Currently Reading: Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Met last night for the 9th meeting of the Read Wine Book Club to discuss the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society which is about a book club created during the Nazi occupation of the Channel Islands in England. It's written in letters and is just an intriguing story of hope and good that came out of a terrible situation. Very cute ending.

At the meeting last night, we took a stab at making a Potato Peel Pie which didn't turn out too bad, I must admit. Could have used a little salt and butter, but those things were not accessible to the island of Guernsey during the Occupation so we suffered as they suffered :)

The recipe can be found on this cute website created for the book. Kind of love how interactive they made it. You can send a letter to a friend on Guernsey e-letterhead and it also has ideas for book clubs to partake.

Sarah enjoying Potato Peel Pie

The other part of Read Wine Book Club is for each member to bring a bottle of wine inspired by the book. Lots of farming inspired wine labels. If the Smiley face wine is sticking out to you, that was Claire's and she said she chose it because the book made her happy :)

Definitely recommend this book.
Its a quick read and sure to make you smile when you are done.

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