Vesper Service: A Cookbook Club

Vesper Service is a monthly cookbook club in which we get to show and tell recipes from a selected book, with our January Service featuring, "Six Seasons of Pasta” by Joshua McFadden.

In the follow-up to Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables, James Beard Award–winning author Joshua McFadden teaches home cooks how to use store bought dried pasta to create seasonal, restaurant-quality dishes at home. Named a Best New Cookbook of 2025 by Bon Appetit, Eater, Epicurious, Publishers Weekly, Saveur, The Strategist, The Week, and more.

In Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables, Joshua McFadden's approach to seasonal produce revolutionized the way we cook with vegetables. Now, he's back to transform the way we cook and eat pasta. In Six Seasons of Pasta, noodles become the perfect showcase for each season's bounty of produce. There are more than 125 recipes organized by season, plus the Italian classics that everyone should have in their repertoire, from Cacio e Pepe to Pasta Fagiole (three ways!). Artichokes with Tomato and Mint celebrates the fresh, delicate flavors of spring; Fall's warming notes are reflected in Mushrooms with Onion, Pancetta, and Cream; and a classic Winter dish like Baked Ziti with Broccoli Rabe is hearty and nourishing. And the best part? These recipes are all made using store bought dried pasta. Six Seasons of Pasta does so much more than pair noodles with seasonal produce. The book teaches us how to intuitively cook a perfect pasta dish from scratch using McFadden's no-fail “build-the-sauce-in-the-skillet” method. McFadden's time-tested technique will always result in a satisfying and delicious bowl of pasta.

How does Vesper Service work?

• Each "service" we select a cookbook to celebrate, ideally that's been in rotation long enough to remain accessible to folx within our community.
• Purchase (we offer 15% off at Vesper Books and Wine if you purchase a ticket) or borrow the book from a friend or your local library.
• We will email you a Google Form to fill out once you've decided on a recipe to share.
• Cook through one recipe in the typical serving size to bring to share.
• Together, we will each discuss why we chose what we made and any modifiers made to the recipe.
• Feast and connect with other like-minded folx from our community.
• Once we're finished, all unclaimed leftovers will be portioned out and donated to one of the many Detroit Community Fridges.
• Your $15 ticket goes towards any book purchases the day of Vesper Service, as well!

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