Salads upon salads!

Thank you to our Branch Librarian, Theresa, for taking this photo of the scrumptious salads we sampled today. All the salads were from Raising the Salad by local author, Cathy Walthers.  Cathy talked about how she got started in cooking, food writing, and teaching. It was great to hear how her husband and son test all of her recipes before they are published in her books!  Thank you, Cathy, for joining us!

Thank you to the 28 people who prepared the salads and shared them.   For a list of all the recipes samples today please visit this site (scroll to the bottom).

The next cookbook title is Make it Ahead by Ina Garten.  Copies of the this book will be available at the Main Library and Fowler Branch starting on Wednesday, February 24th. 

Registration to attend the Wed., March 9th meeting also begins on February 24th. Please register to attend on this site.

Stay warm and I'll see you all very soon!

We ate our veggies at the January meeting!

Twenty eight people attended yesterday's Cookbook Club!  So, we had 28 vegetarian recipes to try. They were all delicious. Thanks to everyone to cooked and shared.

Thanks to Cookbook Club member Beth Baryiames for sharing this photo of her new Labradoodle puppy, Elphaba.  She was helping Beth select a recipe!

For those of you who would like to make some of the other recipes you tried yesterday, check out this site. 

January registration is open!

On this last day of 2015, registration is now open for the January 13th meeting of Cookbook Club.  The 13th is a Wednesday and the meeting starts at noon at our Fowler Branch Library (1322 Main St. in West Concord).

Copies of the cookbook are now ready to be checked out at both the Main Library and Fowler Branch Library.  Please be sure to tell us which recipe you'll be making for the meeting.  You can use this online form to claim your recipe.  You can also check this list for recipes that have already been claimed.

And, if you have suggestions for future cookbook, please record them on this site.

I look forward to seeing you all soon. Happy New Year! --Nathalie 

The Nantucket Holiday Table was delicious!

Today was the second meeting of Cookbook Club.  Fourteen people gathered to share everything from Maple Syrup Baked Beans to Cranberry Crunch.  Thank you to all the cooks.  We talked about what worked well and not so well. Members also shared how they altered some of the recipes and the results. Several people made suggestions for future cookbook titles.

First meeting of the Cookbook Club a hit!

Our first meeting of Cookbook Club this past Tuesday was fun and delicious!  There were 17 people who attended and shared a dish from The Spices of Life!

The author of the cookbook, Nina Simonds, gave a great presentation about how she traveled to Taipei at the age of 19 in 1975 to learn classic chinese cooking.  She then went on to correspond with Julia Child and traveled to France to learn even more about cooking.  

Be sure to join us for the December 9th meeting at the Fowler Branch Library in West Concord. Required registration starts on Wed., November 25th.  Copies of the next cookbook, The Nantucket Holiday Table by Susan Simon will be available at both libraries starting on November 25th.

New book group in Concord!

Welcome to the Concord Library Cookbook Club blog!  

The first meeting of the Cookbook Club is Tuesday, November 10th at 12:30 p.m. in the Trustees Room of the Main Library (129 Main St. Concord, MA).

Each month we select a cookbook. The library will have multiple copies of the selected cookbook at the circulation desk. Each member checks a copy out and brings it home to read.  Then they select one recipe to prepare at home and bring to the following meeting.

The first cookbook is Spices of Life: Simple and Delicious Recipes for Great Health by Nina Simonds. Ms. Simonds is a local author and will be present at the meeting to talk to the group about her start in cooking, authorship, and travel.

Registration is required. Register online, via phone (978-318-3349) or in person.