I've recently stumbled on a website that may possibly change your life.....well it will if you own a lot of cookbooks and like cooking!
The website in question is called Eat Your Books and is essentially an online cookbook search engine. All you do is add your cookbooks to your own personal online bookshelf (they also index popular food magazines and some blogs too) and then you can search your online bookshelf for recipe inspiration at the click of a button....no more hunting through stacks of books.
It's proved useful to me in two ways. Firstly if you want to make a specific dish, lets say trifle, but you aren't sure where to start looking for recipes, you can type 'trifle' into the search box and up comes all the trifle recipes in your cookbook collection. Choose the one you want to make and go and find the cookbook!
Secondly it's really useful when you need recipe inspiration. The other day I had Stilton and bacon in my fridge that needed to be used. So, I typed 'Stilton and bacon' into the search box and up came some results...I chose to make Rachel Allen's Bacon and Blue Cheese Cornbread from Bake - a recipe I had long forgotten about!
To add unlimited books and magazines to your online bookshelf costs $25/year or $2.50/month. You can also buy gift subscriptions, which would make a fab Christmas present for any cookbooka-holics in your family. However, Eat Your Books has kindly given me one lifetime membership to give away to a Jam and Clotted Cream reader.
All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is
1) Leave a comment on this post
For an extra entry you can tweet the following
I've just entered the @EatYourBooks competition on @jamandcream food blog http://bit.ly/enFhjs
Let me know you have done so in the comments section.
Competition open to everyone and closes at 5pm GMT on Friday 16th December.
65 comments:
This sounds like a great idea - I have so many cookery books that I always forget which recipes are in which one...this will save me a lot of time leafing through them all when I'm hunting for a particular dinner dish!
Thanks for the recommendation!
Wow! I must try this. It sounds like a quick time-saver... although I do enjoy browsing through my books and finding others I want to make while searching for the one I really want...
xoxo
-S
I love Eat Your Books - it's a great resource for anyone who collects cookbooks. Plus I love this blog!
What a great resource! Thanks for the link. It saves me searching for recipes online when I have the book at home.
This sounds great! It would definitely come in handy for me.
What a fab idea!
I'm always hunting for recipes I half remember!
@missielizzieb
Tweeted too @missielizzieb
I would LOVE to win this!
aagh, I joined up just a couple of days ago! But I'm already so hooked I'd love a lifetime membership :) I tweeted too, @veronicafrance
Just tweeted I've just entered the @EatYourBooks competition on @jamandcream food blog http://bit.ly/enFhjs for an extra entry too!
Phenomenal giveaway. I'd love to win.
Mark
What a cool idea!
I love EYB and have been using it just under a year--so my subscription payment will soon be due! And I have tweeted too (@penybrynlodge)!
What a great idea. PS like the new look of your blog too. The index is brilliant, makes it easy to find recipes.
just tweeted from @bakingaddict
Great idea...although I think it may only encourage my cookbook addiction further!! :-)
This is such a fabulous idea and would save loads of time trawling through books when I'm in a hurry.
I have tweeted @serialcrafter
I love EYB. It is truly a fabulous site. Really time-saving. Oh, but don't add me into the comp. I have a membership already.
ps index looks brill!
It's a brilliant idea, you can so many long (but enjoyable) hours looking through books for ideas, which usually is no problem but when, like you, you have a couple of ingredients in your fridge or larder and you just need quick inspiration for a meal it's the perfect way to get it.
I've browsed the website and set up my 'free' books but I would absolutely LOVE a lifetime membership.
Sue xx
Great idea , thanks for the competition too! Have tweeted...
Fab prize - would organise my life!! Well, maybe ;-)
And I'm tweeting your message too! Hx
I signed up for the free version afew weeks ago but with the hundreds of books I have, I'd love to have the full one!
@janesgrapevine
I've tweeted @janesgrapevine
As all brilliant ideas, it is simple and you wonder why no one thought of it before! From this enthusiastic cook with very little time - two thumbs up!
I love the idea of eat your books.
I have tweeted @purelyfood
This sounds great, I have some great cook books but often hard to find something to cook or get inspiration
@thefooltweets
This sounds absolutely amazing, hope I win! :)
I love the sound of this.
I've tweeted.
@corinathecook
What a simple but oh so clever idea
@daisyangel1
I have tweeted too
@daisyangel1
Excellent idea, it would really save a lot of time!
It sounds like a good idea as books take up too much room.
I have tweeted too - @clairew137
This sounds a fantastic idea. I have so many cookbooks that it would save me so much time.
What a fab idea! Would be great to win this! :D
I've also tweeted :D
https://twitter.com/#!/86PinkPrincess/status/145988424778788866
What a wonderful resource. I had heard of it but did not realise it did so many things.
How funny! My mum was just saying the other day that this would be a really good idea. She'll be thrilled to find out it already exists!
I'd love to win please :-)
I've tweeted the message @Isis1981uk
Fab idea, we've been looking for something like that for ages!
I've never heard of Eat Your Books before but it sounds like a really good idea and very original. I'd love to try it.
What a great idea. I have so many cookery books
What a brilliant idea. On occasion I've spent longer looking for a recipe than I have actually making the dish (once I've found a recipe)so this concept ahs my full support!
I've tweeted about the competition as @LoveWinning
What a brilliant idea! I've just spent ages searching through my recipe books for some nice Christmas recipes and this service would have made it much quicker.
This sounds like a great idea -
This sounds like a great idea!
This sounds like a great idea -
http://twitter.com/#!/12kazuko12/status/147400856508178432
Tweeted as @12kazuko12
sounds like a fab idea, I could really do with this!
I've also tweeted @angiehoggett
What a great idea
@ericahughes
Tweeted @ericahughes
This looks fab!
I've tweeted I've just entered the @EatYourBooks competition on @jamandcream food blog http://bit.ly/enFhjs
username mcpfilipa
Oh I would love this so much!
I do love the idea of being able to type the contents of my cupboard into a site to get a grand recipe idea. Wonder what it could do with mashed potato, balsamic vinegar and sour cream and onion pringles?
forgoet to say, I've tweeted too @piperanddaisy
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