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Victoria Granof's avatar

What a happy surprise to find my bawdy pink bookcover here! Thanks for this, Jenna. (and Kate!) I’m loving your newsletter.

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Jenna Helwig's avatar

Thanks Victoria! You have lots of fans.

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Maggie Hoffman's avatar

I'm a huge fan of Company, too. And a HUGE fan of Kate!

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Jenna Helwig's avatar

Ditto on both! Company is just so dreamy

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Molly Stevens's avatar

Ditto!

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Polina Chesnakova's avatar

Loved this- Kate is an OG! Also I totally agree with her pick of Company as not getting enough attention. I was totally floored by the quality of Amy's food and recipe writing and her menus were so beautifully composed and inspired. While, I too, have yet to cook from it (need to remedy that!), I felt like I learned a lot - as both a cook and recipe writer- just from reading it.

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Jenna Helwig's avatar

Agree, agree. It's SUCH a special book. Thanks for reading!

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bibliothekla's avatar

Oh, love having a new-to-me podcast to add the the queue!

"Trustworthy cookbooks stand the test of time in ways that digital often can't." Yes!

I also appreciate Kate Leahy's perspective on recipes generated by AI. I've been feeling like such a Luddite lately, as most of my coworkers and family seem to think of gen AI as either a toy or some sort of think-for-me tool, but recent experiences have taught me that content (of all kinds, not just recipes) generated by AI is just not as good as the expert-human-made content that was "borrowed" to build it.

And FWIW, I picked up "Masala" this past weekend on a whim because (a) it was on a local author shelf w/ a good review from one of the bookshop folks and (b) it was already on my to-read list because of your recommendation!

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Jenna Helwig's avatar

Thanks for this thoughtful comment! I'm so glad you picked up Masala. I find the intro and all of the information on Ayurvedic cooking so interesting.

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Amy Cavanaugh's avatar

You encouraged me to pull Company off my shelf! Excited to start cooking from it.

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Jenna Helwig's avatar

Love this! Share what you make please!

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Victoria Carr's avatar

Cooking in the Moment by Andrea Reusing is a lovely useful cookbook.

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Jenna Helwig's avatar

Thank you for this suggestion! I'm not familiar with this book, but will check it out. The cover is beautiful.

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Victoria Carr's avatar

I think it somehow got lost in the shuffle. I like everything about it - the recipes, the size, the print, the layout. My favorite recipe is Roasted Spareribs with Crushed Fennel and Red Chiles on Page 258. It's beautiful and, as I said in my comment, useful.

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Domenica Marchetti's avatar

Kate is great! She does a fantastic job of simplifying seemingly complex subjects. Thanks for this!

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Jenna Helwig's avatar

She really does—and she's so thoughtful. I'm grateful to her and the rest of the Everything Cookbooks team!

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Amanda Lawrence's avatar

I feel like “Repertoire” by Jessica Battilana didn’t get enough attention! It’s a staple in my kitchen; her harissa chicken recipe is worth the whole cookbook, in my opinion!

Also, Jenna: I dearly love these interviews and also can’t keep up with all the cookbook recs!! So many I keep requesting from my library!! 🤩😆 you do such a great job with the questions you ask.

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Jenna Helwig's avatar

I feel like we are cookbook twins because I also have big love for Repertoire! AND I also can’t keep up with all the cookbooks 😂. But it’s a worthy goal. Thanks for reading!

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Amanda Lawrence's avatar

Ahhhh love this!!! Totally a worthy goal, one we can always be chasing 😍🤩

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Rawaan Alkhatib's avatar

What a delightful read! Also tempted to annotate with agree! after agree!

I listened to every episode of Everything Cookbooks while I was working on Hot Date! (it kept me company as I painted late into the night) and really appreciate Kate's thoughtful approach here and on the podcast.

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Jenna Helwig's avatar

Thanks Rawaan! That podcast really is so great. I love the team approach to the interviews; the combined level of experience and wisdom is staggering.

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Laura Fenton's avatar

Loved getting to know Kate! That A16 cookbook is really so good. Restaurant cookbooks tend to cycle out of my cookbook library, but not that one.

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Jenna Helwig's avatar

Agreed that restaurant cookbooks can be tricky. It's the rare one that's a keeper! I might need to survey my collection to see how many I actually have.

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Jimmy Proffitt's avatar

I am loving your Cookbookery Collective! It's like I get to have a quick conversation with someone and get to know them, or know them better.

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Jenna Helwig's avatar

That's always my goal. Thanks for reading Jimmy!

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