A new approach

So last nights meeting was so much fun. It was only three of us and two of us hadn't read the book selected, so we just talked about book we have read recently or books we have on our reading lists currently. Then we watched four episodes of Sex in the City - Season Four. Too funny we just couldn't stop. Oh and did I mention the delicious food Pam prepared -and the sublime lavender martinis! So anyway we decided we would try something a little different this month. Everyone read what you want and then come and share it with your fellow Belletristes! We'll learn more about each other and add more books to our must read lists.
We were thinking of a date in mid september - say the week of the 14th- 18th? Let us know what night works best for you? Tuesdays are the only one I'll rule out completely unless we do it 7:30 or later. See you in September!

Tonight

I'm flexible!

S&TC Review

Hi Ladies:
I have received one firm commitment to attend tonight's meeting at my house and have heard from 2 people asking if we can reschedule. I'm happy to move the meeting if that is the group consensus. What say you?
Andra

And Our Next Book Is......

Okay, ladies. Alice and I had a lovely time tonight at Fish. It was the Hendricks Gin pub crawl, and we both love Hendricks! My favorite favorite!
Our next book is "Sex and the City," a summer read for summertime. We will have the meeting at my house, where we will sip cosmopolitans, eat something amazing concocted by Michael, and view my favorite episode from the HBO program. If any of you have a fave from TV time, please share it, and we can cue them up for projector viewing on the piazza (or inside if it is just too steamy.)
July 20 is the date I have for the next meeting. Please come prepared to relax, socialize and talk all things S&TC.

Delicious

I finished the book last night. It made me want to cook - which I love to do, but rarely have time for. No one needs to take notes on this one folks. It is a light and delicious confection, like something with Lemon. Enjoy.

Our new book is...

The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister

"Reminiscent of Chocolat and Like Water for Chocolate, a gorgeously written novel about life, love, and the magic of food.
The School of Essential Ingredients follows the lives of eight students who gather in Lillian's Restaurant every Monday night for cooking class. It soon becomes clear, however, that each one seeks a recipe for something beyond the kitchen. Students include Claire, a young mother struggling with the demands of her family; Antonia, an Italian kitchen designer learning to adapt to life in America; and Tom, a widower mourning the loss of his wife to breast cancer. Chef Lillian, a woman whose connection with food is both soulful and exacting, helps them to create dishes whose flavor and techniques expand beyond the restaurant and into the secret corners of her students' lives. One by one the students are transformed by the aromas, flavors, and textures of Lillian's food, including a white-on-white cake that prompts wistful reflections on the sweet fragility of love and a peppery heirloom tomato sauce that seems to spark one romance but end another. Brought together by the power of food and companionship, the lives of the characters mingle and intertwine, united by the revealing nature of what can be created in the kitchen."
The library has ten copies so this one should be pretty available.

Last nights meeting was delightful - we sat on the patio at the Post House and enjoyed delicious burgers and great conversation.
Thanks Pam!

Our next meeting is Monday June 8 - location to be determined by me.

Enjoy.

So...

Did we change the date to the 27th?

Alice