May 2025 EYB Cookbook Club Summary

Each month we previously offered at least four cooking options in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club. This summer we cooked our favorite recipe from any cookbook, magazine, blog or online option and had a huge increase in participation and after a poll in the group we have decided to allow posting from all cookbooks and to offer one featured cookbook.

We hope that sharing our favorite recipes will help our Members discover new cookbooks and recipes to try. Also please see our updated/revised June 2025 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary which is now organized by location and includes local cookbook clubs and those held at bookstores.

This month we featured Monsoon: Delicious Indian Recipes for Every Day and Every Season by Asma Khan or any of Asma’s books. There are 60 recipes available online by Asma.

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 the June 2025 cooking options at the bottom of this post.

 Chicken cooked in pickling spices and yogurt (Achari murgh) (page 59) submitted by Jane from Monsoon: Delicious Indian Recipes for Every Day and Every Season

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Potatoes and spinach (Saag aloo) (page 234) submitted by Jane from Monsoon: Delicious Indian Recipes for Every Day and Every Season

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Slow-cooked meat and potatoes in a thick gravy (Aloo gosht kalia) (page 121) from Monsoon: Delicious Indian Recipes for Every Day and Every Season submitted by EYBCC Member Cyndi C

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Vanilla buttermilk cake with fluffy vanilla frosting (page 173) from Snacking Cakes: Simple Treats for Anytime Cravings by Yossy Arefi submitted by EYBCC Member Carrie N.

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Quinoa salad with chicken, almonds and avocado (page 100) from Easy Weeknight Dinners: 100 Fast, Flavor-Packed Meals for Busy People Who Still Want Something Good to Eat by Emily Weinstein

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Sweet potato chips (page 145) from Ottolenghi Simple by Yotam Ottolenghi submitted by Member pamacea

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Our option for June 2025:

June 2025: Dinner – 120 Vegan and Vegetarian Recipes for the Most Important Meal of the Day by Meera Sodha or any of Meera’s books. There are over 500 online recipes available for this author.