Saturday, March 4 – 5:30pm

The Magnolia empire (what I like to call “the other Waco cult”) seems to be everywhere, so I guess it was only a matter of time before we used one of the cookbooks by Joanna Gaines. We went with Magnolia Table, Volume 2, which includes recipes from her restaurant, bakery, coffee shop, and home.

Saturday, February 11 – 5:00pm

Our February cookbook was Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables by Joshua McFadden. The cookbook takes you through recipes featuring the in-season vegetables from spring to early summer to midsummer to late summer to fall and finally winter. Though to be honest, living in California and with our global food system, we’re able to get so much produce all year round that we for the most part just chose dishes that sounded delicious.

Saturday, January 28 – 5:30pm

We’ve been talking about doing an appetizer Cookbook Club event for a long time, so in January we finally did one using Suzanne Lenzer’s Graze: Inspiration for Small Plates and Meandering Meals. I don’t know why we didn’t do this sooner! A meal made up of a large number of small bites is perfect for the Cookbook Club format.

Sunday, December 11 – 5:00pm

I wasn’t able to make it to our Holiday Year in Review event this year, but we had another event in December, where we used the 2019 edition of Joy of Cooking. This massive cookbook has thousands of Irma Rombauer’s classic American recipes, plus over 600 new recipes from Irma’s great-grandson, John Becker, and his wife, Megan Scott.

Saturday, December 3 – 3:00pm

Since last year’s cookie swap was such a success, we decided to do it again. What’s not to love about making one batch of cookies and ending up with 18 different kinds of cookies! We used the America’s Test Kitchen website as the source for our cookie recipes.

Saturday, August 20 – 6:30pm

Our August cookbook was Toni Tipton-Martin’s Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking. The cookbook compiles recipes and stories from pioneering African American cooks.

Sunday, June 5 – 5:00pm

Our cookbook for June was Raji Cuisine: Indian Flavors, French Passion by Raji Jallepalli. Her recipes are influenced by her scientific background (she trained as a microbiologist), love of French food, and the Indian flavors of her upbringing.

Saturday, May 14 – 12:00pm

In May we used Masaharu Morimoto’s cookbook Mastering the Art of Japanese Home Cooking. In the book the well-known Iron Chef provides recipes for surprisingly simple dishes favored by Japanese home cooks.

Sunday, April 24 – 5:30pm

Our April cookbook was The Latin Road Home: Savoring the Foods of Ecuador, Spain, Cuba, Mexico, and Peru by Jose Garces. The cookbook showcases the many food cultures that have shaped Garces’ culinary life, featuring over 100 recipes tailored to the home cook.