It's time for the roundup of Cook the Books' Club December 2025/January 2026 edition for which we read the memoir in lyrical essays Bite by Bite by Aimee Nezhukumatathil.
As I've done in the past, I will present our club members' contributions as a menu organized in courses. For each dish, I will give you the official information (author, blog name and post title) and a quote from it, a taste: follow the link and read the author's take of the book and how the reading inspired the cooking.
Cook the Books Club's Bite by Bite-Inspired Menu
Breakfast
Cinnamon Roll Pancakes
Homemade Granola
Snack:
Hot Honey Pecans
Main dish:
Chicken Curry with Potatoes
Mushroom Risotto
Umbrian Lentils with Honeynut Squash and Vegetables
Dessert:
Hummingbird Cakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
Make yourself comfortable and enjoy the menu.
"Pancakes are already delicious on their own but what if we combine them with another breakfast-dessert - Cinnamon Rolls!... While this sort of compilation is not my typical style, I could appreciate that each chapter was inspired by a food. The cinnamon chapter was an informational chapter that read more like a textbook than some of the other chapters that were centered around the author’s memories or musings. It was interesting enough and a great inspiration for these pancakes!"
Deb of Readerbuzz shared My Mom's Homemade Granola
"Some of the foods are exotic to me... Some of the foods are foods I use often... Some of the foods are so familiar to me that I actually grow them in my yard and cook with them all the time... Here's a recipe I make that uses several of these foods... My mom would collect and refill our granola storage container every year as her Christmas gift to us... Every time I make granola, I think of my mom."
