July 2022 Cookbook of the Month Nominations

[CaitlinM]

Find the voting thread here:

July 2022 Cookbook of the Month Voting

Welcome to voting for July 2022 COTM. Nominations were all over the place this time, with 24 different books nominated but none getting more than four nominations. Two met that threshold, and we’ll be choosing between them: BLACK FOOD: STORIES, ART, AND RECIPES FROM ACROSS THE AFRICAN DIASPORA, edited by Bryant Terry and FLAVORS OF THE SUN: THE SAHAD’S GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING, BUYING, AND USING MIDDLE EASTERN INGREDIENTS, by Christine Sahadi Whelan. Below each book link at the end of this post, y…

[CaitlinM]

Find the July announcement thread here:

July 2022 Cookbook of the Month Announcement

In July, we’ll be cooking from FLAVORS OF THE SUN: THE SAHADI’S GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING, BUYING, AND USING MIDDLE EASTERN INGREDIENTS. and its variety of recipes. Please use this space to discuss the book, and on July 1, a reporting thread will go up for sharing our detailed experiences with the recipes. For those members of public libraries that offer use of its app, the ebook edition of Flavors of the Sun is available on demand via Hoopla. To see how we got here, check out the nominations …

[CaitlinM]

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July-August 2022 COTM: FLAVORS OF THE SUN

Welcome to the reporting thread for our July COTM, where we’ll cook from FLAVORS OF THE SUN: THE SAHADI’S GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING, BUYING, AND USING MIDDLE EASTERN INGREDIENTS by Christine Sahadi Whelan. For those members of public libraries that offer use of its app, the ebook edition of Flavors of the Sun is available on demand via Hoopla. I’d draw your attention to this tip from @MelMM: “Pay attention to the two-page spreads that give ‘Ten more ways to use _____’ (za’atar, dukkah, or some …

[MelMM (Mel)]

Nominations for August begin now!

August 2022 Cookbook of the Month Nominations

Hey HOs, I know folks are just getting going on our current COTM, but yes, it really is time to start the selection process for August. So let’s start throwing out our nominations for a book to cook from for the so-called dog days. To nominate a book, please make a comment with the title in ALL CAPS. Titles not in ALL CAPS will not be counted. You may nominate as many books as you wish, but we hope you will do so with the intention of cooking along if your nominee becomes our August selection. …