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"If you’re in a book club, you’ll savor the stories of the many culturally and ethnically diverse book groups the authors interviewed as much as the recipes."
— USA TODAY

"...Authors Judy Gelman and Vicki Levy Krupp...do an outstanding job of organizing their material so the plot of each book is summarized, the relevant origins and workings of each book group are outlined, and the recipes are clear."
— Philadelphia Inquirer

"The Book Club Cookbook excels at offering book groups new title ideas and a culinary way to spice up their discussions. Highly recommended for public libraries."
— Library Journal

"Part cookbook, part celebration of the written word, the volume illustrates how books and ideas can bring people together. And considering that there’s an estimated seven million people in America involved in book clubs these days, this should prove to be a popular volume."
— Publishers Weekly

"If you don't know what to serve at book club...this yummy edition features recipes and discussion ideas for book club selections, with intriguing contributions from some of the authors of these favorite reads and fascinating profiles of a wide range of book clubs across the country."
— Santa Rosa Press Democrat

"This book equally inspires you to read, cook, and chew over books and food."
— The Improper Bostonian, Boston, Massachusetts

"This book is really a winner."
— "Good Food", KRCW, Los Angeles

"…A plateful to satisfy all tastes. You can read it for one or many purposes. It's a guide to select books to read, to generate discussion, and to form a book club. Or it can be read for the recipes and food ideas. It's even a window into a handful of contemporary writers, who submitted their own recipes, as well as essays on the role of food in their writing and life."
— Patriot Ledger, Quincy, Massachusetts

"They've integrated recipes from favorite authors and food-related discussion ideas for one hundred popular book club selections into an innovative new book, The Book Club Cookbook. The first of its kind, you can bet its popularity will spread like wildfire just as the popularity of book clubs did a few years ago."
— Advance Magazine

"If you’re interested in starting a book club, revitalizing the book group you’ve already got going, combining food inspired by the literary selection of the month with your book club meeting, or just a voyeuristic romp though the profiles of ninety book clubs from Maine to Hawaii, this is the book for you."
— The Mount Desert Islander – Mount Desert Island Maine

 "A great resource for book clubs to select future readings. It offers a nice mix of classics, like George Eliot's Middlemarch and John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, and contemporary works, like Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life of Bees and Anne Fadiman's The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down."
— The Capital Times – Madison, Wisconsin

"If you are searching for the literary equivalent of the power bar to energize your book group discussions, look no further. This is definitely the resource for you. Delicious choices abound—both in book and bite. Throughout the book are vignettes of discussion groups that will inspire and intrigue you. There are ideas galore about the ingredients that make up a lively book group. This is a book about book club choices with the added element of food fun."
— Women's Lifestyle

Book Sense "We Also Recommend" title, June 2004

Winner, 2005 Literary Cookbook Award, Cordon D'Or-Gold Ribbon Cookbook & 'Culinary Arts' Awards Program

Connecticut Post - February 25, 2009
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Cookbook adds flavor to book clubs

Eagle Tribune – November 10, 2006
North Andover, Massachusetts
Turn the page: Get a read on how to revitalize your book club

Westport News – October 28, 2005
Westport, Connecticut
"Literary Cookbook Authors to Speak at Westport Library"

Old Colony Memorial – September 28, 2005
Plymouth, Massachusetts
"Tasteful Reading"

Christian Science Monitor - September 27, 2005
How to feed the literary crowd

Marblehead Reporter - September 15, 2005
Marblehead, Massachusetts
"Ideas from 'Book Club Cookbook' authors-speakers"

Groton Landmark – September 7, 2005
Groton, Massachusetts
"Invite an Author Program"

Real Simple Magazine – September, 2005
"Invite Authors to Speak to Your Book Club Via Phone"

The Hartford Courant – August 25, 2005
Hartford, Connecticut
"Book clubs can invite an author"

Topsail Magazine – July, 2005
Surf City, North Carolina
"Beach Reads"

The Capital Times – May 27, 2005
Madison, Wisconsin
"Author Talks Can Spice Up Club Meetings"

The Press Democrat – May 22, 2005
Santa Rosa, California
"Ideas for summer reading - and book club tips, too"

Roslindale/West Roxbury Transcript – May 12, 2005
Roslindale, Massachusetts
"The many joys of eating and reading"

Contra Costa Times – April 10, 2005
Walnut Creek, California
"Authors offer to join the club"

Women's Lifestyle Magazine - March, 2005
Conversation Starter

Richmond Times-Dispatch – February 27, 2005
Richmond, Virginia
"Virginia Book Festival authors share thoughts"

Explore magazine/The Sun Chronicle – February, 2005
Attleboro, Massachusetts
"Bookclub cookbook food for thought"

The State – February 16, 2005
Columbia, South Carolina
"Devouring literature"

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Arizona Daily Star – April 13, 2005
Tucson, Arizona

Oregonian — March 8, 2005
Portland, Oregon

Detroit Free Press – March 8, 2005
Detroit, Michigan

Messenger-Inquirer – February 27, 2005
Owensboro, Kentucky

West Roxbury Transcript – January 27, 2005
West Roxbury, Massachusetts
"Learn about cooking and food at the library on Saturday"

The Capital Times – December 17, 2004
Madison, Wisconsin
"Lynn Danielson's picks"

"Chronicle" - WCVB-TV – December 15, 2004
Boston, Massachusetts

Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin – December, 2004
Binghamton, New York
"Eating our words"
"Cookbook recipe is sweet ending"
"Chapters invites you to cook"

Fort Worth Star-Telegram – December 1, 2004
Fort Worth, Texas
"Thought for food: Bestselling authors share their recipes in a pantry full of cookbooks that mix well with fiction"

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Anchorage Daily News – January 5, 2005
Anchorage, Alaska

Corpus Christi Caller-Times – January 5, 2005
Corpus Christi, Texas

Sunday News – January 2, 2005
Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Detroit Free Press – December 14, 2004
Detroit, Michigan

The Kansas City Star – November 10, 2004
Kansas City, Missouri
"Cooking the Books: Local book clubs put a culinary spin on literary masterpieces"

Boston Herald – October 27, 2004
Boston, Massachusetts
"Here's what happens when bookish get peckish"

The Day – September 29, 2004
New London, Connecticut
"Dinner Jackets"

USA Today – August 18, 2004
Six cookbooks that inspire a hunger for life

The Improper Bostonian – July/August 2004
Boston, Massachusetts
"The fruit and meat of their literary labors"

WHYY – Philadelphia
A Chef's Table

Tufts Magazine – Summer 2004
Medford, Massachusetts
The Book Club Cookbook

Wichita Eagle – July 25, 2004
Wichita, Kansas
"Book club lands Wichita woman in a book"
"Book Cook: A love of cooking and literature makes a happy marriage for Amy Kellogg and her diners at Watermark Books and Cafe"

Tallahassee Democrat – July 21, 2004
Tallahassee, Florida
"Clubs put more than books on the menu"

WRNI – July 2, 2004
Summer Book Special

The Union – June 24, 2004
Western Nevada County, California
Cool off with fun summer reads

Contra Costa Times – June 23, 2004
Walnut Creek, California
"That's 'book cooks' – not cookbooks"

The Indianapolis Star – June 23, 2004
Indianapolis, Indiana
"Mmm-mmm! That's good readin'!"
"Favorite book club recipes"

KCRW's "Good Food" – June 19, 2004
Los Angeles, California
"Good Food"

Philadelphia Inquirer – June 17, 2004
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Setting tables of tasty contents"

The Boston Globe – June 17, 2004
Boston, Massachusetts
For book clubs, food provides a plot twist

Food and Wine Radio Network – June 15, 2004
"Don't Talk With Your Mouth Full"

Seattle Weekly – June 9, 2004
Seattle, Washington
Hot Dish

Providence Journal – June 9, 2004
Providence, Rhode Island
"What the book clubs are reading – and eating"

Dallas Morning News – June 9, 2004
Dallas, Texas
Hungry for Knowledge

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – June 5, 2004
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Books for cooks

Wellesley Townsman – June 3, 2004
Wellesley, Massachusetts
"A tasty idea for a book"

Boulder Daily Camera – June 2, 2004
Boulder, Colorado
"Book club cookbook features two local groups"

WCCO Radio – June 2, 2004
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Vicki Levy Krupp guest on "Food for Thought" with Sue Zelickson

Self Magazine – June 2004
A novel meal (pg. 105)

The Albuquerque Journal – May 23, 2004
Albuquerque, New Mexico
"Local Group Offers Reading, Eating in 'The Book Club Cookbook'"

The Times Record – May 19, 2004
Fort Smith, Arkansas
"Food For Thought"

Wrangler News – May 15, 2004
Tempe/Chandler, Arizona
Feeding the stomach, feeding the mind

The Book Show hosted by Faith Middleton – May 14, 2004
WNPR, Connecticut Public Radio
"Faith Middleton named The Book Club Cookbook as one of Faith's Picks"

Jefferson City Post-Tribune – May 12, 2004
Jefferson City, Missouri
"Ladies from Linn book club have recipes put to print"

Santa Cruz Sentinel – May 12, 2004
Santa Cruz, California
Eat Your Words: New book celebrates book clubs' marriage of food and literature

The Star Press – May 12, 2004
East Central Indiana
"Tastes as good as it reads"

The Patriot Ledger – May 12, 2004
Quincy, Massachusetts
DEVOURING books: New ‘Book Club Cookbook' matches food to literature