September 2021 EYB Cookbook Club Summary

Each month we offer at least four cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. This month we have been cooking from:

• Main option: Cook This Book: Techniques That Teach and Recipes to Repeat by Molly Baz or Jew-ish: A Cookbook: Reinvented Recipes from a Modern Mensch by Jake Cohen
• Baking option: Modern Baking: Cakes, Cookies and Everything in Between by Donna Hay or A Good Bake: The Art and Science of Making Perfect Pastries, Cakes, Cookies, Pies, and Breads at Home by Melissa Weller
• Online option: Donna Hay Online Recipes
• Veg option: Chez Panisse Vegetables by Alice Waters or In Praise of Veg: A Modern Kitchen Companion by Alice Zaslavsky – online recipes for Alice

For past EYB Cookbook Club summaries, #EYBCookbookClub will pull up an archive of our club’s activities. Please note our announcement document shared in the club shares all our options (including those in the past). You will find our 2021 year-long options and October through December titles can be found at the bottom of this post. Please note the delay on publication of Milk Street Vegetables in November – so we’ll cover that one as well in December. As this is a very busy time, we have picked popular books to finish off the year. We will poll again in early December for 2022 cookbook choices.

An EYB member recently asked what options were available for those not on Facebook. Please post your photos here on EYB as I always check the book’s member images and try to include those as well. We want everyone to participate.

We have also started a Great Big Cookbook Club Roundup to share what is going on in other clubs. The link above will bring up those posts.

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From Cook This Book:

Hot ‘n’ crispy chicken cutlets with kimchi ranch submitted by member Nkrieda78

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Poached chicken over brothy rice with cilantro scallion sauce (a.k.a. I love you, Nong’s) submitted by member RachaelHeath09

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 Coconut shrimp with crushed chickpeas & basil submitted by member ehadi

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From Jew-ish:

Sour cherry rice pudding submitted by member Kristjudy

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 Spinach-artichoke kugel submitted by member Samallyn6

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From Donna Hay: Modern Baking

Maple and cinnamon roasted pears submitted by member raybun

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Blackberry and elderflower pie submitted by darcie_b

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From In Praise of Veg:

One-pan roasted garlic hummus plate submitted by member Ganga108

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From A Good Bake:

Johnny Cash’s mother’s pineapple rum chess pie submitted by member Astrid5555

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Please see the group for more photos!

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October 2021

• Main option: To Asia, With Love: Everyday Asian Recipes and Stories from the Heart by Hetty McKinnon or Flavors of the Sun: The Sahadi’s Guide to Understanding, Buying, and Using Middle Eastern Ingredients by Christine Sahadi Whelan
• Baking option: Sheet Cake: Easy One-Pan Recipes for Every Day and Every Occasion by Abigail Dodge or Flour: Spectacular Recipes from Boston’s Flour Bakery + Cafe by Joanne Chang
• Online option: Any Hetty McKinnon online recipe; any Heidi Swanson online recipe; any Joanne Chang online recipe
• Veg option: Super Natural Simple by Heidi Swanson or The Weekday Vegetarians: 100 Recipes and a Real-Life Plan for Eating Less Meat by Jenny Rosenstrach

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November 2021

• Main option: Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Shelf Love by Yotam Ottolenghi or How to Cook: The 100 Essential Recipes Everyone Should Know by Darina Allen
• Baking option: Baking with Dorie: Sweet, Salty & Simple by Dorie Greenspan or Life Is What You Bake It by Vallery Lomas
• Online option: Ottolenghi online recipes, Dorie Greenspan online recipes, Darina Allen online recipes, or Christopher Kimball online recipes
• Veg option: Milk Street Vegetables: 250 Bold, Simple Recipes for Every Season by Christopher Kimball (publication moved to Nov 16 – so we will cover this title in December as well).

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December 2021

• Main option: That Sounds So Good: 100 Real-Life Recipes for Every Day of the Week by Carla Lalli Music
• Baking option: One Tin Bakes Easy: Foolproof Cakes, Traybakes, Bars and Bites from Gluten-free to Vegan and Beyond by Edd Kimber and any of your holiday baking
• Online option: Edd Kimber online recipes, Carla Lalli Music online recipes, or any of our online vegetarian recipes
• Veg option: Mumbai Modern: Vegetarian Recipes Inspired by Indian Roots and California Cuisine by Amisha Gurbani and Milk Street Vegetables: 250 Bold, Simple Recipes for Every Season by Christopher Kimball

Our year long options for 2021 are:

• Cookbook: Food52 Genius Recipes: 100 Recipes That Will Change the Way You Cook by Kristen Miglore
• Baking: From My Home to Yours by Dorie Greenspan
• Veg: Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables by Joshua McFadden and Martha Holmberg