I Heart Cooking Clubs

Monday, September 21, 2020

September IHCC 2020 Potluck!

You can make any dish from any of our 20 featured chefs:

Nigella Lawson
Mark Bittman
Giada De Laurentiis
Jamie Oliver
Tessa Kiros
Rick Bayless
Madhur Jaffrey
Yotam Ottolenghi
Donna Hay
Nigel Slater
Diana Henry
Jacques Pepin
Ellie Krieger
Curtis Stone
Heidi Swanson
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Ina Garten
Eric Ripert
Ruth Reichl

Julia Child

Make and post your September Potluck recipe by Sunday, September 27th. Please link a picture of your recipe below, and leave a comment after.

*****PLEASE REMEMBER that we are continuing to cook the recipes of our 20 IHCC FEATURED CHEFS. Make sure that any recipes you post on our link-ups are from and credited to one of those 20 chefs.

New to IHCC? Need help linking up or a refresher on how to join in the fun? Please check out our WELCOME page. If you have any questions please leave a comment below and one of us will get back with you.

If you'd like to check out our Fall Feelings theme from last week, please click on the link and check them out!

October themes will be out this week!

Monday, September 14, 2020

Fall Feelings!

Are you having those...Fall Feelings?

Make any recipe that celebrates autumn and the fall season from our current featured chef, Julia Child, or any of our 19 other featured chefs.

If at any time you have trouble sourcing any ingredients, then just go back to the Needs Must concept and make any dish from any of our 20 IHCC Chefs!

Make and post your Fall Feelings! recipe by Sunday, September 20th. Please link a picture of your recipe below, and leave a comment after.

If you'd like to check out last week's Which Sandwich theme, please click on the link and take a look!

Monday, September 7, 2020

Which Sandwich?

Some people think you can slap anything between two pieces of bread, but not us! There really is an art to making a delicious sandwich. There are so many things to consider: the type of bread, the textures, the fillings, the sauces.

You can even have a sweet dessert-type sandwich! So tell us...

WHICH SANDWICH are you going to make?

Choose WHICH SANDWICH you're going to make and share, from Julia Child, or any of our other 19 chefs.

If at any time you have trouble sourcing any ingredients, then just go back to the Needs Must concept and make any dish from any of our 20 IHCC Chefs!

Make and post WHICH SANDWICH by Sunday, September 13th. Please link a picture of your recipe below, and leave a comment after.

If you'd like to check out last week's Bite-Sized theme, please click on the link and take a look!

photo credit: Stirring the Pot/Nigel Slater's Chicken Po'Boy

Monday, August 31, 2020

Bite-Sized!

Food is always more fun when it's tiny! So this week let's have some Bite-Sized fun!

Make any recipe that celebrates bite-sized foods, sweet or savory--from sliders to mini-cupcakes from our current featured chef, Julia Child, or any of our 19 other featured chefs.

If at any time you have trouble sourcing any ingredients, then just go back to the Needs Must concept and make any dish from any of our 20 IHCC Chefs!

Make and post your Bite-Sized recipe by Sunday, September 6th. Please link a picture of your recipe below, and leave a comment after.

Note: September Themes are on the sidebar!

If you'd like to check out last week's Potluck theme, please click on the link and take a look!

Monday, August 24, 2020

August IHCC 2020 Potluck!

You can make any dish from any of our 20 featured chefs:

Julia Child

Make and post your August Potluck recipe by Sunday, August 30th. Please link a picture of your recipe below, and leave a comment after.

*****PLEASE REMEMBER that we are continuing to cook the recipes of our 20 IHCC FEATURED CHEFS. Make sure that any recipes you post on our link-ups are from and credited to one of those 20 chefs.

If you'd like to check out our I Wish I Was theme from last week, please click on the link and check them out!

***September themes will be up within the week!

Monday, August 17, 2020

I Wish I Was...!

Traveling is tough if not impossible right now, so let's travel in our heads and with our stomaches this week. Where do you wish you were right now? Chose any recipe inspired by your travel or even your staycation dreams. Remember, the recipe can be from our current chef, Julia Child, or any one of our other 19 featured chefs (see a list on the sidebar or the header).

If at any time you have trouble sourcing any ingredients, then just go back to the Needs Must concept and make any dish from any of our 20 IHCC Chefs!

Make and post your I Wish I Was...! recipe by Sunday, August 23rd. Please link a picture of your recipe below, and leave a comment after.

If you'd like to check out last week's Pickled! theme, please click on the link and take a look!

Monday, August 10, 2020

Pickled!

Not all cucumbers are pickled and not all pickles are green! This week, everything is coming up PICKLED! Chose any recipe and get pickling! Remember, the recipe can be from our current chef, Julia Child, or any one of our other 19 featured chefs (see a list on the sidebar or the header).

If at any time you have trouble sourcing any ingredients, then just go back to the Needs Must concept and make any dish from any of our 20 IHCC Chefs!

Make and post your Pickled recipe by Sunday, August 16th. Please link a picture of your recipe below, and leave a comment after.

If you'd like to check out last week'sTaco Night theme, please click on the link and take a look!

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Announcement: Change of Themes (starting April 6th)

Due to the coronavirus and these trying times, we feel it is very important that we continue to cook and celebrate our shared passion for cooking. We realize that ingredients are hard to come by. In an effort to continue our shared passion, but keep things as easy as possible, we will be borrowing an idea from our British chefs, called Needs Must (necessity compels). You will see our new theme, entitled Needs Must, every week, with the exception of Julia's welcome week. Here at I Heart Cooking Clubs, we will do whatever we NEED to do to keep cooking. No, this does not mean putting yourself in harm's way to obtain ingredients. Instead, this is a call to use what we have at home or what we can come by safely. We will use what we MUST to keep putting dishes on the table. In doing so, our hope is we can share tips and ideas to help each other through these times! Our only guideline will be to use a base recipe (making changes if needed) from one of our 20 chefs, including our new chef, Julia Child. We hope you will join us in an effort to keep our passion alive, cooking our Needs Must dishes. Please stay safe and take good care!

September Cooking Club Themes with Julia Child & All Chefs

Make ANY bite-sized food, sweet or savory from Julia Child or any of our other 19 IHCC Chefs!

September 7th - September 13th: Which Sandwich?

Make ANY sandwich or sandwich-ish recipe from Julia Child or any of our other 19 IHCC Chefs!

September 14th - September 20th: Fall Feelings!

Are you ready for Fall? Make ANY recipe from Julia Child or any of our other 19 IHCC Chefs that gives you fall feelings!

September 21st - September 27th: IHCC All Chefs Potluck!

Make any dish you like from any of our IHCC chefs!

August 2020 IHCC Cooking Club Themes with Julia Child & All Chefs!

Make ANY taco recipe from Julia Child or any of our other 19 IHCC Chefs or any recipe for an appetizer, side dish or drink that would be perfect for Taco Night.

August 10th - August 16th: Pickled!

Make ANY recipe for pickled, fermented or preserved foods or a recipe featuring pickled foods from Julia Child or any of our other 19 IHCC Chefs.

August 17th - August 23rd: I Wish I Was ...!

Tired of being stuck at home? Where would you like to be?Make ANY recipe from Julia Child or any of our other 19 IHCC Chefs that represents where you want to go!

August 24th - August 30th: IHCC All Chefs Potluck!

Make any dish you like from any of our IHCC chefs!

New Cooking Theme: Monthly Food Trend Challenge!

We are also introducing a new cooking theme: Monthly Food Trend Challenge

Monthly Food Trend Challenge will be brand new in 2020. This challenge will replace 2019's Cuisine Spotlight. The Monthly Food Trend Challenge will highlight current food trends, such as: the zero waste movement, plant-based foods, cooking and shopping locally, sustainable fish and seafood, new and/or "hot" ingredients, milk alternatives, etc.

If you have a food trend you'd like us to feature please leave us a comment! We'd love to hear your feedback. Also, if you have any ideas for themes in general let us know. We are always up for new ideas!

Welcome!

Welcome to I ♥ Cooking Clubs. This is a stress-free cooking club with a revolving roster of chefs. We feature two different chefs (or cooks) a year and cook their recipes based on our weekly themes--found on the sidebar.

From April 6th, 2020 thru October 4th, 2020 we are celebrating the one and only Julia Child! We will be cooking the recipes of Julia for the next six months, as well as the recipes of our other 19 IHCC chefs (see sidebar for a complete list). For the time being, due to the coronavirus, we will have a theme called Needs Must, which means that you can cook the recipes of any of our 20 chefs using whatever you have on hand during these trying times. The possibilities are endless, and exciting!

This cooking club aims to grow and change with its members and explore other cooks and books in the future.

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You Choose the Recipes!

In the interest of freedom of choice and to maximize the fun, we have organized this cooking club on themes. How you interpret the theme is up to you. If you feel that you would like nothing better than a three-pound bison burger, with all the fixin's, on a spa day.. nobody will challenge you on it!

Once the theme is announced, feel free to peruse our current chef's recipes from cookbooks or online, to find one that you think suits the theme and your tastes. Have fun with the recipe, change what you like, and link into that week's post.

Have some great ideas for themes? We love to hear your ideas! Feel free to email any of the hosts or leave your ideas in the comments section.

April 2020 IHCC Cooking Club Themes with Julia Child!

April 6th - 12th: Bon Appetit, Julia! Welcome our new chef, Julia Child, to I Heart Cooking Clubs by preparing any Julia Child dish.

April 13th - 19th: Needs Must! Please see our new theme announcement above. During these trying times, we can still share a passion for cooking. We can still do whatever we NEED to do to keep cooking and whatever we MUST do to keep putting dishes on the table. Needs Must is about cooking with what you have and changing the recipe, if need be. The only guideline is choosing a base recipe from one of our 20 IHCC chefs, including our new chef Julia Child.

April 20th - 26th: Needs Must! Please see our new theme announcement above. During these trying times, we can still share a passion for cooking. We can still do whatever we NEED to do to keep cooking and whatever we MUST do to keep putting dishes on the table. Needs Must is about cooking with what you have and changing the recipe, if need be. The only guideline is choosing a base recipe from one of our 20 IHCC chefs, including our new chef Julia Child.

April 27th - May 3rd: Needs Must!
Please see our new theme announcement above. During these trying times, we can still share a passion for cooking. We can still do whatever we NEED to do to keep cooking and whatever we MUST do to keep putting dishes on the table. Needs Must is about cooking with what you have and changing the recipe, if need be. The only guideline is choosing a base recipe from one of our 20 IHCC chefs, including our new chef Julia Child.

IHCC Featured Chef Themes Pages