March's Bookclub Fooding

Bookclub was hilarous and delicious this week. The theme was "tea party"; a review below:

Book: The Glass Castle

Beverages: Pots of tea, white wine & water.

Food:

• Tomato soup from Trader Joe's
• Egg salad with crackers
• Cucumber & radish tea sandwiches
• Chicken salad
• Red velvett cupcakes
• Scones (2 flavors: Cinnamon chocolate chip & Cranberry)

The cucumber & radish tea sandwiches my friend V made were my favorite; directions here:

Ingredients:

1/8 cup fresh dill, chopped fine
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
2 tablespoons cream cheese
6 slices of whole-wheat bread
3-inch length of seedless cucumber, cut into thin slices
Thinly sliced fresh radishes

Prep:

In a small bowl combine the dill, butter, and cream cheese. Stir to combined well. Spread bread slices with the butter mixture, top 3 of them with the cucumber and sliced radishes, distributing evenly then season with salt, and top the cucumber/ radishes with the remaining bread slices. Cut off and discard the crusts and cut each sandwich into triangles or other fun shapes. Yields 12 sandwhiches

Base recipe modified from http://www.epicurious.com/