At our September 24th Cookbook Club, we featured Ree Drummond's Dinner's Ready! She had a lot of quick and easy-to-source recipes and the participants liked the book. Some favorites were ragu with polenta, pickle chicken bites, and sliders. We discussed the possibility of rescheduling the November 5th meeting but couldn't find a date. 

Our next Cookbook Club will meet on Tuesday, November 5th at 6pm in the library's large meeting room. The cookbook featured is The Complete Autumn & Winter Cookbook by America's Test Kitchen. We'll also discuss whether we'll continue the club in 2025. We are considering transitioning to a Spice Club where members pick up a spice and try recipes. Please attend to share your opinion!

At our May 7th meeting, we discussed Fix It With Food: Every Meal Easy by Michael Symon. We had to make some substitutions but overall, many of the recipes contain ingredients that are easily obtained. We tried several egg dishes and they were delicious. 

Our next meeting will be July 23 at 6pm in the LME Library's large meeting room. The cookbook is SkinnyTaste Simple by Gina Homolka and copies are available at the front desk. You can try or peruse the recipes then create one and bring it to our July 23 meeting. If you love to cook or try new recipes, please join us!

At yesterday's meeting (March 5th) of the Cookbook Club, the group brought dishes made from Jamie Oliver's One: Simple One-Pan Wonders. We sampled 2 pasta recipes and one dessert. Even though the recipes had few ingredients, we found that there was a bit of a disconnect between what is easily obtainable in the US versus the UK. (We all had to make some substitutions.) Even though these were "one-pan" recipes, we found that we needed to use multiple bowls during the prep process. However, everyone seemed to enjoy the recipes they tried.

We also set the dates/titles of Cookbook Club meetings for the rest of 2024 (all meeting times are 6pm):

Here's the summary: "Award-winning chef Michael Symon delivers more than 120 simple, beyond-tasty dishes for anyone sensitive to inflammation or suffering from autoimmune issues... Start with a 10-day, 30-recipe reset to help you assess what your triggers are (flour, meat, sugar, or dairy). Then, turn the page to discover a whole new collection of creative, healthy, super flavorful dishes, from nutrient-packed smoothies to hearty stews and steak dinners to overnight oats that avoid your trigger ingredients. Readers will find a list of Michael's favorite 30 anti-inflammatory-friendly ingredients to keep in stock and a master ingredient-substitution list so you can make swaps for whatever you already have in the fridge. He also offers advice and recipes for reintroducing ingredients back into your diet."

We had 5 people attend our first cookbook club meeting on January 30th. We read The Mediterranean Dish by Suzy Karadsheh. Everyone brought a different dish so we had a nice variety to taste. Recipes included Very Green Tabbouleh in Lettuce Boats, Savory Roasted Chickpeas, Greek-style Baked Butter Beans, Fasolia with Rice, and Baklava Pumpkin Pie. The pie recipe was from the author's website https://www.themediterraneandish.com/ 

We discussed how useful we found the cookbook, how the design contributed to successful recipes, and why each recipe was chosen. The group seems to like simple easy-to-find ingredients. They would like to continue meeting every other month. Suggestions for future cookbooks included: Skinnytaste, Pioneer Woman, and an anti-inflammatory diet.

Our next cookbook club will be featuring One by Jamie Oliver. Books can be picked up from the front desk and we plan to meet on March 5th at 6pm. Please bring a dish from the book to share and suggestions for future titles!

We have a new book group with 2 meetings set for 2024--the cookbook club! Our first book is the Mediterranean Dish by Suzy Karadsheh. Copies of the book are available at the front desk. 

If you love to cook or eat, this is a great way to check out new recipes--please join us!