Cookbook Highlight

What's inside Masaharu Morimoto's Mastering the Art of Japanese Home Cooking, and how it held up as a group cook.

What's inside Katie Lee's Endless Summer Cookbook, and how it held up as a group cook.

The Stress Free Edition. Pantry-friendly Vietnamese cooking from Andrea Nguyen, back at Jrew's.

Cala fritters, calabaza pancakes and rice cooked four different ways, out of Lesley Enston's Caribbean cookbook.

What's inside Mourad Lahlou's Mourad: New Moroccan, and how a chef's cookbook held up as a group cook.

Our first night at Danu Social House: tortilla, croquetas, beef cheeks, and an omelette with honey and blue cheese in it.

Spanakopita, two competing cakes, and leftovers we ate for breakfast the next morning.

Kwek-kwek, ube-crusted calamari and calamansi caramel wings. February's table turned into a Filipino street food stall.

We started 2026 with Julia Child. Boeuf bourguignon, quiche Lorraine, and a good excuse to stay indoors.

Our last event of 2025: jackfruit biryani, mattar paneer, kejriwal, and a table that brought Bombay's cafés to a cold Toronto night.

A beginner-friendly Friendsgiving: stuffed turkey breast, two separate batches of meatballs, and a very fall table.

Scallion pancakes, fried chicken with imperial sauce, and the September table that took on a genuine deep-frying project.

Danny Trejo's cookbook turned our August table into a build-your-own taco bar, with donuts on the side.

The one that started it all. Gourmet salads, surprise banana bread, and a table of people who had never met.