
Update at end of post!!
No, I don't actually want you to eat your books! I would rather you ate something a bit more nutritious.
What I actually want to tell you about is a website. One that, now I have found it, I do not know how I would live without it. I know that is a bit of a dramatic statement, but in foodie terms it is a blessing.
I cannot remember how I stumbled across it. Someone must have mentioned it or I must have read about it somewhere. I was very excited when I got to the site.
What does the site do? You may ask. Well it is basically a search engine for your cookbooks. You add all the cookbooks you have to your bookshelf and any of the foodie magazines that they cover. They all appear on your bookshelf with a nice wee photo of the cookbook cover.
I don't know about you, but I don't use my cookbooks enough. If I do decide to use one, I end up sitting on the floor with piles of books all around me. To be honest, now I am a mum and back at work, I just don't have the time to waste Sunday afternoons just sitting and idly flicking through cookbooks, as fun as that is. So what happens is apart from that initial surge when the book arrives, they mostly sit on the shelf, unless I know what I am looking for.

Here is my search for mascarpone. There were 79 results. Click on the photos to enlarge them.

Next I click on the recipe I am interested in and a list of main ingredients will appear, along with a star rating if it has one and also a review if it has one.

You can also search for online recipes. If any of the recipes from your cookbooks are online (on the official site of course) there will be a link and they are also starting to include blogs that you can add to your book shelf and searches. EYB have asked if they can add Tinned Tomatoes and I was delighted.
One of the first bloggers to be added was Lori over at Recipe Girl Here is one of her entries, which came up in my mascarpone search, with a link directly to the recipe.

It's great isn't it? I love it and it is getting a fair bit of use in this house.
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To Join, you can go to Eat Your Books website and add 5 of your cookbooks for free, just to try it out or choose a monthly ($2.50) or annual ($25) paid membership. Well, I was on the site for about 5 minutes before I had flexed my credit card and bought a year's membership. It is more than worth the spend. Such a fabulous resource especially if you have the 67 books I have or even more.

So the same guidelines as usual . To win a free lifetime membership to Eat Your Books (worldwide):
1. just leave me a comment.
For extra entries:
2. Follow my blog Tinned Tomatoes and leave a separate comment to say you have done so.
3. Follow me @tinnedtoms on twitter and leave a separate comment to let me know you have done so.
4. Follow @EatYourBooks on twitter and leave a separate comment to let me know you have done so.
5. Tweet the competition using (Win a free lifetime membership to @EatYourBooks
over at http://tinyurl.com/6lbveee ) and leave a separate comment to say you have done so.
6. Like the Eat Your Books Facebook Page and leave a separate comment to let me know you have done so.
Yes, that is 6 opportunities to win!
Remember to leave separate comments as each comment is a separate entry.
The giveaway is worldwide. I am happy to post it out to the winner, wherever they live. The giveaway runs until Sunday 13 November 2011.
Good luck everyone!
UPDATE!!!

So if you join EYB, remember to add Tinned Tomatoes Blog to your bookshelf!
Disclosure Statement: I bought my own membership and EYB did not approach me to write a review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. In line with Tinned Tomatoes as a featured blog on EYB, I have been offered a free lifetime membership to follow on from the one I purchased. This has not had any bearing on this review.
What a fantastic idea Jac - thanks a million for bringing it to our attention - and better again if it was for free!!!!
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ReplyDeleteI follow EYB on twitter
ReplyDeleteI also recently discovered Eat your books and thought it was a fantastic idea! I'd love to win a year's subscription. I'm already a follower of your blog and I've liked the Eat your books FB page :-)
ReplyDeleteI, or rather FFF likes EYB on FB.
ReplyDeleteI'm a follower :-)
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ReplyDeleteWow, someone was sure thinking when they developed this jacqueline. What a great idea!
ReplyDeleteSounds great - I have such a time keeping track of cookbook recipes - please put me in the draw
ReplyDeletewhat a terrific idea. I'm always trying to purge my recipe books to make better use of them but to no avail. Could I choose just 5 though? Well maybe the good luck fairy will send the membership my way so I don't have to ;o)
ReplyDeleteGenius idea. Congrats to you too
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ReplyDeleteI have tweeted and am now exhausted x
ReplyDeleteBrilliant idea Jac, I can never find what I want when I want it - would love to win this one.
ReplyDeleteWow, what a brilliant idea!!
ReplyDeleteSue xx
And of course I already 'Like' you on Facebook.
ReplyDeleteSue xx
So I had to just dash over and 'Like' EYB too!!
ReplyDeleteSue xx
What a great idea, Dom at Belleau Kitchen got me looking at my cookbooks again for his Random Recipes challenge and it made ,me remember how nice it is to use them (but how time consuming) This would be the solution!
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ReplyDeleteI follow EYB on Twitter (@JennyStout)
ReplyDeleteI've tweeted about the competition
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ReplyDeleteThis is brilliant - now seems possible I might actually use a recipe from one of my cookbooks! Also a good way to remind myself which recipe I bought that obscure ingredient at the back of the cupboard for...
ReplyDeleteHave tweeted about competition to enter :-)
I'm going to cave in and buy a subscription I think, but please enter me to win too!
ReplyDeletealready following your blog!
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ReplyDeletenow liking EYB on f/b too!
ReplyDeleteVery cool, love the site
ReplyDeleteHi there, have followed you on twitter (at last)
ReplyDeleteAnd have followed Eat Your Books on twitter too :-)
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And last but not least have tweeted.... about the competition
ReplyDeleteI follow your brilliant blog of course :)
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ReplyDeleteive just tweeted as well
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ReplyDeleteSO brilliant!! I could definitely use this with my zillions of cookbooks! Thank you so much for sharing this with us!!
ReplyDeleteFabulous idea, Jacqueline! I'd love it!
ReplyDeleteI've been there and love the site, too.. but it was a year ago so it looks like things have improved. Awesome! I will have to check it out again.... if I don't win a membership, of course. ;)
ReplyDeleteI already subscribe to Tinned Tomatoes via RSS
ReplyDeleteOoh I do like the sound of this, its very clever indeed. I do like flicking through my books, but when it comes to using a ingredient and finding a appealing recipe, it can be challenging - so yes, of course a free subscription to Eat Your Books would be a fabulous prize for the winner - so for a chance I am entering.
ReplyDeleteThat is the MOST brilliant thing I've ever seen - especially that it includes blogs too. It's a better timesaving device than the dishwasher! (well, nearly)
ReplyDeleteI am forever thinking, "hmmm, now where did I see that recipe for xxx" and never being able to find it. Thanks SO much for posting about it, genius!
I got so excited about EYB I didn't notice the thing about the giveaway (doh!) Count me in - and I am now following Eat Your Books on twitter!
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ReplyDeleteIt must be my destiny to win a free subscription! ;-)
Brilliant prize!
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ReplyDeleteWhat an intriguing idea, I'd never heard of this site and would be fascinated to see how it works with my - how shall we say - quirky taste in cookbooks!
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ReplyDeleteA great website idea. Would make the bookshelf less crowded.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant idea! Confession: I currently have approximately 140 cookbooks, and I am trying to cook my way through the "reserve collection" which is shelved on the landing because there's no more room in the living room. So EYB would be a huge help in my endeavour.
ReplyDeleteI'm already following your blog and now I've discovered you on Twitter, I'm following you there too (@veronicafrance).
And I'm following EYB because it's such a good idea!
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Following on Google Friend Connect
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Tweeted @robynlclarke
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ReplyDeleteOh I would love to win this!! I signed up for an annual membership a couple of months ago and I have found it so incredibly useful for my existing collection. Also love that it introduces me to so many new books, magazines and blogs!
ReplyDeleteGreat prize - would be wonderful to be able to search like that.
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