Add a delicious ingredient to your book club gatherings! Whether it’s mojitos with Love in the Time of Cholera or honey cake with The Secret Life of Bees, nothing spices up a book club meeting like great eats. Featuring recipes and discussion ideas for one hundred popular book club selections, The Book Club Cookbook will guide you in selecting and preparing culinary masterpieces that blend perfectly with the literary masterpieces your club is reading. With contributions from many of the authors of these favorite books themselves, as well as profiles of book clubs all across the country that are creatively integrating food into their meetings, this singular cookbook includes such scrumptious pairings as: Tandoori Shrimp with Life of Pi by Yann Martel Mint Juleps with The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Her Majesty's Spinach Borek (Pastry) and Her Majesty's Mujadara (Lentils and Rice) with Cucumber Yogurt with Leap of Faith by Queen Noor Great Grandma Olivia’s Sweet Potato Pie with Sugar by Bernice McFadden Spicy Pork with Orange Hoisin Sauce in Wonton Cups with Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie Death by Chocolate with The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown Ambrosia with To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Joan and Lalita’s Peach Cobbler with Cane River by Lalita Tademy Griet’s Vegetable Soup with Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier Britta’s Crab Casserole with The Hours by Michael Cunningham and many more! The first cookbook designed specifically for book clubs, The Book Club Cookbook will add some real flavor to your book club meetings.