Two Lonely Bookworms

"Where is everybody??"

Personal Library place cards at Jen's dinner table.

"Maybe someone will show up?"

Lucy and Biscuit offered to fill the two empty seats.

After a long day in the chutney kitchens, Cafe Drake was thrilled to begin the book club evening with sopressata, cheese and pate.

"Should we just start??"

Rich and hearty chicken and leek soup and yellow tomatoes.

As you can see above, Jen Lazzaro has a deft hand at setting deceptively simple and utterly charming tables. The occasion was a monthly meeting of the Brooklyn Bookworms but ended up being just ourselves and our lovely host. Undeterred we tucked into 2 bottles of dry red, cheese, cured meats, pate, soup, bread and salad while discussing our October selection, the appropriately food-obsessed The Belly of Paris by Emile Zola.