There will be a General Strike against Doug Ford on Wednesday May 1st. See you there!!
Next month we will read Educated by Tara Westover. We'll be at Jane's on Wednesday, May 22nd.
We picked two other future dates. On Thursday, June 20th we'll be at Janice's and the book will be Women Talking by Miriam Toews.
Skipping past July we'll meet again at Jo's place on Thursday, August 1st. We decided to make this a time to share with each other what we've all been reading.
Books of note:
- Machine Without Horses by Helen Humphreys
- The Red Word by Sara Henstra
- Happiness by Aminatta Forna
- The Shepherd's Hut by Tim Winton
- Breath by Tim Winton
- Immigrant City by David Bezmozgis
- First Snow Last Light by Wayne Johnston
- Our Homesick Songs by Emma Hooper
- Frying Plantain by Zalika Reid-Benta
In Film:
Sweet Potato and Feta Patties
Ingredients:
2 and ½ cups sweet potatoes peeled and grated
1 cup feta cheese crumbled
5 eggs lightly beaten
½ cup flour
2 green onions finely chopped
¼ cup cilantro extremely finely chopped ( I used more)
½ tsp ground coriander
pinch of cayenne
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 F
2. In large bowl combine all ingredients
3. Lightly season with salt and pepper ( I did not)
4. In large non-stick frying pan with some vegetable oil cook a few patties at a time
flattening them as they cook. Brown on both sides…it takes a few minutes only.
5. Bake on a cookie sheet covered with parchment paper for 10 minutes.
Serve with tzatziki
