Beacon Falls Public Library Cookbook Club to focus on dessert dishes

BEACON FALLS - The Beacon Falls Public Library Cookbook Club will discuss dessert dishes at its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. Jan. 24.
The Library is at 10 Maple Ave.

Participants are asked to bring a dish to share from that month’s cookbook along with copies of your recipe(s). 
Swing by the library to pick up a copy of the book " Williams Sonoma Dessert."
Must be at least 18 years of age or older to participate. 
By registering for the program, participants acknowledge they may choose to consume food that has not been prepared in a commercial kitchen.

*Shared from a Facebook event page.

Pumpkin is theme of next Cookbook Club at Derby Public Library

DERBY -The Derby Public Library’s Cookbook Book Club meets on the first Monday of every month.  

A different theme is picked for each month. 
Participants select a cookbook from the 

Library’s large collection to peruse and choose an enticing recipe.  

They then select one recipe to make and bring to the meeting for all to share.  
After eating, the group rates the recipes and reviews the cookbooks.  

The theme for November is Pumpkins: More Than Just for Pies.  
If you love browsing through cookbooks and trying new recipes, then this is the club for you! 
The Library will provide beverages and all paper products and utensils.  
Registration is required.
For more information, stop by the Library, 313 Elizabeth St., call 203-736-1482, or visit www.derbypubliclibrary.org.  

This is a press release from Cathy Williams, Director, Derby Public Library.

Cookbook Book Club to talk BBQ at Derby Public Library

DERBY - The Derby Public Library’s Cookbook Book Club meets on the first Monday of every month.  

A different theme is picked for each month. 

Participants select a cookbook from the Library’s large collection to peruse and choose an enticing recipe.  

They then select one recipe to make and bring to the meeting for all to share.  
After eating, the group rates the recipes and reviews the cookbooks.  
The theme for August is Anything BBQ.  
If you love browsing through cookbooks and trying new recipes, then this is the club for you! 

The Library will provide beverages and all paper products and utensils.  
Registration is required. For information, stop by the Library, 313 Elizabeth St., call 203-736-1482, or visit www.derbypubliclibrary.org.      

This is a press release from Cathy Williams, Director, Derby Public Library. 

Calling all chefs: Cookbook Club meets monthly at Derby Public Library

DERBY - The Derby Public Library has started a new book club - The Cookbook Book Club!  
It meets on the first Monday of every month.  

The next meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. June 5.

A different theme is picked for each month. Participants select a cookbook from the Library’s large collection to peruse and choose a tantalizing recipe. 
They then select one recipe to make and bring to the meeting for all to share. 
After eating, the group rates the recipes and reviews the cookbooks.  
The theme for June is Summer Salads. 
If you love browsing through cookbooks and trying new recipes, then this is the club for you! 
The Library will provide beverages and all paper products and utensils.  

Registration is required.  

For more information, stop by the Library at 313 Elizabeth St., call 203-736-1482, or visit www.derbypubliclibrary.org. 


This is a press release from Cathy Williams, Director, Derby Public Library.     

Derby Public Library slates May cookbook book club meeting

DERBY - The Derby Public Library has started a new book club – The Cookbook Book Club! 

It meets on the first Monday of every month. The May meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. May 1.  

A different theme is picked for each month. Participants select a cookbook from the Library’s large collection to peruse and choose a tantalizing recipe.  
They then select one recipe to make and bring to the meeting for all to share. After eating, the group rates the recipes and reviews the cookbooks.  
The theme for May is Spring Desserts.  

If you love browsing through cookbooks and trying new recipes, then this is the club for you! 

The Library will provide beverages and all paper products and utensils.  
Registration is required.  

For more information, stop by the Library at 313 Elizabeth St.,  call 203-736-1482, or visit www.derbypubliclibrary.org. 


This is a press release from Cathy Williams, Director, Derby Public Library.     

Derby Library to host book talk, author visit

DERBY - The Derby Public Library scheduled its next Lunchtime Book Discussion for
12:30 p.m. Oct. 29.

The selected title is The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd. 

This novel by the author of The Secret Life of Bees is set in pre-Civil War South Carolina.
It follows Sarah, the daughter of the wealthy Grimke family and slave Hetty "Handful" Grimke, her handmaid.

The story, which follows 35 years of their lives, was inspired by real-life historical figure Sarah Grimke – feminist, suffragist,and abolitionist. 
It goes beyond the recorded history and explores the inner lives of all the characters, both real and imagined.

Multiple copies of the book are available at the circulation desk.

Participants are asked to bring a sandwich and a friend as they “chat and chew."
Dessert and beverages will be provided. 

Registration is requested. 

Author to discuss sweet treats

The Library has scheduled a visit from author and bakery owner, Maria Bruscino Sanchez, at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 27. 

She will discuss her newest cookbook, Small, Sweet and Italian: Tiny Tasty Treats from Maria’s Bakery and share her journey from baking as a young girl with her family, to opening her own bakery in Waterbury, to writing several cookbooks.

Books will be available to purchase.
Registration is requested.

For more information about either program stop by the Library at 313 Elizabeth St., call 203-736-1482 or visit www.derbypubliclibrary.org.

This is a press release from Cathy Williams, Director, Derby Public Library.