Cookbooks

How to Purchase Cookbooks

The Junior League of Denver has SIX award-winning cookbooks with culinary recipes that are perfect for every occasion! Whether you live in Colorado or outside the state, we have several purchasing options for you.

  • Set up curbside pickup: To place a cookbook order please call JLD Headquarters at 303.692.0270 or email cookbooks@jld.org. We will follow up with payment and scheduling pickup or delivery.
  • Purchase online, in-person, or at your local retailer: We’ve provided a list of recommendations and encourage everyone to support their local bookstore!
  • Don’t live nearby and want to gift our cookbooks: You can purchase directly from the Junior League of Denver, or visit any major retailer such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
  • Special case pricing for realtors: Need timeless closing gifts for your clients, the perfect staging touch, or a holiday gift? Please call our office at 303.692.0270 or email cookbooks@jld.org to order your cases of books today. We will provide a generous discount!

Cookbook proceeds support the JLD Mission of empowering women to become civic leaders, and our community focus of disrupting the cycle of systemic poverty for women and families in Denver.

Thank you for your support!

Questions? Email info@jld.org.

Centennial Celebrations

2019, Hardcover, Retail Price $29.95
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Centennial Celebrations is packed with colorful flavors from the Centennial State and honors the JLD’s 100th anniversary. It includes more than 200 thoughtfully selected and thoroughly tested recipes for every season and occasion. The creative menus, recipes, and entertaining tips will inspire you to cook, connect, and celebrate…Colorado style!

 

Colorado Classique

2009, Hardcover, Retail Price: $29.95
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Colorado Classique features a collection of recipes from the casual Apres Ski Beans to the elegant Truffled Gnocchi, beautiful photography, and a Colorado restaurant chapter. Classique introduces beer flavor profiles provided by Boulder Beer Company, Colorado’s first microbrewery. You’ll learn whether a pilsner or a malt would be the perfect match for your meal. If you prefer wine, The Vineyard Wine Shop has provided wine pairing suggestions including details about why a particular wine will compliment your recipe. The book is certified environmentally conscious by the Forest Stewardship Council.

 

Colorado Colore

2002, Hardcover, Retail Price: $29.95
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Colorado Colore has a selection of more than 300 recipes designed to be artfully inspiring, yet uncomplicated and accessible. The exciting tapestry of flavors and richly hued visual presentations of Colorado Colore have been chosen to offer a taste of the state’s diverse cultural influences and bounty of colorful ingredients. Throughout the pages you will find recipes as visually delightful as they are appetizing. Savor the colors, flavors, and memorable theme-style menus with suggested wine pairings, plus an entire section devoted solely to vegetarian fare.

 

Colorado Collage

1995, Hardcover, Retail Price: $27.95
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Colorado Collage is a wonderful, historical collection of more than 500 recipes that are true to Colorado. Highlighting the delicacies around us, from fresh rainbow trout to fruits grown in the orchards of the Western Slope, enjoyed over and over again by those who have lived in Colorado. Celebrate the rugged individualism and unique, healthful ingredients that epitomize the West. Colorado Collage is a regional ethnic American cookbook with unique cuisine.

 

Crème de Colorado 

1987, Hardcover, Retail Price: $24.95
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The name, Crème de Colorado, says it best! This bestselling community cookbook has 700 recipes representing the best of Colorado cooking, reaching beyond the realm of the ordinary cookbook. Readers enjoy 15 sections of scrumptious recipes ranging from Wild Duck Gumbo to sensational Chicken Fajitas. The hardback version has been a smash since its publication. Color images, by Colorado naturalist photographer John Fielder, make the book a true showpiece, as well as an indispensable kitchen aide.

 

Colorado Cache

1978, Paperback, Retail Price: $19.95
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Colorado Cache is a goldmine of recipes from the Junior League of Denver! This treasure trove of recipes reflects Colorado’s casual style of living, rich heritage and natural bounty. It includes 680 recipes that are upscale, yet uncomplicated, inspiring, yet reliable, in the tradition of great American cooking. Colorado Cache is the first in a collection of six famous and award-winning Colorado cookbooks.

 

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