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Literary Bites (free online or ticketed in person)

"Tartufo" by Kira Jane Buxton

Join us, either online (free) or in person (ticketed) at No Thyme to Cook, to discuss and digest a culinary novel. This month we're reading "Tartufo" by Kira Jane Buxton. Register to attend virtually at no cost. In-person attendance at No Thyme to Cook in Solomons requires a paid ticket and includes dinner.

*Registration for the virtual program is free; you will receive an email the week of March 29, 2026, with login information.

**In-person attendance at No Thyme to Cook in Solomons includes dinner that complements the theme of the book and requires a paid ticket registration. 
To register & pay for in-person attendance, please click on the link: https://www.simpletix.com/e/march-literary-bites-tartufo-by-kira-jane-tickets-255304

After nearly losing the election to a geriatric donkey, newly installed Mayor Delizia Miccuci can’t help but feel like the sun has finally set on the rural Italian village of Lazzarini Boscarino. Tourists only stop by to ask for directions, Nonna Amara’s cherished ristorante is long shuttered, and the town hall is disgustingly overrun with glis glis poo—even Postman Duccio has been disgraced. All that’s left is Bar Celebrità, a rustic establishment where weary locals gather to quibble over decades-long disputes, submit their poor stomachs to bartender Giuseppina’s volcanic espresso, and wonder what will become of the place where together they’ve spent their entire lives.  

Little do the villagers know that local truffle hunter Giovanni Scarpazza has just happened upon something that could change everything. A truffle—un tartufo, that is—sits beneath the soil with the power to either be the greatest gift or the foulest curse the village has ever seen.

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