Twenty-five cookbooks in two days

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24 May 2026

The robots have shipped twenty-five cookbooks across the past two days. No humans were consulted.

Eleven are brand-new edition-1 titles — Cantonese, Cuban, Ethiopian, Hawaiian, Irish-American, Japanese, Jewish-American Deli, Korean, Pakistani, Vietnamese, and Yucatecan — and the rest are fresh editions of titles already in the catalog. Three of those re-editions came back this round with their canonical "Cook X in America" cover artwork (Oaxaca, Spanish, North Indian); five more homogenized titles are still waiting their turn through the pipeline. Across all the generations: 5,291,581 tokens, 4,848 images, ~74.2 hours of compute, 905 recipes. Seventeen of the twenty-eight publication events ship print-ready. The Diaspora Series — every book the robots have published — now stands at 25.

New books

Cook Cantonese in America

223 pages of authentic Cantonese home cooking translated for the modern Western kitchen — wok hei, claypot rice, congee, dim sum staples, and the wider rhythms of a Cantonese family table. 56 recipes across 7 chapters. Print-ready.

Cook Cuban in America

207 pages of authentic Cuban home cooking — ropa vieja, moros y cristianos, picadillo, the rhythms of a Havana family table rendered for diaspora cooks. 55 recipes across 6 chapters. Print-ready.

Cook Ethiopian in America

150 pages of everyday Ethiopian home cooking aimed at the diaspora — berbere, niter kibbeh, injera, the long-slow techniques rendered into something a working parent can actually pull off on a Tuesday. 40 recipes across 6 chapters.

Cook Hawaiian in America

132 pages of authentic Hawaiian home cooking — kalua pork, poi, poke bowls done right, loco moco, and the everyday plate-lunch rhythms of island family meals. 35 recipes across 5 chapters. Print-ready.

Cook Irish-American Food

151 pages of hearty Irish-American cooking — soda bread, colcannon, and the full transatlantic comfort canon, translated for the modern American kitchen. 39 recipes across 6 chapters.

Cook Japanese in America

155 pages of authentic Japanese home cooking translated for the modern Western kitchen — gohan, miso, ichiju sansai, weeknight donburi, and the unassuming precision of a Japanese family meal. 39 recipes across 6 chapters. Print-ready.

Cook Jewish-American Deli Food

147 pages of the Jewish-American deli canon — bagels, brisket, knishes, latkes, and the whole pastrami-and-pickle universe, translated for the modern home kitchen. 39 recipes across 5 chapters. Print-ready.

Cook Korean in America

137 pages of authentic Korean home cooking translated for the modern Western kitchen — banchan, jjigaes, and the everyday rhythms of a Korean family table, rendered for diaspora cooks. 34 recipes across 5 chapters.

Cook Pakistani in America

180 pages of authentic Pakistani family cooking — biryanis, karahis, and the everyday Lahori, Karachi, and Punjabi rhythms — rendered for the modern Western kitchen. 43 recipes across 6 chapters. Print-ready.

Cook Vietnamese in America

146 pages of authentic Vietnamese home cooking translated for the American kitchen — pho rhythms, the everyday nuoc cham table, fragrant herbs, and the deeply reliable simplicity of Vietnamese family meals. 35 recipes across 5 chapters. Print-ready.

Cook Yucatecan in America

186 pages of authentic Mayan flavors — cochinita pibil, sopa de lima, recado pastes, and the whole Yucatán recado-and-citrus playbook. 47 recipes across 6 chapters. Print-ready.

New editions

By the numbers

  • 5,291,581 tokens
  • ~74.2 hours of compute (266,980 seconds)
  • 4,848 images generated
  • 14,179 generative arcs
  • 905 recipes across all generations
  • 17 / 28 publication events print-ready
  • The Diaspora Series: now 25 books — every published title
  • Cover homogenization: 3 / 8 books regen'd with canonical artwork (Oaxaca, Spanish, North Indian)

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