Monday, February 27, 2012

February Demo

Hello Everyone,

I'm sitting in my office looking out at this gorgeous day, and hoping that the rain and snow stay away for awhile (at least until after our meeting). I hope all of you have the opportunity to go out and enjoy today a little bit.

This Wednesday will be a busy meeting for us. I've chosen a decent list of books for us all to choose from. We'll conduct it very similarly to what we did before. I'll have everyone vote for their top three choices, and then based on the highest voted titles, make the selections for the next several months.

I'm very excited for Doug's demonstration as well. Using Mexican chocolate, he will be making pot de creme, which is basically a baked custard. In case you haven't made or had them before, I assure you, they are delicious. While definitely not your traditional Mexican fair, I think the cinnamon in the Mexican chocolate and the subtle heat of cayenne pepper will maintain the essence of the food Tita made in Like Water for Chocolate.

Remember that March's book is Four Fish by Paul Greenberg. We have copies in store if you want to buy them Wednesday.

I hope that everyone can make it, and has enjoyed reading about the tumultuous love of Tita and Pedro.

Brianne

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Updates

Hello everyone,

I hope you are all enjoying Like Water for Chocolate. It's not typically the type of book I read, but I found it genuinely enthralling. Tita's tortured, complicated love is perfect for our favorite February holiday (nevermind that with the exception of President's Day, it's pretty much the only holiday in February).

Anyway, I just wanted to give everyone an update on what we will be reading for March. Next month we will be reading Four Fish by Paul Greenberg. Doug has mentioned this book at our meetings, and he found it both enjoyable and informative. I hope you will all like it as well. We have the books here at the store already in case any of you want to get a head start.

This month's meeting will be pretty packed. I'm going to let you all decide what you want to read for April, May, and June. I'll bring a selection of 10 or so books and let everyone vote on which ones they want to read, much like we did last year.

Here's hoping everyone enjoys the latter half of the month!

Brianne