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Lina's cookbooks chronicles's avatar

i’m maybe late for the summer cookbook suggestions but here are mine : Mezcla by Ixta Belfrage and then also Boustany by Sami Tamimi - both showcasing amazing recipes for summer produce!

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Jenna Helwig's avatar

Never too late for cookbook suggestions! I'm reading through Boustany now and will be cooking from it soon enough. So glad to hear it's a favorite of yours!

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Jessie Sheehan's avatar

appreciate everything from June being pulled together here!

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Abena Anim-Somuah's avatar

So honoured to be in this lineup! And love this round up of cookbooks :)

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Jenna Helwig's avatar

Thanks for being here Abena!

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Ryan's avatar

Two older (British ) ones: Picnic by Claudia Roden; Forever Summer by Nigella Lawson

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Nancy Koch's avatar

Great list I also like Sud, and Kismet. Easy recipes and many can be small plates with little to no cooking in hot weather. Thanks for you deep dive into the subject.

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Jenna Helwig's avatar

Thanks for the suggestions!

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Jo the Smalltown Bookseller's avatar

What a great list! I am going to add those we don’t already have (like Sodha’s Dinner) to our shelves. These titles all make us want to do more potlucks…

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Jenna Helwig's avatar

Thanks for reading Jo! Have you ever been in a cookbook club? I'm in two, and it's such a great way to taste multiple dishes from one book.

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Jo the Smalltown Bookseller's avatar

No, but I LOVE that idea!

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Lisa Goldstein's avatar

Love your 1/2 year list!

Dining In is a book I go back to every summer for the salads (melon and olives especially) and a lot of the desserts are summer-ish like my favorite, the strawberry shortcake cobbler

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Jenna Helwig's avatar

Thanks Lisa! Love the Dining In suggestion! I'm going to include it in my next newsletter.

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Giovanna S.'s avatar

Not sure there’s a book I use every summer, but I’m definitely enjoying Plenty More (Ottolenghi), especially the salads. Love this catch-up format. I have a note somewhere about doing a monthly “round-up” but wasn’t quite sure how it would look. I might try something similar. Also, I think it was your about page that inspired me to do a brief “Q&A with myself” for mine, so thank you for that!

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Jenna Helwig's avatar

HI Giovanna! I'm glad this newsletter has been helpful as a model. I feel like there's a lot of trial and error on my end, but it has been fun to experiment.

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Giovanna S.'s avatar

Just checked and it looks like you don’t have the Q&A in your about section, so I must have been thinking of someone else. Sorry, I joined a couple of weeks ago and I’ve seen many accounts. But yes it’s been fun :)

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Jenna Helwig's avatar

I did do a Q&A with myself as my first newsletter send!

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Danielle Wilkie's avatar

I love this wrap up format. I am going to try it. And, thanks for the shout out!

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Rachel Riggs's avatar

I sent you an email about Salad Freak by Jess Damuck -- it's gorgeous!

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Ingrid's avatar

Cold Cuisine Helen Hecht

Cool Kitchen Lauren Chattman

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Jenna Helwig's avatar

Those both sound like summer winners!

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Sally Ekus's avatar

Thank you so much for including my love for backlists in your line up!

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Jenna Helwig's avatar

It's such a helpful and inspiring post/newsletter (or whatever we're calling them...).

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