We hope to inspire, educate, and encourage as we cook our way through Mark Bittman’s book together. From vegans to pescetarians to those who love indulging in the semi-occasional (or frequent) burger and fries, everyone is welcome to join in on the fun!
The recipes in The Food Matters Cookbook are so adaptable and open for interpretation – it’s almost as if they were designed for a project like this. It is simply amazing to see one dish through the eyes of so many unique and creative individuals each week. Vegetables are having a moment, indeed – and shining brighter and brighter every day.
Here’s how it works: Each week, one member of the group chooses a recipe from the book. This member is the “host” for the week. The group cooks the selected dish, and everyone posts their take on the recipe on their own blogs on Monday. The host includes the full recipe in his or her post, and the rest of the group links to the host’s blog for the recipe. Then, everyone heads over here and adds their own links as comments, so we can see how everyone fared!
Active Members: To be a host, you must be an active member with a 50% participation rate. Because of the growing popularity of the group, we’ve had to limit the number of active members to 50 people. We’re almost at capacity and will likely reach it soon, but if you’d like to commit to being a host, contact us and we can add you to the waiting list.
Participating Members: Everyone is welcome to join in on any post as a participating member; you can simply comment with your link, and we’ll also add you to our Pinterest board for that particular recipe. If you’d like to be adding to our Who We Are page as a participating member, shoot us an email – we’d love to have you!
If you don’t have a blog but want to participate, that rocks, too! Cook along with us and add your own thoughts and comments. We hope to hear from you and see photos of your own interpretations on our Facebook page, too!
I’m going to purchase the cookbook if its found at Walmart/Target today, if not I’ll purchase online at Amazon.
Hi,
I’m definitely interested in participating. Please send me the first two recipes as I’ll be ordering online. Thank you!
Hi Mireya! We’ve replied to your email. Glad to have you on board!
Hi there, I have spent the past few hours looking at recipes for inspiration and I stumbled across this. I am not a blogger, but am interested in this. How do I ‘follow you’ on Facebook? How can I participate…my understanding is that I would simply try a new dish each week as per a member recommendation of this book, and I can comment on it. Sounds like a great plan, and I would love to incorporate more grains and veg., particularly as I am married to a Serbian man who loves his meat, and also I have decided this is the year to make some healthier changes to better look after myself. Thanks for considering me!
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This is a wonderful project! Mark Bittman is certainly my food guru and is probably to blame for why I have gotten so obsessed with cooking (him and his Minimalist videos). I look forward to following the project week by week.
Bittman is the most fun to cook from since he gives room for the individual to make the recipe fit. This is a wonderful idea.
I would love to participate as a non-host member. Thanks!
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I love the idea of this project and would love to participate as a host member.
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Hello! I would love to become an active member. Is there still room?
I would love to participate, I am starting a blog, but it probably won’t be ready for a bit, but I’d love to still participate.
I’d love to partcipate! I just got the book from amazon the other day and am inspired to cook along with you.
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I would love to participate! Are there any openings?
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I sent you an email, would love to be a part of this group!
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