RMRT (Retired Members Round Table)

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The Retired Members Round Table (RMRT) shall exist to develop programs of particular interest to retired persons from all types of libraries and all forms of library services, including formal opportunities for continued involvement and learning; a variety of leadership training and opportunities for mentoring; lifelong professional involvement and networking; and active engagement in the American Library Association and the profession of librarianship.

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  • 1.  RMRT Book Club Food/Cookbook List

    Posted Feb 05, 2022 11:29 AM

    RMRT JANUARY FIFTH SUNDAY BOOKLIST

    The prompt for our January 30 Fifth Sunday: FOOD, glorious food! The bonus is that *reading* about food has no calories.

    The discussion will have two parts. Or two ingredients....or two courses? 

    1. A book about food. (Culinary trends, food science, ethnic foodways, whatever.)
    2. Your go-to cookbook

     The I Hate to Cook Book by Peg Bracken and Jo Bracken

     A Window over the Sink: A Memoir by Peg Bracken

     The All New All Purpose: Joy of Cooking 1997 edition by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, and Ethan Becker

     Country Cooking Made Easy: Over 1000 Delicious Recipes for Perfect Home-Cooked Meals by Firefly Books

     The Jewish Holiday Kitchen: 250 Recipes from Around the World to Make Your Celebrations Special by Joan Nathan

     The Settlement Cook Book by Simon Kander

     Death on the Menu: A Key West Food Critic Mystery (Book 8) by Lucy Burdette

     Nacho Average Murder: A Country Store Mystery (Book 7) by Maddie Day

     The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan

     The Pillsbury Family Cook Book by Ann Pillsbury

     The New Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone by Deborah Madison

     Vegan with a Vengeance by Isa Chandra Moskowitz

     Veganomicon : The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook by Isa Chandra Moskowitz

     Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir by Ruth Reichl

     Comfort Me with Apples and Tender at the Bone: Two Culinary Treasures by Ruth Reichl

     The Essential New York Times Cookbook: The Recipes of Record by Amanda Hesser

     Chez Panisse Cafe Cookbook by Alice L. Waters

    Jacques Pépin Quick & Simple by Jacques Pépin

     Busy Woman's Cookbook 3 and 4 Ingredient Recipes by Sharon McFall

     The Complete America's Test Kitchen TV Show Cookbook 2001–2022: Every Recipe from the Hit TV Show Along with Product Ratings Includes the 2022 Season by America's Test Kitchen

     The Light of the World: A Memoir by Elizabeth Alexander

     My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki

     The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma's Table by Rick Bragg

     Mmmm… Tomato Explosion children's book

     Just One Cookbook Essential Japanese Recipes by Namiko Hirasawa Chen

     Better Homes and Garden New Cookbook, 1981, by Editor Knox, Gerald M.

     Mennonite Community Cookbook: 65th Anniversary by Mary Emma Showalter

     Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners A Book of Recipes by Elizabeth O. Hiller

     Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson

     Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

     The Bread Lover's Bread Machine Cookbook  by Beth Hensperger

     Bake, Borrow, and Steal: A Bakeshop Mystery by Ellie Alexander

     Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen Reader by Jan Karon

     Note:  There are several cookbooks by the same name and different authors.  Some of your favorite older or local cookbooks are difficult to find in print.  Many cookbooks are now available in EReader/Kindle form only.  If your favorite one is not on here, please add it in the comments section of this post.  Happy cooking AND reading.

     

     



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    Ann Marie Pipkin
    RMRT Secretary
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  • 2.  RE: RMRT Book Club Food/Cookbook List

    Posted May 16, 2022 10:46 AM
    Question,

    May 29th is a fifth Sunday of the month. Will RMRT be doing a book discussion?

    Thanks,

    Robbie Nickel

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    Robbie Leah Nickel
    School Librarian, retired

    rlnickel@gmail.com
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  • 3.  RE: RMRT Book Club Food/Cookbook List

    Posted May 16, 2022 12:37 PM
    Definitely!  The post is on ALACONNECT under the RMRT BOOK CLUB GROUP

    The prompt for our May 29 Fifth Sunday book discussion:   a book that was published the year you graduated from high school.
    Revisit a book you read years ago OR choose one you've never read.   (Google "books published in {year] to get suggestions. You may
    be surprised by what's on the list!]

    Time is 3 p.m. Central.  Here is the Zoom info.

    Nann Hilyard is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

    Topic: RMRT Fifth Sunday Book Discussion
    Time: May 29, 2022 03:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

    Join Zoom Meeting
    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85699567849?pwd=SnZSdnpqV2YvRVo3TzA4Wjc0ckExUT09

    Meeting ID: 856 9956 7849
    Passcode: 675700



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