It’s getting colder outside, and our plates are getting warmer. Find a new recipe by checking out cookbooks at the library.
Whether you’re making dinner for one or ten, enjoying it with family, friends or strangers, take a look at these ideas for some fun and new cooking this fall.
Food from around the world
It’s a great time to try something new! Learn how to make different types of Latin American soups with The Latin American Cookbook, or make a warm Persian dessert from The Saffron Tales. We’ve got a wide range of cookbooks at the library ready for you!
Some popular fall foods around the world include:
- Pan de muerto (a sweet soft bread that’s frequently decorated with skulls or bones) during Día de Muertos in Mexico.
- Mooncakes (stuffed sweet pastries with patterns on top) during the Mid-Autumn Festival in many parts of Asia.
- Barmbrack (a tea bread with dried fruit) to celebrate Halloween in Ireland.
- Songpyeon (rice cakes with various fillings and designs) during Chuseok in Korea.
- Pre-colonization Indigenous foods like salmon, elk, bison, berries and corn to honor Native American Heritage Month — plus, learn about the complicated history of fry bread and how it became a survival food for Indigenous communities in the U.S. post colonization.
- Apples and honey during Rosh Hashanah for parts of the Jewish diaspora.
- Thambuttu (a dessert with bananas and flour made from brown rice, fenugreek and cardamom powder) during Puthari, the annual harvest festival of the Coorg people in India.
- Ghanaian spinach stew with sweet plantains, a rich savory green stew that has a mix of onions, ginger garlic and peppers.
Learn to cook and enjoy a meal at the library
With our year-round cooking programs, you are bound to learn something new that you can recreate at home. Join us this fall and winter for sweet crepes, soups and more.
Make your own recipe book
Do you already have your own favorite recipes? Tired of not having one place to find all of them? Come to the library where you can make your own cookbook! With computer and internet access, the ability to print up to 100 black and white pages per day, you could have your cookbooks ready by the holidays! Here’s a tip: Give a homemade gift this year and share your cookbook with friends and family!
Find local food resources
Need help accessing food? Find information about local free food programs at over 100 locations on Multnomah County’s website.
Whether you want to find a new dish, learn a technique at a class or share some good recipes of your own — we can’t wait to see you here at the library.