IN THIS ISSUE



*New Titles, Menus, Recipes, and Giveaways

*Novel Noshes

*GalleyMatch Book Clubs Preview

Blackberry Palomas and Cheesecake bars, rum punch, Chicken Milanese, Kale Caesar Salad, and Skyline Chili. Our March-featured novels offer a variety of delicious literary food pairings!

Top it off with book club menus from the authors of This Tender Land, The River We Remember, and The Sweet Spot.

What are you reading and cooking? Please let us know.

Judy Gelman

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BookClubCookbook.com

BYE, BABY

Carola T. Lovering

(St. Martin's Press)

Thriller

An obsessive, addictive novel about female friendship, a missing baby, and the toxic, secret history between two women.

THE TRAIL OF LOST HEARTS

Tracey Garvis Graves

(St. Martin's Press)

Fiction / Romance

The story of two lost souls find the unexpected courage to love again.

Thanks to authors William Kent Krueger and Amy Poeppel who recently provided book club menus for our readers.

William Kent Krueger’s This Tender Land is a novel about four orphans on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression. His mystery The River We Remember takes readers to a small Minnesota town rocked by a shocking murder, pouring fresh fuel on old grievances.

From William Kent Krueger: "Minnesota is planted firmly in the Midwest, a land where social gatherings generally include potluck suppers. No potluck supper in the Midwest would be complete without what we call here “hotdish." In other areas of the country, it’s known as casserole. But a Minnesota hotdish will, more often than not, contain hamburger and vegetables—green beans, corn, peas, carrots— swimming in a soupy mixture whose base is canned soup (most often cream of mushroom), and topped with tater tots or crumbled potato chips. Alongside is usually a complement of Jello salads. Dessert is a fine array of bars, such as lemon, seven-layer, and date. Because the work ethic in the Midwest is powerful, all this is accompanied by weak decaf coffee since we have to get to bed early for work the next day. Here in Minnesota, at the end of the affair, we all give the food and the gathering our hearty approval with a resounding, ‘Uffda!’”

Amy Poeppel's The Sweet Spot is a novel about three women who form an accidental sorority when a baby—belonging to exactly none of them—lands on their collective doorstep in the heart of Greenwich Village,

From Amy Poeppel: "Time for tapas and sangria! The Sweet Spot is all about gathering with people who may be strangers at first but who could well become close friends if you're willing to welcome them into your life. Melinda is having a hard time getting along with people after her husband of thirty years leaves her for a much younger woman. But when a neighborhood dive bar bartender invites her to his house for dinner, the evening changes her outlook. As she chats with people she's never met before over a table of shared tapas—think small dishes of sardines, olives, sausage, patatas bravas, garlic shrimp, and grilled bread with Manchego cheese and prosciutto— and a big pitcher of sangria, Melinda finds herself having a marvelous time. End the evening on a sweet note with flan! Here's my favorite sangria recipe."