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Nancy Pearl Recommends Books for 2022
Nancy Pearl Recommends Books for 2022

Nancy Pearl hits the road after the pandemic lifts. After too much zoom, Nancy Pearl spoke at the Womens University Club in Seattle.

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book review, good reading, Writers, Womens University Club, Nancy Pearl, book clubsKaren TripsonThe Christie Affair, Nina de Gramont, Shadow Intelligence, Oliver Harris, John LeCarre, Agatha Christie, Marianne Cronin, Laird Hunt, Gish Jen, Candice Millard, Maud Newton, Maggie Shipstead, Emma Straub, Dawn Turner, Dawnie Walton, Blaine Harden, Archie McPhee, Book Lust
Women's University Club Lecture
Women's University Club Lecture

I was delighted to be invited to speak at the Women’s University Club in Seattle. It is an old school containing education organization and social club. It’s a lovely place to take classes, be entertained and enjoy fine dining.

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book signing, Culture, Event, good reading, Seattle WA, Vero Beach FLKaren Tripsonwomens university club, Mary Oliver, PD James, Raymond Chandler, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Frank McCourt, Richard Adam Marjory Stoneman Douglas., Donna Tart, The Art Forger, The Last Painting of Sara de Vos, A Bed of Scorpions, The Goldfinch, Waldo E Sexton
Basque Books for Research for The Cooking Class in San Sebastian
Basque Books for Research for The Cooking Class in San Sebastian

I read many books about the Basques for The Cooking Class in San Sebastian.

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Cookbooks, Basque, Culture, good reading, restaurants, Seattle WA, Writers, Basque history, Basque Culture, Basque CuisineKaren TripsonBasque, Basque cookbooks, basque history, robert laxalt, mark kurlansky, Zulaika, Gerald Hirigoyen, The Harvest Vine, Piperade, Sweet Promised Land, The Basque Hotel, Guggenheim Bilbao Museum, The Basque Kitchen, Basque Dance, Basque Firsts, Portraits of Basques in the new world, John M. Ysursa
Special Menu for New Friends
Special Menu for New Friends

Entertaining is not always your dear old friends or family. How do you reciprocate when you’ve been wined and dined by people you don't know very well?

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appetizer, salad, Cookbooks, entree, Event, good reading, main entree, party food, restaurants, Seattle WA, side dish, vegetarian optionKaren Tripsondessert, David Lebovitz, My Paris Kitchen, Ottolenghi, Plenty, The Perfect Scoop, Living the Sweet Life in Paris, Entertaining, Menu planning, Daniel Boulud, Jerusalem, Woodinville Wineries