CookShelfNow in its 28th year, Taste Canada Awards / Les Lauréats des Saveurs du Canada has announced its shortlist of cookbooks vying for a coveted culinary writing award. Sixty-nine cookbooks entered the competition, written…
On Monday, the World's 50 Best announced the top 50 restaurants in the world for 2025 at an event in Turin, Italy on Monday evening. Maido in Lima, Peru was named No. 1, the second time a restaurant from this city…
One of the grocery stores in my city vexes me to no end by its constant rearranging of products. As soon as I get used to learning where to find the items that I regularly buy, everything moves to a new location. This…
June is a fairly light month for cookbook releases but there are some outstanding titles that warrant our attention. A few books that our Members will want to know about include: Braided Heritage by Jessica B. Harris;…
Each month we allow posting in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club from any cookbook, magazine or blog and we also offer one featured cookbook. We hope that sharing our favorite recipes will help our Members discover new…
We covered the James Beard Media Awards over the weekend, but there were more honors given on Monday, when the JBF announced the winners of its Restaurant and Chef Awards, representing the best food and drink in the US.…
This year the solstice brought with it a record-breaking heat wave for much of the US. When the temperatures and dew points both spike this high, standing over a hot stove for any length of time is unappealing, to say…
Culinary tours provide an exciting way to combine travel with your passion for food! There's something magical about experiencing a culture through its cuisine, especially with someone who deeply understands the…
I will never forget the time a 20-something coworker wrinkled her nose in disgust when I brought a rhubarb pie to the office. "Only old people like rhubarb," she said. Being only in my early 40s at the time, I bristled…
The Guild of Food Writers announced the winners of its 2025 awards at a ceremony in London at the Royal Institution on June 18th. At the event, Arabella Boxer was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Arabella…
Jane, Katie and I attended the James Beard award ceremony on June 14th in Chicago, where the the James Beard Foundation announced the winners of its 2025 Media Awards, which includes books, broadcast media, and…
We received the sad news that Anne Burrell, popular Food Network host and chef, passed away today at her New York home. Burrell was the long time host of Worst Cooks in America, which ran on Food Network from 2010 to…
