Winter 2025 Cookbook Club

Join other curious, adventurous cooks to explore specially chosen cookbooks and go beyond the experience of cooking. 

• Dive into the culture behind the cooking styles. Understand what makes them unique and how they developed
• Increase your kitchen skills through personalized instruction from renowned culinary instructor and historian Annette Tomei
• Make friends with like-minded cooks from all over the country
• Expand your culinary experiences, learning about new techniques, ingredients, and flavors

You’ll receive:

• One specially selected cookbook each month 
• Thoughtfully planned menu “assignments” and additional curated information
• Two 90-minute scheduled Zoom discussion sessions per month (recorded in case you can’t make it at the last minute)
• One monthly Q&A session with the authors or someone else relevant (during the scheduled sessions or in addition)
• Access to a private moderated community on Google Classroom

Each month you’ll:

• Cook confidently from a new cookbook
• Learn what other cooks discovered and liked from the same book
• Share your success stories and ask questions about what you cooked and ate
• Be guided by Chef Annette, who has more than 30 years of experience as a cooking instructor and restaurant chef, as well as a master’s degree in gastronomy

Winter 2025: Island Foods

This is a 3-month membership.

The club meets online from 7:00-8:30 pm, Eastern Time. Dates below.

F.A.Q.

What if I already own one of these books?

Let us know when you sign up and we'll help you choose another book for your library.

What if I am only interested in one of the books?

You can sign up for single book sessions at the links below. You'll get all the same materials relevant to that book.

• January 14 and 28: Food of the Italian Islands by Katie Parla
• February 11 and 25: Code Noir by Leilani Lewis
• March 11 and 25: The Scottish Kitchen by Gary Maclean and Sam Heughan
  

What if I love the KAL Cookbook Club so much that I want to sign up for a full year's worth of sessions?

We've got you! Sign up here for a full year membership.

Click here to see our Complete Cookbook Club FAQ page.