October 2023 EYB Cookbook Club Summary

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

• Cookbook: Company: Recipes Menus Advice: The Radically Casual Art of Cooking for Others by Amy Thielen / OR any Ottolenghi book recipe
• Online: Any online recipe from Amy Thielen or Ottolenghi
• Baking: Any Paul Hollywood recipe
• Veg Option: River Cottage Veg Every Day! by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall or online recipe

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 November and December cooking options as well as our 2023 year-long options at the bottom of this post.

Company: Recipes Menus Advice: The Radically Casual Art of Cooking for Others

Many members made the Crispy smashed chicken breasts with gin-and-sage jus – it is a fantastic recipe:

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Mei’s ginger-glazed baby back ribs, Smashed garlic cucumbers  and Stir-fried peas and their greens submitted by Sarah B

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Ottolenghi

Baked salmon with olive and caper salsa from The Guardian Feast supplement, Apr 9, 2022 (page 5) by Yotam Ottolenghi submitted by Jane

Be sure to check out the group for more photos!

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November

• Cookbook: Veg-table: Recipes, Techniques, and Plant Science for Big-Flavored, Vegetable-Centered Meals or The Flavor Equation: The Science of Great Cooking Explained: More Than 100 Essential Recipes or Season: Big Flavors, Beautiful Food by Nik Sharma
• Online: Any Nik Sharma online recipes
• Baking: Scandinavian from Scratch by Nichole Accettola or The Great Scandinavian Baking Book by Beatrice Ojakangas
• Veg Option: Veg-table: Recipes, Techniques, and Plant Science for Big-Flavored, Vegetable-Centered Meals by Nik Sharma

December

• Cookbook: Milk Street Simple or Any Milk Street Kitchen cookbook or Roast Figs, Sugar Snow: Food to Warm the Soul by Diana Henry
• Online: Any Milk Street kitchen online recipe or any Diana Henry online recipe
• Baking: Any holiday baking – share a photo and where the recipe is from.
• Veg Option: Share your favorite vegan or vegetarian recipe – be sure to state where the recipe is from

2023 year long options are:

• Cookbook: Everyday Dorie: The Way I Cook by Dorie Greenspan or A Cook’s Book: The Essential Nigel Slater by Nigel Slater
• Baking: What’s for Dessert?: Simple Recipes for Dessert People or Dessert Person: Recipes and Guidance for Baking with Confidence by Claire Saffitz
• Vegan/Veg Focused: A Modern Way to Eat: Over 200 Satisfying, Everyday Vegetarian Recipes (That Will Make You Feel Amazing) by Anna Jones or Fake Meat: Real Food for Vegan Appetites by Isa Chandra Moskowitz