{"product_id":"summer-2026-cookbook-club","title":"Summer 2026 Cookbook Club: From Every Shore: Our Immigrant Roots","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach season of the Kitchen Arts \u0026amp; Letters Cookbook Club is built around a theme, three books, and six evenings of guided conversation on Zoom: two 90-minute sessions per book, led by beloved chef and culinary historian Annette Tomei. Members receive each book at the start of the season, along with menu assignments and supplemental materials from Annette, access to a private discussion group, and recordings of every session. Most months include a bonus Q\u0026amp;A with the featured author.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis summer marks 250 years of the United States. Our three books honor that anniversary through the food immigrants brought with them, adapted, and made American—guided by Annette, whose research centers on the immigrant foodways of New York City and the Lower East Side in particular.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJuly:\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.kitchenartsandletters.com\/products\/linger\"\u003e Linger: Salads, Sweets and Stories to Savor\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.kitchenartsandletters.com\/products\/linger\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eby Hetty Lui McKinnon. The James Beard Award–winning author grew up in Sydney as the daughter of Chinese immigrants from Guangdong, and now lives in Brooklyn. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLinger\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e brings that rich identity to the table in twelve loosely seasonal menus which are an invitation to easy entertaining or simply lingering over a delicious meal any time. \u003cstrong\u003eMeets on Zoom, Tuesdays, July 14 \u0026amp; 28, 7:00–8:30 pm ET.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAugust:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kitchenartsandletters.com\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.kitchenartsandletters.com\/products\/taste-makers-seven-immigrant-women-who-revolutionized-food-in-america\"\u003eTaste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kitchenartsandletters.com\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Mayukh Sen.  August is our traditional month of cooking what you like while reading something provocative. James Beard Award–winning writer Mayukh Sen profiles seven immigrant women—among them Marcella Hazan, Julie Sahni, and Najmieh Batmanglij—who reshaped how Americans eat, often without receiving the credit they were due. \u003cstrong\u003eMeets on Zoom, Tuesdays, August 11 \u0026amp; 25, 7:00–8:30 pm ET.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeptember:\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kitchenartsandletters.com\"\u003e \u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.kitchenartsandletters.com\/products\/islas\"\u003eIslas: A Celebration of Tropical Cooking \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eby Von Diaz — Emmy Award–winning documentarian and food historian Von Diaz was born in Puerto Rico and raised in Atlanta. 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