Vanilla beans are crazy expensive. They also come in a dozen varietals and picking and choosing a type of vanilla bean to use in a recipe is sort of like picking and choosing the right type of red wine in a beef bourguignon recipe. You know it’s going to effect the end result but really, [...]
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Hey there! Thanks for visiting my blog. I'm Irvin Lin, an IACP-Award winning photographer, award winning baker, award winning graphic designer, storyteller, recipe developer, writer and average joe bon vivant. Hilarity often ensues when I'm involved. I currently reside in San Francisco in the neighborhood people have recently taken to calling "The Gastro" - a block from Dolores Park and right near Tartine Bakery, Bi Rite Market & Creamery, and Delfina.I co-host the quarterly DIY Dessert event at 18 Reasons. The next DIY Dessert event will be Pies! on Saturday, June 15 from 2pm to 4pm. I can also be found at various food events around the city. Feel free to contact me by clicking on that picture of me up above or emailing me eatthelove {at} gmail {dot} com.
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“Irvin Lin is the creative mind behind his Eat the Love food blog. Lin’s impressive photography skills support his training in graphic design on the site, and you would never believe that is food blogger is a self-taught baker.” - PBS Food
“We love Eat the Love because Irvin's beautiful sweets look as good as they taste — his art director's eye appreciates the ruby sparkle of a pile of pomegranate seeds against the matte canvas of chocolate ganache.”
- Saveur.com, Sites We Love“Lin, a designer and baker, shares his passion for baking with creative sweets that focus on seasonal ingredients with healthy doses of humor and charm. It's impossible not to read his site and crave dessert.”
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Wordless Recipes
Photo Essays
Books I recently acquired
Desserts by Michel Roux
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at Home by Jeni Britton Bauer
Momofuku Milk Bar by Christina Tosi
Bi-Rite Market's Eat Good Food by Sam Mogannam and Dabney Gough 
Martha Stewart's New Pies and Tarts: 
Serious Eats by Ed Levine and the editors of seriouseats.com
The Fearless Baker by Emily Luchetti & Lisa Weiss
The Cook's Illustrated Cookbook by the editors of Cook's Illustrated
Cookies at Home with The Culinary Institute of America by Todd Knaster
Plum Gorgeous: Recipes and Memories from the Orchard by Romney Steele
The Silver Spoon New Edition By Phaidon Press
Cookies for Kids Cancer: Best Bake Sale Cookbook by Gretchen Holt-Witt
They Draw and Cook: by Nate Padavick & Salli Swindell
Cook without a Book: Meatless Meals by Pam Anderson
Sugar, Sugar by Kimberely "Momma" Reiner and Jenna Sanz-Agero 
Vegan Desserts by Hannah Kaminski
Flour by Joanne Chang
Books I Love
Baking: From My Home to Yours From my home to yours by Dorie Greenspan
Pie: 300 Tried-and-True Recipes for Delicious Homemade Pie by Ken Haedrich
Desserts by the Yard From Brooklyn to Beverly Hills, recipes from the sweetest life ever by Sherry Yard
The Flavor Bible The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity by Karen Page, Andrew Dornenburg
Gluten-Free Girl and the Chef A love story with 100 tempting recipes by Shauna James and Daniel Ahern
Good to the Grain Baking with Whole Grain Flours by Kim Boyce
Ratio The simple codes behind the craft of everyday cooking by Michael Ruhlman
Baked Explorations: Classic American Desserts Reinvented by Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito
Professional Baking 5th Edition by Wayne Gisslen
Ready for Dessert My Best Recipes by David Lebovitz
The Secrets of Baking by Sherry
Tartine by Elisabeth Prueitt, Chad Robertson
