{"id":6357,"date":"2017-01-27T06:43:25","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T11:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thatorganicmom.com\/?page_id=6357"},"modified":"2021-07-03T16:12:58","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T20:12:58","slug":"welcome-tom-cookbook-club","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thatorganicmom.com\/welcome-tom-cookbook-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to A Tasty Bite Cookbook Club"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Anyone who really knows me knows that I am a cookbook collector. I confess I have a cookbook problem. The first section I head to when I go to a bookstore is the cookbooks. Step one:<\/strong> Admit you have a problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hi! I'm Rebecca and…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I'm a cookbook addict!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some of the links in this post are affiliate links, if you use my links to make a purchase I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Read my full disclosure here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A cookbook club will allow you to level up your home cooking<\/strong> by diving into some new recipes in a variety of cookbooks with like-minded foodies. Make new friends and share your best cooking tips, shopping strategies, and celebrate your love of food with others.<\/p>\n\n\n

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What is a Cookbook Club?<\/span><\/summary>
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A cookbook club is typically a gathering of home cooks who share their thoughts and opinions about the recipes in a designated cookbook. When the club is “in-person” there will also be food! Often members will meet up a number of times per year to test recipes and eat together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Others will have members shop for the ingredients, then meet up and cook the recipe together. This is particularly fun when done with a group of friends! These gatherings can be a fancy dinner party or just a weeknight potluck where club members share delicious food and good conversations.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether your cookbook club is online or in-person you'll want to have a plan. Like any book club, you'll need a way to communicate and a routine for choosing the next book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n

What Members Do in an Online Cookbook Club<\/span><\/summary>
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The beauty of an online cookbook club is that members can participate or opt-out and just lurk<\/strong>. When you see a cookbook you can't live without, get one and start cooking and sharing pictures of your results. You may see a photo someone else shares and decide you want to prepare that dish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does NOT happen in an online cookbook club is sharing pictures of the recipes. Cookbook authors work hard to come up with the recipes and pay big bucks for food photography. Sharing the recipes online is akin to stealing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Online cookbook clubs can be a lot of fun! Here's what you can do:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
  1. Create a community<\/strong> on your website, or social media, or even just through email!<\/li>
  2. Decide on a cookbook<\/strong> – will you explore one cookbook at a time or just let members share their latest cookbook obsession? With an online club, you have a bit more freedom in how many books and whether or not each person will need a copy. You can just go crazy letting members post and share pictures and details about any recipe from any cookbook, or you can choose a designated book per time period.<\/li>
  3. Come up with a hashtag<\/strong> that represents your group so members can share photos of cookbook recipes they've tried with others in the group. You can also use a different hashtag\u00a0for each cookbook, although this may get complicated!<\/li>
  4. Share photos<\/strong> of what you've created in the group or on social media\u00a0including the book title, page number, and exact name of the recipe. If you altered the recipe in any way (such as I typically do by swapping out white sugar or using coconut aminos instead of soy sauce) you should also share that information!<\/li>
  5. Make a list of your favorite recipes<\/strong> from each of your cookbook selections.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    How A Tasty Bite Cookbook Club (online) works:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I created this online cookbook club a long time ago and I've changed how it works a bit. So, if you are visiting this page after October 2020, you'll want to read through the section below to see the changes and get a feel for what our club is like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Grab a copy of the current cookbook<\/strong>. You might want to look at your local library first. If you want to purchase the book simply click the photo of the book which will take you directly to\u00a0Amazon<\/a>. (affiliate link!)<\/li>
    2. Choose a few recipes you want to prepare<\/strong>; the goal is to explore the cookbook.<\/li>
    3. Get in the kitchen with your family, friends, or even all by yourself and start cooking!<\/li>
    4. Share your work with the rest of us by posting photos in the\u00a0Cookbook Club on Facebook<\/a>, in the community, or on\u00a0social media with the hashtag #aTastyBiteCookbookClub (also, you can share your photos of any dish you've prepared from any cookbook in this club, making sure you also list the title of the cookbook, author, recipe name and page number!<\/em>)<\/li>
    5. Vote on the next Cookbook selection<\/strong> and grab a copy for yourself. (either in Facebook or the Healthologist Community)<\/li>
    6. Consider creating a local Tasty Bite Cookbook Club<\/strong> with your friends using the instructions below.<\/li>
    7. Join us for our cook-along virtual classes (usually announced via email and social media.)<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n
      How to Start a Local Cookbook Club Meeting<\/span><\/summary>
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      Perhaps cooking on your own and sharing with an online club just doesn't appeal to you. Maybe you crave social interaction paired with good food? If this is you, why not start a local cookbook club?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      1. Gather your people – Locate your foodies! Who do you know that loves cookbooks, cooking or food? Invite those folks to join you as you begin your cookbook club. They are your people.<\/li>
      2. Decide what your club will do – Cook and eat together, each person bring one dish from the cookbook and share, or cook together and divide the bounty (a sort of cookbook club meal prep!)<\/li>
      3. Designate your meeting spot – Who has the biggest kitchen, most convenient location, enjoys hosting guests. You might want to ask for volunteers or rotate the venue, allowing each member to host one event throughout the year.<\/li>
      4. Vote on a cookbook – This is the most diplomatic way to do it, or you can let everyone write the title of a book on a small piece of paper and draw out the winner. If you choose a cookbook that is about to be published or just released, you might be able to get a discount on a case order.<\/li>
      5. Schedule your meetings – Probably the hardest part of coordinating a cookbook club is choosing a date that works for everyone. As you schedule your meetings, you'll probably also want to make note of any dietary restrictions and decide how you want to handle those.<\/li>
      6. Plan the meeting – Assuming you are the coordinator\/leader of the cookbook club – you will want to make sure you communicate all the details to your people. (Or, you can rotate the leadership role, allowing each member to coordinate a meeting in turn.)