For the Books Issue out now, I wrote about two cookbooks inextricably tied to the community events that inspired them, the Hideout’s Soup & Bread series, and weddings—specifically rust-belt weddings with magnificent potluck cookie spreads. These books are just as much about the cultures that keep them alive as the recipes therein.
Maybe by now you’ve already finished Leor’s book. So if you’re in need of more sweet, sweet longform, on August 6 the Reader is dropping the second volume in its Best of collection, this one by a certain food writer who loves you and wants you to know that not everything is about food.
