Book of the Week:Read it and Eat By: Sarah Gardner

This book combines my two favorite pastimes. This is a quick read.

The author is the founder and publisher of The Literary Gathering a bimonthly newsletter that integrates cooking with reading. She wrote this book as a way to get people to socialize and discuss literature. She discovered that by mingling book club discussions with a meal made for a richer experience.

She dedicated each chapter of the book by month and in each chapter she recommends four books to read. With each book she has created a brief review and a list of discussion questions for you to use. She creatively pairs food to coincide with the book's theme or title. She even threw in four bonus chapters in case the monthly selections were not quite your cuppa tea.

This is a great book for people that want to begin their own book club (reading group) or just have a reason to celebrate a book. The recipes are great, very easy to follow and has reasonable portions to serve a group of eight. So grab a book pull out the pots and pans and have some fun.