It’s nomination time for the next quarter’s COTM. The experiment of moving to a quarterly, rather than monthly, system has been successful. There has definitely been more participation, and at least one of the sources being online seems to have helped a lot. Let’s keep that in mind as we nominate this time, as I think it makes it easier for more people to participate and cook along. I’m still interested in using books too, but open to all suggestions. I’m also interested in author months, when we explore different books from a single cookbook writer. We’ll go with 2 or 3 separate threads (depending on how nominations go) for the January-March quarter. Please toss ideas into the ring with abandon – the more things we have to think about, the more interesting it will be.
To nominate, put the title of the book in ALL CAPS in the comments below. Titles not in all caps will not be counted.
You can nominate as many books/websites as you like but please nominate with the intention of cooking along should your nominee be selected.
Whichever 2-3 get the most nominations will be the books/websites we’ll cook from for the first three months of 2025. Nominations will close on Sunday, December 29th.
A list of previous cookbooks of the month can be found in our archive thread . Always remember that we love seeing old COTM threads pop up, so keep cooking from those books and websites and keep posting!
NIGELLA website & books (I thought going back to the first 2-3 books would be the most fun if we want to restrict this to more manageable, and those should be available at libraries too)
OTTOLENGHI ONLINE & books (we could restrict to the last 2 if it’s too many)
SMITTEN KITCHEN website & books
SABRINA GHAYOUR month — at least one of her books is on kindle sale at any given time, so I have a couple, but I have yet to cook from them
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(John Hartley - a culinary patriot, cooking and eating in northwest England)
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If you’ve got Persiana, then you need to crack on with cooking from it. It’s a much broader “Middle East” book than perhaps the name and her Iranian heritage suggests. Really good.
SMITTEN KITCHEN books and web site
RICK BAYLESS Mexican Everyday and More Mexican Everyday
COOK’S ILLUSTRATED COOKBOOK
MESA MEXICANA and TOO HOT TAMALES
THE SILVER PALATE COOKBOOK
