Notes, ratings, and reviews
What Notes are
A Note is any comment a member adds to a book or recipe: a mini review, an error correction, or a variation that worked for you. Notes are how members help each other cook better, and a quick one about a recipe you loved, a tweak you made, or a mistake you caught is exactly the kind of tip the next cook is hoping to find. You can also add photos of the recipes you make, which help a lot when the original recipe doesn’t have a photo of its own.
Notes vs. Reviews
A Note is written by an EYB member. A Review is an external review from a newspaper, magazine, or blog; we don’t carry the review itself, we link to the site that published it.
Adding a Note
- On a book or recipe’s details page, open the Notes tab and click Add a Note.
- Write your note. If it’s only useful to you (“made this when John and Carol came over”), tick personal and only you’ll see it. Otherwise, leave it public so it helps the next cook.
- Click Add Note. Edit later with the pencil, delete with the x.
Adding a note from the Notes tab of a recipe.
Your notes live on your Profile page, and the latest public notes also appear on My Home. One thing notes aren’t for: reporting an error in a listing. We don’t monitor every note, so email info@eatyourbooks.com instead.
Rating
Click the stars on any book or recipe. Half-star increments work, and you can revise your rating anytime, though you can’t remove it. Gray stars mean no ratings yet; green shows the member average. Hover to see your own. A rating with a note explaining it is worth twice as much to the next cook.
Ratings on a book page: the member average, and your own rating on hover.