This spring brought more views of celebrity bookshelves than ever expected thanks to Zoom but missing from these scenes were great close-ups of cookbooks.
Just a few days ago, that all changed when actress Drew Barrymore launched a casual cookbook club on Instagram Live.
Standing in her airy kitchen, we saw shelves upon shelves of Drew’s treasured collection of hardcover cookbooks. Her favorite titles ranged from vegan recipe compilations to works written by celebrity friends, like Gwyneth Paltrow and Chrissy Teigen.
“I am a cookbook fanatic and collector,” she wrote on Instagram. “Chefs are my heroes. I must read 3 cookbooks a week… cover to cover! Not just for the recipes, but also for the stories about how the authors find their inspiration.”
For the first interview, Drew chatted with 19-year old Haile Thomas, a vegan cookbook author of “Living Lively,” and CEO of The Happy Org, an education non-profit that seeks to empower youth through healthy living.
Stay tuned for future #DrewsCookbookClub sessions to experience Drew’s bubbly appetite for culinary reads. As Drew says, “In every cookbook there is one recipe that will change your life.”