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Be Seated

$5
/month

You’re at the table. Every month you’ll get the Cookbook Club companion guide — my curated reading and cooking companion for that month’s book, complete with shopping lists, Walmart swaps, cook-along challenges, and community prompts. This is the heart of the club, delivered straight to you.

  • Support me on a monthly basis

  • Monthly Companion Guide

  • Shopping list + Walmart swap table

  • Cook Along Challenge

  • Community discussion prompts

Everyone Knows Your Name

$12
/month

You’re a regular. Beyond the monthly companion guide, you get deeper access — early announcements, behind-the-scenes notes from my kitchen and writing desk and first look at new seasons and book selections before anyone else.

  • Support me on a monthly basis

  • Everything in Be Seated

  • Early access to season announcements

  • Behind-the-scenes from my kitchen and writing desk

  • First look at new book selections

Ruby's Table

$25
/month

You’re family. This is the inner circle — named for my grandmother Ruby, whose cooking taught me what a recipe really carries and how to feel my way through the kitchen. At Ruby’s Table, you get everything above plus direct access to me: exclusive essays, personal recommendations, and the kind of conversation that happens when the dishes are done and everyone’s still sitting.

  • Support me on a monthly basis

  • Everything in Everyone Knows Your Name

  • Exclusive essays and personal writing

  • Direct access and personal recommendations

Lifetime access

Founding Member

$2,500
/One-time
Limited (10 of 10 remaining)

As a Founding Member of From the Kitchen of Cookbook Club, you’re not just supporting the work — you’re part of how it was built. That means you believe in not only the mission and vision, but me as well. That is not lost on me. Your support will always mean something. 

  • Lifetime discount on shop items

  • Lifetime access to all membership tiers and benefits

  • Exclusive Founding Member content — conversations, essays, and behind-the-scenes access you won’t find anywhere else

  • A private 1:1 conversation with me — we’ll talk food, books, memory, whatever’s on your mind

  • Permanent Founding Member recognition in the community

  • Only 10 spots available — ever

About Christilisa
From the Kitchen of Cookbook Club

Hey 👋 Y'all! I’m Christilisa — An Alabama lady who has spent the last 20+ years in New Orleans. I am food writer, essayist, former IACP cookbook judge, occasional culinary entertainment chef, and the founder of From the Kitchen of Cookbook Club. I write about food as memory, culture, and community, with deep roots in Southern cooking. From the Kitchen of Cookbook Club is where we gather monthly around a single book, cook from it together, and dig into the stories behind the recipes — because a cookbook is never just a cookbook.

If you believe that food is literature, that Black women built Southern cuisine, and that the best meals come with a story, you’re in the right place. Your support keeps this community growing and the kitchen open.

Along with the above, I have my Substack, From the Kitchen of Christilisa, where I share my love of cookbooks, food, recipes, and books. I believe everything we cook and read helps tell our life story and connect us to each other. I want to create a community that allows for a shared experience of storytelling by reading books, sharing recipes and cooking from cookbooks while also allowing each person to create their own personal cooking stories.

This is the reason why I have started From the Kitchen of Cookbook Club: a community where we cook, read, and share together from the pages of not only cookbooks but books that center food. Each month, I will select a cookbook, highlight recipes, share insights, and create a companion guide with tips, book recommendations, and more!

Your support helps me to curate recipes and write thoughtful posts, design cookbook guides and create a community that is all about the wins (and loses!) of using those cookbooks on your shelf. Every coffee fuels more time spent testing recipes, sharing ideas, and building this community.

💛 If you love cookbooks (and books that center food), want to discover new favorites, or simply enjoy the joy of cooking together, join our community and support. Thank you for helping me keep this cookbook/book/writing journey alive!

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