December's Book

Pam has chosen People of the book by Geraldine Brooks for this month's book.

Thanks everyone, for attending CLEO at Pam's this month. Thanks Tracy for the yummy food and Pam for hosting us all! Have a great Christmas, everyone!

November's Book

November's Book is The Help by Kathryn Stockett. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

October's Book

This month Laura has chosen The Midwife by Jennifer Worth for our reading pleasure. Dinner at the Texas Roadhouse was fabulous! See you all again in a month!

Email Post Test

This is just a quick email post test for our blog! If you get this email feel free to ignore it! =)

September's Books

Amy has picked out the following books for September:

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Tender is the Night by F Scott Fitzgerald

Happy reading!

Fried Green Tomatoes

Posted by Elise on Oct 17, 2005 (I nabbed this recipe via Simply Recipes)

Ever since that wonderful movie with Jessica Tandy I've wondered about fried green tomatoes. People really eat green tomatoes? I recall being served fried tomatoes for breakfast while visiting London, but they weren't green. Curious as usual, we found some big green tomatoes at the farmer's market last weekend and just had to try them. The verdict at this house? Yum! What a great way to make use of end-of-the-season tomatoes.

Fried Green Tomatoes Recipe

Ingredients

3 medium, firm green tomatoes
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup milk
2 beaten eggs
2/3 cup fine dry bread crumbs or cornmeal
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper

Method

1 Cut unpeeled tomatoes into 1/2 inch slices. Sprinkle slices with salt and pepper. Let tomato slices stand for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, place flour, milk, eggs, and bread crumbs in separate shallow dishes.

2 Heat 2 Tbsp of olive oil in a skillet on medium heat. Dip tomato slices in milk, then flour, then eggs, then bread crumbs. In the skillet, fry half of the coated tomato slices at a time, for 4-6 minutes on each side or until brown. As you cook the rest of the tomatoes, add olive oil as needed. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

I have tons of green tomatoes in my garden and I just might have to try this . . .

August's Book

Hello CLEO!!

Kowanda picked Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe for this month's book. Wonder how close it is to the movie? (which is totally a classic movie in my book).

















Just had to add this picture of fried green tomatoes. Looks delicious, no?

Read Think Talk About A Book

Below is a link to a webpage with questions to think about while reading any book. It's just a thought, but reading more critically might affect (effect?....I always get them confused!) our discussions. Check it out if you get a chance.

http://www.litlovers.com/howtoread.htm

July's Books

This month I chose two books for our reading pleasure. Feel free to read both, or pick the one that is the most interesting to you. Both are available at the AF library. My copies are also in circulation and should make the rounds.... Happy reading!

June's Book

Hello everyone! This month's book group was on the small side, considering our phone tree didn't work out so well, and Tonni was out of the country! Our book is Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas. Happy reading, see you in July, when it will again be my turn to pick a book for us. . . :)

May's Book

The Soloist on 60 Minutes

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Thought this might be fun to see, probably better to watch after you read the book.

April's Book

April's Book is the The Soloist by Steve Lopez. Also recommended is The Soloist by Mark Salzman, so basically this month we're reading a duet of soloists! Also, Laura read the third recommendation, Life Is So Good by George Dawson and Richard Glaubman and enjoyed it, so pick it up if you get a chance. Our next meeting is May 13th!

March's Book

March's book is Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia, by Jean Sasson. With the supplemental book, if you finish Princess and want to read more, Nine Parts of Desire, by Geraldine Brooks. Enjoy!

February's Book

This month we are reading Gentleman and Players, by JoAnne Harris. Happy Reading!

January's Book

For January, I have chosen the book Garden Spells, by Sarah Addison Allen. I hope you all enjoy it, but I won't be offended if you don't! Share your opinions in the comment section, or we can talk about it next book group!

I want to thank everyone for coming to my house on Wednesday. I had a wonderful time!!!

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