Saturday, June 24 – 7:00pm

Our cookbook for June was The Red Rooster Cookbook: The Story of Food and Hustle in Harlem by Marcus Samuelsson. The book is filled with the recipes Samuelsson makes at his Red Rooster restaurant in Harlem – southern comfort food with a multicultural twist. The diverse cultural influences in his food are reflective of the Ethiopian-born, Swedish-raised chef’s unique background. We were excited to try his take on familiar dishes like pork and beans, biscuits, and collard greens. (more…)

Sunday, May 21 – 6:00pm

For May, we took another foray into a new type of cuisine, with Indian Cooking by Madhur Jaffrey. The cookbook includes classic recipes from the range of regions of India, as well as some more unusual dishes. Madhur Jaffrey also suggests accompaniments for many of the dishes. (more…)

Saturday, April 22 – 7:00pm

The cookbook for this month was Thug Kitchen by Michelle Davis and Matt Holloway. They started as a blog, which they have labeled as the “only website dedicated to verbally abusing you into a healthier diet.” What this boils down to is a vegan cookbook with a healthy dose of colorful language sprinkled throughout the recipes. (more…)

Sunday, March 26 – 6:00pm

For this month’s cookbook, we did Joy of Cooking. Not only is it a classic, but it’s also Anthony’s favorite. That’s a picture of his cookbook, which I adore because it’s the most well-loved cookbook I’ve ever seen. Whenever Anthony brings food to a party, you can almost guarantee it’s a recipe from Joy of Cooking. He’s brought some good food, so we decided it was high time we all give it a try. (more…)

Saturday, February 25 – 1:00pm

To mix things up a bit, we did afternoon tea this month! Alice’s Tea Cup by Haley and Lauren Fox seemed like the perfect cookbook for the occasion. The book shares recipes from their popular Alice’s Tea Cup restaurants in New York City. We had an amazing spread of cakes, scones, sandwiches, and more, plus a lovely assortment of teas. And we decided to dress up for our very sophisticated tea… look at how snazzy we look with our tea! (more…)

Sunday, January 22 – 6:00pm

This month we did a Chinese New Year party. Though the Chinese New Year’s day was on January 28, you typically spend a week closing out the old year and a week bringing in the new year. So the timing worked out perfectly for us to close out the old year with this event! There are a bunch of traditional dishes symbolic for things like long life, prosperity, and happiness. We chose two Chinese cookbooks – All Under Heaven by Carolyn Phillips and Land of Fish and Rice by Fuchsia Dunlop – so that people could have a variety of options and hopefully do some of the traditional dishes. (more…)

Sunday, September 25 – 6:00pm

This month’s cookbook was Lucky Peach Presents 101 Easy Asian Recipes, by Peter Meehan and the editors of Lucky Peach (the food magazine created by David Chang, founder of the Momofuku restaurant empire). While we wanted to expand our club’s repertoire to different kinds of foods, we were also sensitive to some people’s unfamiliarity with Asian ingredients and where to get them. As Sheana put it: “My inability to cook Asian food is precisely linked to my lack of Asian-cooking staples. What on earth is Mirin and why should I keep that next to the 8 kinds of vinegar and cooking wine that already take up my densely stocked shelf?” (more…)