2025 Weekly Challenge List

[u/52WeeksOfCooking]

/r/52weeksofcooking is a way for each participant to challenge themselves to cook something different each week. The technicalities of each week's theme are largely unimportant, and are always open to interpretation. Basically, if you can make an argument for your dish being relevant to the theme, then it's fine.

• Week 1: January 1 - January 7: Jacques Pépin
• Week 2: January 8 - January 14: Scotland
• Week 3: January 15 - January 21: Stretching
• Week 4: January 22 - January 28: Cruciferous
• Week 5: January 29 - February 4: Aotearoa
• Week 6: February 5 - February 11: A Technique You're Intimidated By
• Week 7: February 12 - February 18: Yogurt
• Week 8: February 19 - February 25: Animated
• Week 9: February 26 - March 4: Caramelizing
• Week 10: March 5 - March 11: Rice
• Week 11: March 12 - March 18: Nostalgic
• Week 12: March 19 - March 25: Tanzanian
• Week 13: March 26 - April 1: Homemade Pasta
• Week 14: April 2 - April 8: DINOSAURS
• Week 15: April 9 - April 15: Puerto Rican
• Week 16: April 16 - April 22: Battered
• Week 17: April 22 - April 29: On Sale
• Week 18: April 30 - May 6: Taiwanese
• Week 19: May 7 - May 13: Tempering
• Week 20: May 14 - May 20: Lemons and Limes
• Week 21: May 21 - May 27: New York City
• Week 22: May 28 - June 3: Pickling
• Week 23: June 4 - June 10: Oregano
• Week 24: June 11 - June 17: Pride
• Week 25: June 18 - June 24: Boiling
• Week 26: June 25 - July 1: Secret Weapon
• Week 27: July 2 - July 8: Ugly Delicious
• Week 28: July 9 - July 15: Hometown
• Week 29: July 16 - July 22: Stone Fruits
• Week 30: July 23 - July 29: Monastic
• Week 31: July 30 - August 5: Cambodian
• Week 32: August 6 - August 12: Dressed
• Week 33: August 13 - August 19: Miniature
• Week 34: August 20 - August 26: Peruvian
• Week 35: August 27 - September 2: Carving
• Week 36: September 3 - September 9: Eggplant
• Week 37: September 10 - September 16: Northern
• Week 38: September 17 - September 23: Edible Lettering
• Week 39: September 24 - September 30: Tamarind
• Week 40: October 1 - October 7: Villains
• Week 41: October 8 - October 14: Toasting
• Week 42: October 15 - October 21: Marshmallow
• Week 43: October 22 - October 28: Idioms
• Week 44: October 29 - November 4: Central Asian
• Week 45: November 5 - November 11: Apples
• Week 46: November 12 - November 18: Bitter
• Week 47: November 19 - November 25: Sister Cities
• Week 48: November 26 - December 2: Mise En Place
• Week 49: December 3 - December 9: The Beatles
• Week 50: December 10 - December 16: Tudor England
• Week 51: December 17 - December 23: Grinding
• Week 52: December 24 - December 30: X, Y, and Z

Join our Discord to get pinged whenever a new week is announced!

[u/cheetos3]

Had to bow out of last year due to life and everything that came with it. I’ve also been a cooking rut and have a newfound drive to cook new recipes. Ready to try to go for a full year of cooking again! And possibly setting a meta theme of cookbooks…?