June July August 2009

Sorry about March, April& May! Book club was held - Deb had some Great Hummus- recipe to follow!

June: Loving Frank-Nancy Horan - Linda

July: Guide to the birds of East Africa-Nickolas Drayson-Katherine

August: People of the Book- Geraldine Brooks - Jen

Hummus - From Deb!

Yield: about 3 cups

 

2 cups cooked or canned chick-peas, drained (garbanzo beans)

2/3 cups tahini (sesame paste)

¾ cup lemon juice

2 garlic cloves, peeled

Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste

¼ cup finely chopped scallions

Italian parsley leaves

 

1.   Place the chick-peas, tahini, lemon juice, garlic, salt and pepper in a food processor and blend until smooth.  Stir in the scallions

2.   Pile into a small bowl and garnish with parsley leaves.  Serve with pita bread.

 

From The New York Times Cookbook, p. 23, by Craig Claiborne, c. 1990, Harper and Row, Publishers

Feb. 2009

We decided at the February meeting that we need a more uplifting book! We decided to put The Story of Edgar Sawtell off until April or even May (plus it is very long!) So- next month we will read portions of, and talk about, "The Ladies of Liberty" and/or "Team of Rivals"   . THEN we need to choose a few more books: at least two: one suggestion: "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. We also have a long list of book hope-fulls - take a look! We are at Kathy & Genella's next month!