![]() ![]() The setting within the red tent, and the relationship between the women who gather there, was even more compelling to me than its engrossing plot of love, murder and revenge. And on more than one occasion, I have to admit, we have selected the book because of the cuisine!Īs I look back on the menus and wonderful reads we have enjoyed – Chicken Étouffée for “Ya-Ya Sisterhood,” Penne Arrabiatta for “Under the Tuscan Sun,” Chapli Kebobs for “The Kite Runner” – one of our most memorable pairings has got to be the biblical feast we enjoyed for Anita Diamant’s “The Red Tent” (Picador USA), the fictionalized account of Jacob’s daughter, Dinah. As is our custom, to enhance the mood, our meal always parallels the book we are reading. ![]() In the nine years we have been meeting, we have grown intimate, as only women do, revealing ourselves to each other as we share both food and food for thought. Yet we have become a sisterhood, part of a growing national phenomenon – thanks, Oprah! – sharing ideas as we break bread together, nourishing our souls as well as our bodies. Not one of the eight women in my book club knew all the others when we began to meet. ![]()
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