July 2020 THEME: COOKBOOKS

This month there are 8 options to choose from! Read about each title and vote for your favorite(s) below!

OPTION 1: "Feast of Fiction Kitchen" by Jimmy Wong & Ashley Adams
Fans of Feast of Fiction have been clamoring for a cookbook since the channel debuted in 2011. Now it’s here! Just as they do on the small screen, hosts Jimmy Wong and Ashley Adams whip up their real-life interpretation of fictional dishes to pay homage in a genuine, geeky, and lively way. Jimmy brings a wealth of gamer and nerd cred to the table, and baker extraordinaire Ashley provides the culinary wisdom. With 55 unique and awesome dishes, this long-awaited cookbook will help inspire a pop culture dinner party, a fun night at home with family and friends, or an evening on the couch thinking about what you could be cooking!


OPTION 2: "Colossal Cookies" by Wendy Kou
Take your cookies to new heights with Wendy Kou’s supersized approach to baking. Each cookie—about the size of your head—is not only fun to make, but tastes delicious and is perfect to savor or share. And if you’re feeling extra adventurous, there’s always the option to take on one of Wendy’s stuffed cookies (brownie or cheesecake middle, anyone?) or combination flavor cookies—like her chocolate espresso and red velvet cookie. Why bake a boring cake when you can make a Birthday Cake Cookie that feeds 8 to 10 people? And why have the same old sandwiches when you can make a Peanut Butter Jelly Cookie that will satiate you for days? With 75+ cookie recipes, and 20+ cookie variations, you’ll never run out of ways to make dessert feel new again.


OPTION 3: "Clueless in the Kitchen" by Evelyn Raab
Clueless in the Kitchen is designed for beginners - and other time-challenged cooks - who love good food, cooked from scratch, and have very little time for cooking. With straightforward instructions needed to put together healthful meals and snacks (without obsessing), you'll find lots of information on preparing meals for a household (even if it includes diet restrictions or picky eaters) as well as survival tips and useful cooking advice for everyone, including knife skills every cook needs to know. Every recipe is presented and tested to ensure that it is easy to make in the least amount of time possible. Whether a beginner or short on time, or looking to spruce up an everyday cooking repertoire, Clueless in the Kitchen is the best possible guide to healthy home cooking.


OPTION 4: "The Healthy Teen Cookbook: Around the World in 80 Fantastic Recipes" by Remmi Smith
A Chopped kid chef and entrepreneur is on a mission to bring healthy food options and easy-to-cook scrumptious recipes to a busy and heavily scheduled generation of teens. Chef Remmi Smith's creation is not your typical children’s cookbook: It’s written “for kids by a kid,” and is filled with tried-and-true recipes with budding cooks in mind, using limited ingredients and steps. The book takes the reader on a culinary journey across the seven continents, highlighting a country and its top food items in each one. Each section features a map, a full menu (from appetizer to dessert), fun facts, brain teasers, personal tips and a place to record notes about the recipe – making it a geography lesson, a cooking journal and a social studies class all in one.


OPTION 5: "The Geeky Chef Cookbook: Real-Life Recipes for Your Favorite Fantasy Foods" by Cassandra Reeder
It's time to get your geek on in the kitchen! Comic-lover, avid gamer, and sci-fi and fantasy lover, Cassandra Reeder started The Geeky Chef in 2008. She creates real-life recipes for all the delicious foods you've seen in your favorite sci-fi and fantasy movies, TV shows, and video games.Photographed, step-by-step instructions show how to make each recipe: from Game of Thrones and The Hunger Games, to Doctor Who, Legend of Zelda, and World of Warcraft, The Geeky Chef Cookbook features over 60 recipes you can re-create in your own kitchen! Fantasy foods are fantasy no longer!


OPTION 6: "The Nerdy Nummies Cookbook" by Rosanna Pansino
The Nerdy Nummies Cookbook is quirky, charming, and fun, featuring the recipes behind Rosanna Pansino’s celebrated, one-of-a-kind creations. It is the perfect companion that you’ll turn to whenever you want to whip up a delicious treat and be entertained all at once. And best of all, these treats are as simple as they are fun to make! The Nerdy Nummies Cookbook combines two things Rosanna loves: geek culture and baking. You’ll find the recipes for many beloved fan favorites from the show as well as many new geeky recipes. The Nerdy Nummies Cookbook showcases Rosanna’s most original and popular creations, and each recipe includes easy-to-follow photo instructions and a stunning shot of the finished treat in all its geeky glory: a delicious confection sure to please the geek in all of us!


OPTION 7: "The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs" by America's Test Kitchen Kids
Using kid-tested and approved recipes, America's Test Kitchen has created THE cookbook every kid chef needs on their shelf. Whether you're cooking for yourself, your friends, or your family, The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs has delicious recipes that will wow! Recipes were thoroughly tested by more than 750 kids to get them just right for cooks of all skill levels -including recipes for breakfast, snacks and beverages, dinners, desserts, and more. Step-by-step photos of tips and techniques will help young chefs feel like pros in their own kitchen Testimonials (and even some product reviews!) from kid test cooks who worked alongside America's Test Kitchen will encourage young chefs that they truly are learning the best recipes from the best cooks.


OPTION 8: "The Complete Baking Book for Young Chefs" by America's Test Kitchen Kids
Want to make your own soft pretzels? Or wow your friends with homemade empanadas? What about
creating a showstopping pie? Maybe some chewy brownies after school? From breakfast to breads, from cookies to cakes (yes, even cupcakes!), learn to bake it all here. You can do this, and it's fun! Recipes were thoroughly tested by more than 5,000 kids to get them just right for cooks of all skill levels -including recipes for breakfast, breads, pizzas, cookies, cupcakes, and more. Step-by-step photos of tips and techniques will help young chefs feel like pros in their own kitchen. Testimonials (and even some product reviews!) from kid test cooks who worked alongside America's Test Kitchen test cooks will encourage young chefs that they truly are
learning the best recipes from the best cooks.