February 2021 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary

As our members know, each month we offer at least four cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. There are other fun cookbook clubs around the interwebs and we’d like to highlight those for those members who might want to cook or bake something other than our choices. Please note the addition of Kitchen Arts & Letters, The Sunday Times Cookbook Club, and Stained Page News Book Club below.

We want to get this information out to you so you can prepare and we will update this post when we have any missing information.

Eat Your Books February selections

• Main Option: Jacques Pépin Quick & Simple by Jacques Pépin
• Baking Selection: Snacking Cakes: Simple Treats for Anytime Cravings by Yossy Arefi
• Online Option: Any Donna Hay online recipe
• Plant-based Option: Moosewood Cookbook by Mollie Katzen

See this post for our 2021 year-long books and our options for March and April 2021.

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Great British Chefs

• February’s selection is: Great British Chefs: Hacks: How Chefs Make Dishes Go from Good to Great by the Great British Chefs (January was a throwback month as copies of Hacks were not available in time).

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Hardcover Cook is my favorite cookbook subscription box service.

The Winter Selections which will begin shipping in March are:

Omnivore Box: Simply Julia: 110 Easy Recipes for Healthy Comfort Food by Julia Turshen
Vegetarian Box: Vegetable Kingdom: The Abundant World of Vegan Recipes by Bryant Terry
Baking Box: Zoë Bakes Cakes: Everything You Need to Know to Make Your Favorite Layers, Bundts, Loaves, and More by Zoë François

Please note that HCC has moved their warehouse and there will be a slight delay until ordering can take place for these Winter boxes. See Hardcover Cook’s other cookbook and ingredient bundles and see this page for more information on the subscription service.

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Rainyday Bites – Deborah Balint – Instagram’s first cookbook club –

• February: East: 120 Vegetarian and Vegan Recipes from Bangalore to Beijing by Meera Sodha
• March: In Bibi’s Kitchen: The Recipes and Stories of Grandmothers from the Eight African Countries that Touch the Indian Ocean by Hawa Hassan and Julia Turshen

February Baking Book: Dessert Person: Recipes and Guidance for Baking with Confidence by Claire Saffitz

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Tasting Table Cookbook Club 

• February 2021
• Member selected: Jacques Pépin Quick & Simple by Jacques Pépin
• Admin Pick: 7 Ways: Easy Ideas for Every Day of the Week by Jamie Oliver

• March 2021
• Member selected: The Flavor Equation: The Science of Great Cooking Explained: More Than 100 Essential Recipes by Nik Sharma
• Admin Pick: The Double Happiness Cookbook: 88 Feel-Good Recipes and Food Stories by Trevor Lui 

• April 2021
• Member selected: Around My French Table by Dorie Greenspan
• Admin pick: Simply Julia: 110 Easy Recipes for Healthy Comfort Food by Julia Turshen

• May 2021
• Member selected: Milk Street: Cookish: Throw It Together by Christopher Kimball
• Admin pick: Milk Street: Tuesday Nights Mediterranean: 125 Simple Weeknight Recipes from the World’s Healthiest Cuisine by Christopher Kimball

• June 2021
• Member selected: Ottolenghi Simple: A Cookbook
• Admin pick: The Pepper Thai Cookbook: Family Recipes from Everyone’s Favorite Thai Mom by Pepper Teigen and Garrett Snyder

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Saveur Cookbook Club

February and March’s selection is: In Bibi’s Kitchen: The Recipes and Stories of Grandmothers from the Eight African Countries that Touch the Indian Ocean by Hawa Hassan and Julia Turshen

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Food52 Baking Club

• January: Black Girl Baking by Jerrelle Guy
• February: Throw Back – any books covered previously
• March: A Good Bake by Melissa Weller and Carolynn Carreño
• April: Dessert Person by Claire Saffitz
• 2021 – all year: Patisserie at Home by Melanie Dupuis and Anne Cazor

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Food52 Cookbook Club

• January, 2021: Ottolenghi Flavour by Yotam Ottolenghi, Ixta Belfrage and Tara Wigley
• February: Throw Back – any books covered previously
• March: I Cook in Color: Bright Flavors from My Kitchen, and Around the World by Asha Gomez and Martha Hall Foose
• April: Bestia: Italian Recipes Created in the Heart of L.A. by Ori Menashe, Genevieve Gergis and Lesley Suter
• 2021 – Bonus Book: The Flavor Equation: The Science of Great Cooking Explained: More Than 100 Essential Recipes by Nik Sharma

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Kitchn’s Cookbook Club

February’s selection: The Flavor Equation: The Science of Great Cooking Explained: More Than 100 Essential Recipes by Nik Sharma

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GET COOKING COOKBOOK CLUB

• February: Old World Italian: Recipes and Secrets from Our Travels in Italy by Mimi Thorisson
• March: The Honeysuckle Cookbook: 100 Modern California Comfort Recipes by Dzung Lewis
• April: Best of 2020 – any previous book covered in 2020

Baking Book for January through March will be Snacking Cakes: Simple Treats for Anytime Cravings by Yossy Arefi,

**** Second Get Cooking Cookbook Club – French Cookbooks ****

• February: La Buvette: Recipes and Wine Notes from Paris by Camille Fourmont and Kate Leahy
• March: My Paris Kitchen: Recipes and Stories by David Lebovitz
• April: Dinner in French: My Recipes by Way of France by Melissa Clark
• May: The Little Paris Kitchen: Classic French Recipes with a Fresh and Simple Approach by Rachel Khoo

Get Cooking Cookbook Club – an Instagram cookbook club. To participate tag your photos with #getcookingcookbookclub and follow the co-hosts Bebe and Steph at Champagne & Cookies and A Whisk and a Spoon respectively on Instagram.

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Salt & Spine is the leading podcast focused on telling the stories behind cookbooks through in-depth, in-person interviews with compelling authors.

• January: Heirloom Kitchen: Heritage Recipes and Family Stories from the Tables of Immigrant Women by Anna Francese Gass
• February:  Pieometry: Modern Tart Art and Pie Design for the Eye and the Palate by Lauren Ko
• March: Simply Julia: 110 Easy Recipes for Healthy Comfort Food by Julia Turshen
• April: What’s Gaby Cooking: Eat What You Want: 125 Recipes for Real Life by Gaby Dalkin

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Kitchen Arts & Letters – 92nd Street Y

Come cook with us! Sign up here.

Tuesdays: March 16, March 30, April 13, and April 27 from 7-8:30 pm.

KAL wrote: Each week, prior to meeting online, everyone cooks the same recipes from one of our four featured cookbooks. You master some sensational new recipes and skills and have fun discussing it all, gaining inspiration, and sharing experiences with others who love cooking as much as you do.

The books for this session are:

• The New York Times Cooking: No-Recipe Recipes by Sam Sifton the debut cookbook based on NYT Cooking.
• Classic Indian Cooking — Julie Sahni’s seminal book on Indian cuisine
• Plat du Jour: French Dinners Made Easy — from award-winning journalist, French food expert and cooking school proprietor Susan Loomis
• The Taste of Country Cooking — the legendary Edna Lewis’ masterpiece of Southern cooking

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The Sunday Times Cookbook Club

Each month this group will feature a cookbook and invite members to cook along with readers and members of The Dish team to try new recipes, learn new skills and be in with a chance of winning some great prizes along the way. In this group, you’re encouraged to share your photos, tips and recipe tweaks. Journalists from The Sunday Times, authors and experts will be taking part from time to time, and your comments and photos could be featured in our publications.

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Stained Page News Cookbook Club – for more information visit here.

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Great Jones Cookbook Club 

No announcement made for several months will continue to check.

Updated: other clubs I’ve located:

• Adelaide Cookbook Club (local club that meets)
• Berlin Cookbook Club (meet up)
• Magnolia Table Cookbook Club
• Wit and Delight (to learn more about this club you need to sign up here)
• Virtual Cooking Club (to learn more about this club you need to sign up here)
• The Mary Berry Cookbook Club – this is a cookbook club on Facebook run by Mary Berry’s team which focuses on the author’s recipes.