“Unless a grown man’s eyes filled with tears of pleasure as he bit into a Chouxville pastry, it was deemed a failure and never made again.” -J.K. Rowling. Have you read The Ickabog yet? We loved it! Mothers & Daughters Book Club was filled with “hopes of heaven”, Jeroboam cider, Baronstown sausages, and Kurdsburg cheeses. The kingdom of Cornucopia also hosted a contest to see who could sculpt the best Ickabog foot while singing the National Anthem. We had so much fun recreating the culinary delights of the kingdom of Cornucopia. Dessert creds go to Soren who played the role of kingdom pastry chef all morning. We made almond shortbread bites, peanut butter chocolate ganache tarts, and lemon tarts (with my moms amazing tart recipe and cute little pans, and Kasey’s homemade lemon curd recipe) that stole the show. So good!
The “left foot” carvings 🤣.
I need to be better about remembering to take pics of our friends! This book club is one if our favorite things that was “bornded” out of 2020.
We had a good discussion about how far a lie can go, what can happen with evil leaders take total control, how limiting access to honest news creates socioeconomic division, made comparisons to WWII, the power of fear and keeping people living in fear, favorite and least favorite characters, side plots and speculation about past and future. This was a great book.
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