Eat Their Words: Tender at the Bone at Hive Center for the Book Arts – Evanston, IL

Eat Their Words is a food-focused book club featuring literature and memoirs written by chefs, foodies, and other food lovers, where the content of the book is curated into a culinary experience by chefs, bakers, and restauranteurs.

Each month, we will read a book and discuss it during an evening event where the book is brought to life through a custom food experience or special meal.

Monday, January 12, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. For January, we’re reading at eating Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl

$45-$75 sliding scale includes dinner and drinks inspired by Tender at the Bone, and book club activities and discussion. Participants can source a copy of the book on our Bookshop.org page, or through the library.

January’s Eat Their Words Book Club will be at Hive Center for the Book Arts at 840 Custer in Evanston.

EMAIL info@hivebookarts.org to find out about our Eat Their Words subscription program!

2026 Schedule*

January 12: Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl

February 9: Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender

March 9: Bite by Bite: Nourishment and Jamborees by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

April 13: In Every Generation by Ali Viterbi

May 11: Kitchens of the Great Midwest (play)by J. Ryan Stradal

June 8: One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

July 13: With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

August 10: Mistress of Spice by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

September 7: Kate & Frida by Kim Fay

October 12: Arsenic and Adobo by Mida P. Manansala

November 9: Ghosts by Dolly Alderton

December 7: The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister

*please note: books on the schedule subject to change—we’ll keep you updated in that event!