Meeting at Karen’s. Kay, Jan, Anne, Sandie, Linda and Karen attended. Greens with fried goat cheese, beets, orange slices. Dinner chilli/chicken soup. Dessert…Jan provided sundaes. Astoria – Kay – historical fiction about Astor sending traders out to establish settlements. Astoria first settlement on the west coast. The Big Burn by Egan (Shadow Catcher) – Linda.…

The January meeting of Wine and Words was held at Jan’s. Jan, Karen, Cindy, Kay, Sandie, Linda, and Ann were present. We enjoyed a wonderful green salad with blueberries, pears and lemon-flavored olive oil from Drizzle. Richard made us a delicious chicken and vegetable soup. Cindy provided cup cakes. During dinner, Jan mentioned they make…

I was a fun evening at the Chinook restaurant in the Four Points Sheridan tonight! We missed you, Kay! I sent everyone a photo taken by a very sweet woman who passed by our table and offered to take our picture. I didn’t take any notes, so here is a brief summary of our evening discussion:…

The October meeting of Wine and Words Book Club was held at Cindy’s home. Ann, Jan, Karen, Cindy, Linda and Sandie attended the meeting. Cindy served lentil soup (made by Lou) and Greek Salad. Sandie made Ooey, Goey, Pumpkin Bars for dessert. Everyone enjoyed seeing Cindy and Lou’s new home. The book for October was The…

The September meeting of Wine and Words Book Club was held at Sandie’s home. Sandie, Linda, Kay, Pan and Karen were present. Sandie provided a Costco meal…Caesar’s Salad, Creamy Tomato Soup, French Bread, Flagship Cheese and gluten-free, rice. flax and sesame crackers. Linda provided Dump Cake for dessert. Dump Cake recipe: 1 pkg yellow cake…

The May meeting of Wine and Words Book Club was held at Linda’s. All were present, except for Pat, who is traveling in France. Linda served a green salad, dressed with oil and vinegar from Drizzle in Fairhaven, topped with Mark’s barbecued chicken marinated with Margaritaville Pineapple Chili-Lime Marinade. Kay served a rhubarb cake with…

The April 28 meeting of Wine and Words Book Club was held at Kay’s home, with Jan, Karen, Pat, Sandie, Ann, Linda and Kay present. Kay served a salad made with arugula, goat cheese, grape tomatoes, cucumber and quinoa along with an onion & apple tart, which she and her daughter Keri created.Kay also made mince…

The Wine and Words Book Club meeting for March was held at Pat’s. She served Pasta Roses and a similar recipe is at http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/ugc/u-pasta-roses-with-ham-and-fontina/. Pat recommends DeDecco wide Lasagna noodles, cooked, rolled and then cut in half prior to lining up in the pan. She doubled the sauce recipe. It was accompanied by a green salad…

On February 24, Karen, Jan, Cindy and Sandie met at Anne’s home at 5:30 PM. There was a bit of confusion earlier in the day about the time of the meeting. Evidently it was decided at the last meeting to change the time to 5:30 PM, but that fact never made it into the minutes.…

The January 27, 2015 meeting of Wine and Words Book Club met at Jan’s home. Pat and Cindy were not able to attend, because they are both traveling. Jan served Elegant Chicken with stuffed tomatoes and green salad with Persian lime olive oil from Drizzle in Fairhaven. She marinated the chicken in coconut balsamic vinegar…