Over 6000 cookbooks indexed!

We've reached another milestone, with over 6,000 cookbooks indexed on EYB. While that number may seem small compared to the 150,000+ books listed in the EYB Library, these books represents a significant portion of most member Bookshelves - an average of 78% for Premium members. Remember, if you have a favorite book that is not yet indexed, you can request to index it yourself - 35% of the books indexed since we started Member indexing in October 2011 have been done by EYB Members. (Thank you!) Don't forget to add all of your books to your Bookshelf so we have a better idea of which books should be indexed next. Each unindexed book on your shelf earns a point in our indexing chart (and if you request that it be indexed, it gains another point). When a book receives enough points, it will be indexed. Once that happens, you will receive a notification email and recipes will be automatically added to your searches. But none of that can happen if we don’t know that you own the book!

Best selling cookbooks of 2015

Last month, we asked our friends at cookbook stores around the world to tell us their favorite books of 2015. Now we've asked them to report on their top sellers for last year. Comparing the lists from specialist stores in the USA to that for all US sales as reported by Nielsen, we see a completely different picture, because only 2 books -The Food Lab and Thug Kitchen - appear on both lists. Five of the 2015 bestsellers were also Top 10 books in 2014. See lists from the US, Canada, Australia, and Europe on the EYB blog.

Support a cookbook store at home or on the road

If you have upcoming travel plans, remember to check out the EYB cookbook stores directory and visit any stores that happen to be in or near your destination. For example, if travel plans take you to New Orleans, Debbie from the Kitchen Witch cookbook store would love to see you in her new location. Many small cookbook stores depend on visits from tourists to stay afloat, so leave some room in your suitcase and support these great resources!

Top EYB Member picks for January

Articles: Best "back of the box" recipes Aspirational recipes - the good, the bad, and the ugly The rise of bowl food Is this the year of the vegetable? Looking forward to celebrity cookbooks Recipe collections: The Vitamix Cookbook online recipes The Mediterranean Table online recipes Mexico from the Inside Out online recipes Maggie Beer Summer Harvest online recipes Lidia's Mastering the Art of Italian Cuisine online recipes

Featured Pinterest boards - Vegan/Vegetarian

Keep up your healthy eating or Meatless Monday resolution with these delicious and colorful vegan and vegetarian recipes from the EYB Pinterest boards: Roasted butternut squash and red onion with tahini and za'atar from Amateur Gourmet by Yotam Ottolenghi     Red pepper pasta with mushrooms and spinach from What's Gaby Cooking Jerk sweet potato & black bean curry from BBC Good Food Magazine       Open-faced enchilada veggie quesadillas from Two Peas and Their Pod      Harissa eggs in purgatory from Skinny Taste

(But don't get carried away. You deserve a treat, especially on Valentine's Day. Make one of the recipes below from our Pinterest board.) Lofthouse style soft sugar cookies from Two Peas and Their Pod by Maria Lichty Red velvet sandwich cookies from Bakerella Chocolate-cherry cheesecake tart from Fine Cooking Magazine First kiss cupcakes from My Recipes by Oxmoor House

January cookbook roundup

January is a bit slow for new cookbooks, but there are several interesting releases, including several "best of" books by big name chefs. Vegan cooking is popular, and there are scads of diet books, clean eating, and bone broth books too tedious to list. Another item that caught our attention: coloring books for cooks! See the full list on the EYB blog.

Cookbook excerpts & author interview

New Year's resolutions for healthy eating are often abandoned. Chef and food writer Sara Dickerman attempted to rectify this situation, creating a popular healthy eating plan on the Bon Appétit website. This plan is the basis for Sara's new cookbook, Bon Appetit - The Food Lover's Cleanse. Sara talked to us about her new book » To give you a flavor of what's inside his new cookbook, Dr. Angelo Acquista, author and board certified physician, provided us with three recipe excerpts from his latest cookbook, The Mediterranean Family Table. The recipes are "prescriptions" for healthy eating that go down easy. View the recipes and learn more about the book » Gizzi Erskine is best known for being a presenter on the British television show Cook Yourself Thin and for writing the show's cookbook. Gizzi is the food columnist for several publications, and has just released Gizzi's Healthy Appetite in the US. In an excerpt from the book, Gizzi explains her philosophy that healthy foods needn't be boring »

Cookbook giveaways

Since 2011, Sara Dickerman worked with registered dietician Marissa Lippert and Bon Appetit to create a yearly 2-week Bon Appétit Food Lover's Cleanse recipe plan. Now the plan has been expanded to cover the entire year in the new cookbook, Bon Appétit - The Food Lover's Cleanse. We're delighted to offer 10 copies of the book to EYB Members worldwide. Click the photo to view the contest, but don't delay; the contest ends on February 7, 2016. To help his patients improve their health, Dr. Angelo Acquista began "prescribing" them recipes for nutritious meals prepared with ingredients key to the Mediterranean diet. In The Mediterranean Family Table, he makes his prescription for health available to everyone, with recipes interspersed with anecdotes from Acquista's family history. We're giving away 5 copies of the book to EYB Members in the USA and Canada. Click the photo above to view the contest, which ends on February 17, 2016. Chef Gizzi Erskine doesn't believe that healthy eating should be boring. That philosophy is reflected in Gizzi's Healthy Appetite: Food to Nourish the Body and Feed the Soul, which pumps up healthy ingredients with bold flavours and textures. We're delighted to offer 5 copies to EYB Members in the USA and Canada. Click the photo above to view the contest, which ends February 24, 2016. Remember, you can view all current contests on the EYB blog.

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