Cookbook Club

Join us for our farewell episode, where we talk about the process of making the podcast and hear from some of our listeners! Thank you all for listening for the last four years and making this such a fun project for us.
Recipes and resources mentioned in this episode:
Eleven Madison Park granola (NYT)
Baked eggs with crushed chickpeas, chorizo and herby breadcrumbs (Dining In)
Cinnamon rolls (NYT)
Curried chicken salad (Salt Fat Acid Heat)
Chicken pelau (Small Victories)
Shepherd’s Pie (Whole30)
Strawberry summer stack cake (Smitten Kitchen Keepers)
Strawberry summer sheet cake (Smitten Kitchen)
Strawberry summer snack cake (Smitten Kitchen)
Cranberry pear cake (Snacking Cakes)
Almond olive oil rosemary shortbread (Smitten Kitchen Every Day)
Beef stew (My Kitchen Year)
Bacon & Egg spaghetti (Dinner in One)
Third Culture Cooking by Zaynab Issa
The Michael Scott Podcast Company podcast
Home Cooking podcast

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Snacks, as Sara says, are a life raft in the chaos of motherhood. Renee has a whole snack system. We have, actually, a lot to say about snacks. Join us!
Recipes and resources mentioned in this episode:
Costco high-protein granola bars
That’s It fruit bars
Rx bars
Epic bars (bison & cranberry)
Larabars
Partake brand vanilla wafers or graham crackers
Chomps
Wild Zora
GoMacro
White bean spread (Super Natural Every Day)
Hummus (Dinner in an Instant)
Goat cheese with za’atar and lemon (Nothing Fancy)
Penzey’s buttermilk ranch dressing & dip
Honey roasted cashews (Cooking in Real Life)
Pizza pistachios (EatingWell)
Everything seasoned almonds (EatingWell)
Curried cashews (EatingWell)
Vegan boards
That cheese plate will change your life
Join our Cookbook Club!
Our Instagram, @cookbookclubshow
E-mail us: [email protected]
Find Renee and Sara on Instagram: @hipchickdigs and @realtor_saragray
Our sponsors: Dropcloth Samplers
Cook along with us! Our next (and last!) cookbook episode (airing 7/9/2025): Ottolenghi Simple, by Yotam Ottolenghi

We’ve had listener requests for Ottolenghi books over the years, and we’ve saved him for out last cookbook episode! We talk about his signature flavors, whether this book is overly simple, and whether we love it.
Recipes mentioned in this episode:
Gem lettuce with fridge raid dressing (page 37)
Curried lentil, tomato and coconut soup (page 52)
Roasted eggplant with anchovies and oregano (page 64)
Chicken marbella (page 229)
Sweet potato fries (page 145)
Baked rice with confit tomatoes and garlic (page 174)
Spring roast chicken with preserved lemon (page 227)
Blueberry, almond and lemon cake (page 276)
Plum, blackberry and bay friande (page 274)
No-churn raspberry ice cream (page 292)

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E-mail us: [email protected]
Find Renee and Sara on Instagram: @hipchickdigs and @realtor_saragray
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We are revisiting one of our favorite topics: meal trains! After Renee’s cancer diagnosis and treatment, we both learned so much more about meal trains. This is the best way to support people in your world with your cooking skills. Join us for some new tips and ideas.
Recipes and resources mentioned in this episode:
Green smoothies (NYT)
Seed crackers with oil-packed tuna, avocado and supremed grapefruit (Health Nut)
Eleven Madison Park granola (NYT)
Ligurian foccacia (Samin Nosrat)
Snacking Cakes, by Yossy Arefi
Bentgo meal prep containers (Amazon)
Spiced chickpea stew with coconut and turmeric (NYT)
Cranberry apple cake (Snacking Cakes)
Skillet chicken pot pie (NYT)
Skillet chicken pot pie (Small Victories)
Now & Again, by Julia Turshen
Stella’s Kitchen

Join our Cookbook Club!
Our Instagram, @cookbookclubshow
E-mail us: [email protected]
Find Renee and Sara on Instagram: @hipchickdigs and @realtor_saragray
Our sponsors: Dropcloth Samplers
Cook along with us! Our next (and last!) cookbook episode (airing 7/9/2025): Ottolenghi Simple, by Yotam Ottolenghi

A very ambitious and comprehensive guide to pie — from crust technique to decoration to hundreds of unique and interesting flavor combinations — this book from Erin Jeanne McDowell really captured our interest. We talk about the recipes we made, and decide whether this book holds up to the promise.
Recipes mentioned in this episode:
Striped citrus pie
Creamy lemon custard pie
Peanut butter cream pie with raspberry meringue
Sweet corn pie with blueberry whipped cream
Roasted pineapple pie
Pumpkin pie
Apple pie
Caramel Earl Grey custard pie in a gingersnap crumb crust
Blueberry swamp pie with cornmeal crust
Citrus sugar pie
Birthday cake pie
Tres leches slab pie
Orange vanilla panna cotta pie
Creamy mango pie
Mango pie (NYT)
Peanut butter choco-shmallow pie

Join our Cookbook Club!
Our Instagram, @cookbookclubshow
E-mail us: [email protected]
Find Renee and Sara on Instagram: @hipchickdigs and @realtor_saragray
Our sponsors: Dropcloth Samplers
Cook along with us! Our next (and last!) cookbook episode (airing 7/9/2025): Ottolenghi Simple, by Yotam Ottolenghi