Success is Sweet

April meeting marked our one year anniversary of Carlsbad book club! Yeah! I have to tell you that April's meeting was so wonderful at Jenn's. It was the Cook Book challenge and we had delicious sweets and unbelievably good savory dishes. Thank you so much to all who participated and thanks so much to Jenn for making the night so great with all the fine details from lit candles to hand-stamped recipe cards (with ribbon delicately tied, of course). Here is a list of goodies that were made:






Jenn- Turkey meatballs with marinara
Karalea- Gorgonzola stuffed cherry tomatoes and glazed lemon loaf
Heidi- Peanut glazed chicken and vegetable kabobs
Emily- Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Cream Cheese frosting
Susan- Apricot windows cookies
Mindy- Souffle (Poor deflated souffle, snif. I can't believe she attempted this...it is very tricky to make a souffle, kudos to Mindy for trying...)
Carma- Asparagus and Gruyere tart

Those of you who didn't/couldn't make it, you missed a very fun night and we will hope to see you at the next meeting on Wednesday, May 7th.

We have decided that we will be CHANGING OUR MEETING NIGHT to the FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH. (Due to the YW switching their mutual night to Tuesday's -some of you need sitters! Now you have no excuse!)

Our May bookclub meeting will be Heidi's home and we will be discussing the book The Invisible Wall by Harry Bernstein. We also decided on a June book (to be happily hosted by Mindy Batt! Yeah!) The book will be These is my Words by Nancy Turner. Have a great April and we will see you at the May meeting.

Cook Book

This month's book club has a little twist (of lime? or lemon?) Jenn Clark is hosting a book club/supper club at her home on Tuesday, April 1st (watch out, it is April Fool's Day!) at 7:45 pm. What do you need to do? You need to find a cookbook (new one or old fave), find a recipe, make it on Tuesday, and bring it to share. Jenn will provide pencils and recipe cards for jotting down the ones you LOVE....Oh, and don't forget to bring your cookbook to share too! We have missed some of you the last couple of months and would love to see you again. Please come.

The Other Boelyn Girl

We went to the movie. The Hollywood version of this great book. I'd say it was a disappointment. Most of us seemed entertained enough, but the movie just didn't do the book justice. I think that they used about 100 pages of the book per scene and took much artistic license in most of those scenes. The movie failed to capture the strong bond and relationship between Henry and Katherine of Aragon, it lacked the trust and friendship found between Henry and Mary and it brutalized the relationship between Henry and Anne. If only the filmmaker would have followed the book more closely, if only Miss Gregory would have played a larger role (and insisted on better detailing)...if only....

Red Tenting and Such

Book club was delightful. We had a small group of seven, poised on pillows on top of Susan's red rug. We had an amazing spread of treats to pick from and cold water to wash it down (the chocolate caramels were especially good). We even received a parting gift of bangles and a maxi...funny. Conversation ranged from waxing to historical fiction, from hand made birds to our mission in life. It was so nice to be around women, friends, sisters.

Food, food and more food. Thank you Susan, for attention to detail and thoughtfulness to the theme of the book! So nice.

Bangles and a maxi...what more do you need?

Start reading The Other Boelyn Girl...it's a long one and you need to begin ASAP if you want to finish it before the March meeting, which will be hosted by Emily. More details to come on that and Jenn's Cookbook Challenge very soon!

The Red Tent

Our next Book Club meeting will be Tuesday, February 5th. Regular time 745 pm. Susan is hostess and would like for each of you to bring a pillow for sitting (Red Tent Style). We will be discussing The Red Tent and Susan has some great plans for decor and food. Don't miss it!