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The Book Club Cookbook
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by Judy Gelman and Vicki Levy Krupp
Sales Rank : 98600
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Paperback: 544 pages
Publisher: Tarcher May 6, 2004
Language: English
ISBN-10: 158542322X
ISBN-13: 978-1585423224
Product Dimensions:
9 x 7.6 x 1.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
From Publishers Weekly
"Whether you’re looking to start a book club, choose your book club’s next reading selection, find a recipe to match with a book or gather fresh food ideas, this volume can help," declare authors Gelman and Krupp, a PR consultant and an educator, respectively. To gather all that material, they contacted members of dozens of book clubs throughout the country—from clubs of Jewish moms in Atlanta to psychotherapists in Connecticut—and quickly discovered that these chatty groups are diverse, passionate and boast an impressive camaraderie. It’s logical, then, that this collaborative project offers all sorts of anecdotes and food ideas from club members and profiles of various clubs, in addition to recipes drawn from favorite books. (Short plot summaries of each suggested title are also included.) The choices range from Anna Karenina’s Wild Mushrooms on Toast and Life of Pi’s Tandoori Shrimp to The Hours’s Crab Casserole and Nickel and Dimed’s Mozzarella Sticks. Part cookbook, part celebration of the written word, the volume illustrates how books and ideas can bring people together. And considering that there’s an estimated seven million people in America involved in book clubs these days, this should prove to be a popular volume.
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Product Description
Add a delicious ingredient to your book club gatherings!
Whether it’s mojitos with Love in the Time of Cholera or honey cake with The Secret Life of Bees, nothing spices up a book club meeting like great eats.
Featuring recipes and discussion ideas for one hundred popular book club selections, The Book Club Cookbook will guide you in selecting and preparing culinary masterpieces that blend perfectly with the literary masterpieces your club is reading. With contributions from many of the authors of these favorite books themselves, as well as profiles of book clubs all across the country that are creatively integrating food into their meetings, this singular cookbook includes such scrumptious pairings as:
Tandoori Shrimp with Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Mint Juleps with The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Her Majesty's Spinach Borek (Pastry) and Her Majesty's Mujadara (Lentils and Rice) with Cucumber Yogurt with Leap of Faith by Queen Noor
Great Grandma Olivia’s Sweet Potato Pie with Sugar by Bernice McFadden
Spicy Pork with Orange Hoisin Sauce in Wonton Cups with Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Death by Chocolate with The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Ambrosia with To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Joan and Lalita’s Peach Cobbler with Cane River by Lalita Tademy
Griet’s Vegetable Soup with Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Britta’s Crab Casserole with The Hours by Michael Cunningham
and many more! The first cookbook designed specifically for book clubs, The Book Club Cookbook will add some real flavor to your book club meetings.
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