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“Evans’ extremely concise collection of recipes borders on brilliant.”
Entertainment Weekly
“#impressive”
NYTimes.com
“Brevity is a virtue in ‘Eat Tweet’… there’s no loss of gastronomic goodness here.”
San Jose Mercury News
“A gem of a cookbook and a perfect little hostess gift”
House Beautiful
“For anyone who loves abbreviations and economy of space as exemplified by twitter, this may be the (cook)book for you.”
Epicurious.com
“’s EAT TWEET reads as if it’s from two centuries ago, yet feels also
lke a grt innovation.”
“Maureen is able to put more recipes in less space than perhaps any cookbook has ever accomplished.”
Frank Bruni, from the foreword
“Who knew a recipe for hummus or spice cookies could be written in one sentence?”
BostInnovation
“Maureen Evans runs on Twitter, and she is one of the most popular tweeting chefs around.”
Guide to Culinary Schools
“In 2007, [Maureen] began a nifty project: tweeting recipes, each condensed to 140 characters. She soon amassed 3,000 followers, but her online life still felt like a small town: Among the regulars, people knew each other and enjoyed conversing.”
Wired
“Maybe it’s the recession, or maybe it’s Julie & Julia. Whatever the reason, people are heading to their kitchens to cook. … Food can also be turned into words through recipes. Meet Maureen Evans, of Twitter fame, who is turning full recipes into 140 characters.”
KCRW Good Food
“Twitter, which enables the sharing of short, 140-character messages, has moved on from sharing small personal stories to sharing culture. Maureen Evans works in an area that lends itself to short form: recipes.”
NPR
“It’s fun to decode and cook Ms. Evans’s tweets. They’re a pleasure to look at — strangely absorbing, like bonsai or fabergé eggs. And (not to spoil the surprise) they work.”
New York Times
“‘Twecipes’ are the moment’s micro-obsession and we love the New York Times’ Dining staff — certainly active and useful Twitizens themselves — for flying into the eye of the storm in conjunction with today’s profile of Twitter’s marquee recipe condenser Maureen Evans, aka ”
Slashfood.com
“Many [on Twitter] discuss food, including Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver who “tweet” suggestions, links to recipes and mini-appraisals of their latest meals. Now, however, users of the internet phenomenon have gone one step further — compressing instructions on how to create an entire meal into the tiny space… Among those sending out the cut-down formulas is Twitterer Maureen Evans.”
Guardian Observer
