Eat Your Books

Cookbook roundup

February is an interesting month in cookbook land. It's kind of a grab bag: the long tail of slow cooker books, Paleo books for those who are still sticking with their New Year's resolutions, high-value books by midlist authors who weren't quite big enough for holiday rush. And, of course, piles and piles of sweets, because even if we don't get any sweets on Valentine's Day, we all feel we deserve them. Read about this month's latest releases from the U.S., U.K., Australia and New Zealand.

 

Meet our authors

Chef Donald Link is a very busy man. Not only does he operate some of New Orleans' most highly-acclaimed restaurants (Herbsaint, Cochon, and Pêche Seafood Grill), the James Beard Award-winning chef is actively involved in the New Orleans community. Chef Link graciously took time out of his hectic schedule to answer our questions about his latest cookbook, Down South: Bourbon, Pork, Gulf Shrimp & Second Helpings of Everything. Chef Link talked with EYB and told us about his love for Southern food and about his grandfather's cooking. (Find out how you can win a copy of Down South.)

Susie Middleton is likely familiar to many of our subscribers. She is the former Chief Editor for Fine Cooking magazine, and has previously published two cookbooks dedicated to vegetables, earning Susie the nickname of 'The Vegetable Queen.' In addition to giving away five copies of her new cookbook, Fresh from the Farm: A Year of Recipes and Stories, Susie sat down with EYB to discuss the inspiration for the book, and how life on the farm has changed her.


 

Me and my cookbooks

Not only does EYB member Barbara Sweeney love cookbooks, she is a cookbook. Barbara is currently regional editor of The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide and resides in Sydney, Australia. Besides her extensive cookbook collection, Barbara has a stall at the Eveleigh Farmers' Market in Sydney where she acts as a Talking Cookbook. What this means is that Barbara chats with people about food and cooking and offers suggestions of how they might cook the food they had bought at the market. Who wouldn't love to have that feature at the market? Read about Barbara's Talking Cookbook gig and her favorite cookbooks here.

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