May 2026 EYB Cookbook Club Summary

Each month we allow posting in our Eat Your Books Cookbook Club from any cookbook, magazine or blog and most months we also 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 June 2026 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary which is now organized by location and includes local cookbook clubs and those held at bookstores.

This month’s featured cookbooks were:

• May 2026: The Diaspora Spice Co. Cookbook: Seasonal Home Cooking from South Asia’s Best Spice Farms (three online recipes) by Sana Javeri Kadri and Asha Loupy or Obsessed with the Best: 100 Methodically Perfected Recipes Based on 20+ Head-to-Head Tests by Ella Quittner (four online recipes)

All EYB Cookbook Club featured books have a filter and can be found here.

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 cooking options for June and July at the bottom of this post.

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Members cooked this month:

The Diaspora Spice Co. Cookbook: Seasonal Home Cooking from South Asia’s Best Spice Farms by Sana Javeri

Red onion raita (Vengaya thayir pachadi) (page 49) submitted by Katie

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Roasted squash and labneh dip (Doud alle dip) (page 59) submitted by Member darius_ntfzj2

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Spiced maple-roasted carrots with carrot top sambol (page 92) submitted by  Jane

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Obsessed with the Best: 100 Methodically Perfected Recipes Based on 20+ Head-to-Head Tests by Ella Quittner

“B.E.C.” bacon (aka chewy-crispy bacon) (page 26) submitted by Member megan_5cnj8x

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 Broccoli stem soup with crispy florets on top (page 122) submitted by Member trent931550

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Head-on herby garlic prawns with baguette (page 190) submitted by Member MaiaP

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• June 2026: Zariz: 100 Easy, Breezy, Tel Aviv-y Recipes by Adeena Sussman or The Book of Pizza: Recipes for Every Pizza Maker by King Arthur Baking Company  (11 online recipes)
• July 2026: Spain My Way: Eat, Drink, and Cook Like a Spaniard by José Andrés and Sam Chapple-Sokol (4 online recipes) or Chez Manon: Simple Recipes From A French Home Kitchen by Manon Lagrève (5 online recipes)