A new way to cupcake
Cupcakes are finding their way back from being abandoned after the early 21st century cupcake craze sparked by bakeries such as Magnolia Bakery in New York City. What's not to love? They are individually portioned…
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November 2025 EYB Cookbook Club Summary
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 -most months. We hope that sharing our favorite recipes will help our Members…
Who needs a flaky pie crust?
Milk Street's Christopher Kimball had a Reddit AMA session earlier this week. Kimball solicited questions on his favorite food holiday (Thanksgiving), asking Redditors to "get the conversation (argument) started!" He…
Book News Holidays & Celebrations
A roundup of holiday, entertaining, and baking cookbooks
Every year I am caught by surprise at how fast the holidays come around. I am working on a gift guide (with giveaways), but wanted to do a fast roundup of holiday books for our Members. This summary includes…
What's the best bread for stuffing?
With holiday dinners fast approaching, home cooks are preparing the menus for their family feasts. For many, this means a turkey and stuffing/dressing as a side dish. There are many decisions to be made regarding the…
Dobre Dobre Cookbook Giveaway
Enter our US giveaway to win one of two copies of Dobre Dobre: Baking from Poland and Beyond by Laurel Kratochvila. My devotion to baking books is readily known to Members who read my posts. I particularly have a…
Watch it wobble
The fondness for retro desserts - items that might appear on a table in the TV show Mad Men - is still going strong several years after it emerged. B. Dylan Hollis has crafted a career from retro cakes and other sweets…
Big Book of Bread Giveaway
Enter our US giveaway to win one of two copies of the Big Book of Bread: 125 Recipes for Every Baker by King Arthur Baking Company. From the beloved baking authority, this gorgeous book shares over 140 recipes that meet…
December 2025 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary
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 world and we’d like to highlight those for those members who might want to…
Food news antipasto
Chef and cookbook author Samin Nosrat recently sat down with Sam Sanders - in her lush Oakland garden - to talk about food and healing. She spoke about her favorite item from the garden (passionfruit), and broke down…
US consumers may want to stock up on Italian pasta
If you live in the US and your favorite pasta brand is from Italy, you may want to buy extra during your next shopping trip. Starting in January, the Trump administration is aiming to introduce tariffs of over 90% on…
The Frankenpastry era continues
Dominique Ansel's Cronut - released in 2013 - was likely the spark of the pastry mashup that continues to proliferate at bakeries around the world, but the roots go back a bit further. In 1996, NYC pastry chef Maury…