I organized and ran a cookbook club back in 2017 (maybe).

I usually picked a theme for the month and would find 1 to 3 cookbooks that related to the theme.

I did place holds on multiple copies in the system and had books available for folks to checkout & take home, but always kept at least one copy of each book at the reference desk for photo copying in case everything was checked out.

The patrons loved it. We'd get together for our potluck meeting, discuss recipes, challenges, ingredients, their overall impression of the book, etc. The conversation was always lively and moved along in a very casual and organic way. I did always go to group with a few questions or talking points if we hit a lull.

Some of the themes we covered were fad diets, American standard cookbooks (Betty Crocker, Joy of Cooking and the like), newly published, we covered a few specific cuisines, but one of my favorites was celebrity cookbook showdown.

I choose 2 popular celebrity cookbooks at the time and as a group we evaluated and rated the recipes/books.

On Fri, Oct 6, 2023, 10:43 AM Anna Merritt via Michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org> wrote:

Hello All,

For those who run Cookbook Clubs at their libraries- how do you structure it?

Do you have everyone sign up for what recipes they are going to make?

Do you check out copies of the actual cook book or just make photo copies of the recipes?

When you meet up, do you just talk about the recipes? Do you offer information and discussion based on the theme of the cookbook?

Any feedback on how you organize this type of book club would be most helpful!

Anna Merritt

Assistant Director

Richland Community Library

8951 Park Street

Richland, MI 49083

(269) 629-9085

https://www.richlandlibrary.org/

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