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Do you love great books and fabulous food? Then you'll want to join us each month as we read, discuss, and digest one of our favorite culinary novels. This month we're reading "The School of Essential Ingredients" by Erica Bauermeister. The author, Erica Bauermeister, will be joining our book discussion virtually at 7pm!
Once a month, eight students gather in Lillian's restaurant for a cooking class. Among them is Claire, a young woman coming to terms with her new identity as a mother; Tom, a lawyer whose life has been overturned by loss; Antonia, an Italian kitchen designer adapting to life in America; and Carl and Helen, a long-married couple whose union contains surprises the rest of the class would never suspect.
The students have come to learn the art behind Lillian's soulful dishes, but it soon becomes clear that each seeks a recipe for something beyond the kitchen. And soon they are transformed by the aromas, flavors, and textures of what they create....
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