The 1/29/14 meeting of Wine and Words Book Club was held at Jan’s home. Jan served a hearty Chicken Noodle Soup. green salad and delicious home-made rolls Jan, Karen, Ann, Kay, Linda and Sandie were present. Linda served a delectable chocolate cheese cake and shared her funny story about making three attempts to make and…

The October meeting of the Wine and Words Book Club was held at Pats, who served a fennel root and orange salad with a delicious white chili and chicken soup. The white chili recipe is posted on the recipe section. Ann, Karen, Cindy, Linda, Jan, Sandie and Pat were present. We discussed the book Beautiful Ruins,…

The September meeting of Wine and Words Book Club was held on September 24th at Linda’s home. She served a delicious pear and grape green salad with Mexican corn and bean soup. Sandie provided strawberry pie for dessert. We gave a toast to our dear friend, Kathy, who passed away in June. We recalled memorable…

Some of the gals got together for watermelon margaritas and appetizers at Kay’s. We enjoyed Kaye’s garden, wore hats, ate some delectable humus and bruschetta  and toasted our good friend, Kathy, who passed away on June 24, from breast cancer. We all had attended a lovely Celebration of Life on July 19 at Lairmont Manor. Sandie has…

Our June meeting was held at Sandie’s new summer home at Neptune Beach. Pat, Karen, Cindy, Linda, Jan and Sandie attended the meeting. We discussed the book for May, The Language of Flowers, by Vanessa Diffenbaugh. Linda was disturbed by the fact that the author was a caretaker of children for the foster care system…

This report of the April Wine and Words Book Club meeting was sent to Sandie in an email while Sandie and Linda were on their Panama Canal cruise. “You and Linda missed a delightful Book Club party last night with all in attendance except the two of you. Lou finished his pizza cooker last week, tried…

The March 26, 2013 meeting of Wine and Words Book Club was at Karen’s and Cindy, Kathy, Sandie and Ann were also present. Karen served us a light meal of soup and green salad made with a dressing of olive oil and grape must Sangiovese available at Williams Sonoma. It was delicious. The book for…

The meeting was held at Jan’s and she served a fruit salad and seafood soup made with a “cheater’s broth”. The recipe is posted on the recipe page of this site. Linda made a delicious chocolate mouse cake for dessert. Jan, Ann, Kathy, Cindy, Karen, Linda and Sandie attended the meeting and Pat could only…

Wine and Words Book Club Minutes for 1-29-13 The meeting was held at Linda’s home with Kathy, Sandie, Linda, Kay, Ann and Jan present. We visited for a little while over a glass of wine and there was discussion about who is having the next few meetings. No one could remember and Sandie didn’t have…

Wine & Words Book Club Meeting Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 The meeting was held at Pat’s home, who served a hearty salad and squash soup. The links to the recipes will follow. Jan, Linda, Kathy, Ann, Sandie and Pat were the only members present. There was a brief discussion of the book for October, “Gone…