Third Annual Novel Cuisine Luncheon

For the past three years, Wisconsin and Illinois authors/bloggers/librarians have gotten together for a luncheon inspired by foods mentioned in various novels. This may have been our best year yet! Though people are still talking about the Dragon Risotto from The Fault in Our Stars, which we had two years ago. 😀

There is no way this event could be done without my awesome co-host Heidi Zweifel of YA Bibliophile. We had a blast cooking together, laughing and occasionally tasting. It was a lot of fun and time flew by.

If you are a book club or just a group of people like us who love getting together, I highly recommend hosting a Novel Cuisine Luncheon. It really is a blast. We talked favorite books, books that surprised us, and books we rave about to others. Author Lori Lee told us about her YA debut GATES OF THREAD AND STONE (It sounds amazing!) and author Liz Czukas also attended. She wrote ASK AGAIN LATER & Amazon’s best pick for December,  TOP TEN CLUES YOUR CLUELESS. Jaime and Erin Arkin from Fiction Fare, Rachel Kinnard, Andrea Payan of Mrs. Payan Reads, Krista Hutley, and Monica Fumarolo.

A photo posted by Liza Wiemer (@wiemerliza) on Dec 12, 2014 at 4:24pm PST

Here was our menu:

My True Love Gave To Me edited by Stephanie Perkins

 

from Kiersten White’s story – Baked Mac & Cheese (we left out the onions)

 

from Kiersten White’s story – Ensalada Navidad (we used cilantro instead of mint)

 

from Stephanie Perkins’ story – Apple Cider

 

from Holly Black’s story – Brie cheese

 

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

 

Tomato-basil salad

 

The Queen of Bright and Shiny Things by Ann Aguirre

 

Vegetable Soup

 

Chai Latte

 

I Was There by Gayle Forman

 

Vegetarian Enchiladas

 

Behind the Scenes by Dahlia Adler

 

Guacamole

 

Love, Lucy by April Lindner

 

Bread and Havarti cheese

 

The Strange & Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton

 

Bread

 

Open Road Summer by Emery Lord

 

Funnel Cake

 

Compulsion by Martina Boone

 

Whoopie Pie Cake

 

A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray

 

Tea

  Everyone who attended received  an ARC of Elizabeth Eulberg’s WE CAN WORK IT OUT – Thank you so much Scholastic, an ARC of COLD WAR ON MAPLEWOOD STREET by Gayle Rosengren – Thank you so much Putnam, and bookmarks, necklaces, and swag other awesome swag from author Martina Boone for COMPULSION! Lori Lee brought bookmarks from GATES OF THREAD AND STONE! So, one lucky winner will receive all of the above ARCs and swag – plus – our gag gift fun that relates to our favorite cake: Whoopie Pie Cake from COMPULSION! You’ll just have to wait to see what it is. (No, it is not a cushion.)

A photo posted by Liza Wiemer (@wiemerliza) on Dec 12, 2014 at 4:22pm PST

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