Members of the Jane Austen Book-to-Fork Cooking Club (a special interest group of the Greater Sacramento region) met for an event entitled “Welcome to Molland’s”. We greeted 4 new student members (hi Mansha, Abby, Jacky, and Josh!) and got re-acquainted with a few other long-standing members. Our host, Joy Prevost presented a history of Molland’s Pastry and Confectionery (a shop Jane Austen would have known while living in Bath) and showed her photos taken during the Spring JASNA tour of Milsom Street where it was located. Then we listened to a reading of the Molland’s scene from Persuasion where Ann and Wentworth re-connect. In honor of the 250th anniversary and that sweets would be eaten at Molland’s, we had a cookie exchange. Members brought 2 dozen cookies and in exchange brought home 3 dozen (or more!) new cookies. Much discussion of recipes, Jane, books and adaptations took place. We had raffle prizes and book give-aways and everyone was on a sugar and Austen buzz.
Here are all the delicious varieties of cookies and confectioneries we shared and indulged in:
