Between the Recipes

Between the Recipes is a cookbook reading club devoted to studying the stories, essays, and headnotes that live beyond the ingredient list. Hosted by Vanessa from Red Rice Books, this gathering treats cookbooks as literature—archives of memory, migration, and cultural inheritance. Together, we read slowly, reflect deeply, and explore how food writing reveals who we are, where we’ve been, and what we carry forward. No cooking required—just curiosity, conversation, and a love for the written word.