cookbook Club Summary…