June 2023 EYB Cookbook Club Summary

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

• Cookbook: How to Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food by Mark Bittman or A Cook’s Book: The Essential Nigel Slater by Nigel Slater
• Baking: More Than Cake: 100 Baking Recipes Built for Pleasure and Community by Natasha Pickowicz or any baking recipes from Regula Ysewijn‘s books.
• Online Option: Any Mark Bittman online recipe or Nigel Slater online recipe
• Vegetarian Option: How to Cook Everything Vegetarian: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food by Mark Bittman

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 July and August’s cooking options as well as our 2023 year-long options at the bottom of this post.

Starting in July, we will institute #tbt (Throw Back Thursday) posts where you can share a photo of a dish made from any of our previously covered titles. Be sure to tag the post #tbt and include the title of the book and recipe name.

Starting in September, I will put up a thread where members who contributed to the group in that particular month will again post a picture on the thread. These Members will go into a drawing to win a cookbook. I will share details about the cookbook and more the last week in each month.

Be sure to check out the group.

Broiled or grilled chicken with lemon and herbs from from How to Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food by Mark Bittman submitted by Maefleur

Rhubarb crisp from The Minimalist at The New York Times by Mark Bittman submitted by Melissa H

Trout with cucumber and cornichons from Observer Food Monthly Magazine, April 2019 by Nigel Slater submitted by Ana S.

It was a quiet month in the EYB Cookbook Club but there are a few more posts that are shared in the club.

July 2023

• Cookbook: Tenderheart: A Book About Vegetables and Unbreakable Family Bonds by Hetty McKinnon or any Hetty McKinnon title and Milk Street Noodles: Secrets to the World’s Best Noodles, from Fettuccine Alfredo to Pad Thai to Miso Ramen by Christopher Kimball
• Baking: Any of the Baked books by Matt Lewis & Renato Poliafito
• Online: Any Hetty McKinnon recipe or any Matt Lewis recipe
• Veg Focused: Tenderheart: A Book About Vegetables and Unbreakable Family Bonds by Hetty McKinnon

August 2023

August will be share your favorite recipes from your favorite books, magazines, blogs etc. Be sure to include the source (name of blog, magazine or book title) and recipe name.

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