The January 2019 meeting of Wine and Words Book Club was held at Jan’s. Everyone was able to attend. Jan served a delicious green salad and lemon chicken and ice cream with fresh raspberries and chocolates sauce for dessert. We had fun catching up, since our last gathering was in November. Sadly Jan’s husband, Dick,…

The November Wine and Words Book Club meeting was held on Nov. 27, 2018 at Chat Noir, everyone but Jodie were able to attend. We discussed the book for November, This Is How It Always Is. Most of the members enjoyed the book, but Linda felt it was too predictable. We talked about how different areas in the…

The Wine & Words Book Club meeting for Sept./Oct was held on Oct. 10 at Sandie’s – Everyone attended, including Sandie’s sister, Lindy. Sandie served a Fall-themed meal – Indian Summer Salad, Butternut Squash Soup and Pumpkin Pie ice cream (from Trader Joes). Book for Sept. was Killers of the Flower Moon, by Grann –…

Notes from Linda: We had a wonderful dinner at Cindy Geris for our May book club get together. We had chili and a kale salad, with ice cream cones for dessert! We were to each discuss a suggestion for “summer reads” and perhaps something for September book club. We did choose a book for September meeting: Killers…

This post is from an email sent to the group after the meeting. Thank you, Linda, for this brief report of the meeting. Ladies, We had SUCH a great meeting at Kay’s. The weather was stellar and Kay made a fabulous box of treats for each of us, with a flower inside! Kay your food was…

The March Wine and Words Book Club meeting was held at Ann’s. Everyone was able to attend. Ann served a delicious baked chicken, green salad and beets. For desert she served ice cream with blueberries. Ann read Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist. She told us about the book and was happy…

We had a wonderful dinner at Jan’s home and a lively discussion on the ” A Gentleman in Moscow”. We all loved the book and Jan shared some photos that Kathy Whitmire sent from the Metropole Hotel in Moscow! We all agreed that the writing was wonderful and this was a great read! We discussed…

Our annual holiday gathering of Wine and Words Book Club was held at the Hearthfire Grill. The book for this month was Nudge and several members had a difficult time getting through the book, due to the fact it read too much like a textbook. Karen and Anne liked it and my notes are a…

Since our September meeting was canceled, the October meeting was our first meeting of the year. The meeting was held at Linda’s and everyone attended. Linda served a wonderful mixed green salad with walnuts, cranberries, pears and Lemon Love dressing, accompanied by a delicious butternut squash and ginger soup. Everyone read the book for October,…

The May meeting of Wine and Words was held at Cindy’s.  Cindy’s theme was “Kentucky Derby” and we all wore hats and drank pink champagne. Chef Lou served vinegar, maple and mustard reduction risotto, with barbecued pork loin, grilled asparagus and cucumbers marinated in vinegar. We all received recipe cards for Derby Cocktails. They served…