Hollow City Book Club

Cindy hosted October's book club meeting.  We read the second installment of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Hollow City by Ransom Riggs. These are very entertaining books with wonderful vintage photographs entwined in the story. 

Cindy does a fabulous job decorating for Halloween!

It was an unseasonably warm evening in late October so we held our annual hot dog roast!

The Menu

·         Pumpkin deviled eggs

·         Spinach dip

·         Pure Angus hot dogs roasted over the fire

·         Maple baked beans

·         Pumpkin spiced cheesecake and coffee

The Cocktail: A Pink Grapefruit Margarita

• 4 cups red grapefruit juice *Only not from concentrate please!
• 1 cup white tequila *make sure it is 100% agave
• ½ cup Orange liqueur *we recommend Patron’s Citronge
• ¼ cup fresh squeezed lime juice

Mix and chill for a couple of hours. For a rimmer mix 2 tablespoons raw sugar, 2 teaspoons chile powder, and 2 teaspoons kosher salt. Rub the rim of the glasses with lime wedges and rim with the sugar mixture.  A side note we doubled this recipe and none went to waste!

Abbie Never Quite Gets It

Thanks for making the journey Katie! Next month’s gathering will be hosted by Abbie.  Let’s hope she picks better than she did with her last few books...or all the books she has picked so far!

Book Club: Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons

“A few years back, when I finally got smart enough to go to a therapist, she asked me how I had held things together all these years.

It didn't take long to come up with an answer. 'That's easy. I belong to a book club” 

― Lorna Landvik, Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons

What's more fitting for our book club than a novel about a book club. Skylar's book selection was Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons. The book couldn't have been more fitting because like the women in the book, our book club has become so much more than just a gathering to discuss whether we like a book or not. It is a night away to share our troubles, catch up with friends and just enjoy good company. 

The cocktail of the evening was a refreshing cucumber mint gimlet made with fresh mint and cucumbers from Skylar's garden. 

Cucumber Mint Gimlet *makes 4

1 cup of good gin or vodka

3/4- 1 Cup fresh lime juice (about 5 limes)

5 Tsp light agave nectar or simple syrup

1 medium sized, cucumber diced

Large handful of mint leaves

Muddle cucumber, mint and agave or simple syrup in a cocktail shaker. Add a few ice cubes to a cocktail shaker followed by lime juice and alcohol of choice. Shake ingredients and strain over iced. Garnish with mint and cucumbers. 

Katie knows how important book club is so she makes the long (5 hour drive) to be there. 

On the menu for the evening were pasta skewers with grape tomatoes, sugar snap peas and a dill-mustard sauce, mozzarella, cantaloupe, and jamon bites, a harvest salad with kale, apples and a apple cider vinaigrette and the main course was chicken pesto sandwiches.  

Can't forget about dessert- Vanilla ice cream with salted caramel sauce and a vanilla wafer. 

This book was liked by all of the members. A great story of strong friendship, love, and all the ups and downs of life.