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 March Service featuring " Silk Roads" by Anna Ansari.

In this rich and delicious cookbook, Iranian-American cook and writer Anna Ansari takes us on a culinary, historical, and personal odyssey across the Silk Roads.
Weaving together essays, family photography, and 90 recipes, Ansari brings life to the flavors of the Silk Roads – from the walnut groves of her father’s Iranian childhood, across Central Asian markets brimming with fragrant melons and thronged with fat-tailed sheep, and into the neighborhoods of modern-day Chinese cities.
Discover delectable dishes from Baku to Beijing – Azeri-Iranian stews served with crispy-bottomed rice, dill-infused noodles from Western Uzbekistan, Georgian cornbread, Uyghur lamb chops and all kinds of dumplings, from fat, spiraled oromo to tiny, stuffed dushbara in a delicate saffron broth. Plus, you’ll find refreshing drinks and sharbats, and American-inspired desserts like apple pie with quince, sticky persimmon pudding, and walnut-studded spiced blondies.

How does Vesper Service work?

• Each "service" we select a cookbook to celebrate, ideally that's been in rotation long enough to remain accesible 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.
• 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 modifications made to the recipe.
• Feast and connect with other like-minded folks from our community.
• Once we're finished, all unclaimed leftovers will be portioned out and donated to one of the many Detroit Community Fridges.

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