LitClub: Kalabu ya Mabuku
Lanphier Cove, Connecticut 
MUNGAWATCHE "Atsikana a Chilimwe" kapena "Mabwenzi a Nyengo Yabwino" chifukwa gulu la anthu 15 limeneli limasonkhana kuyambira Meyi mpaka Seputembala. Komabe m'miyezi yochepa imeneyo, amadzaza madera ambiri—m'mabuku ndi mtunda wautali.
Nanga bwanji miyezi yachilimwe yokha?
Lanphier Cove ndi dera la chilimwe ku Long Island Sound, ndipo nyumba zochepa zokhala ndi zinthu zotetezera kutentha kapena kutentha. Choncho ambiri a ife timapita kwina m'nyengo yozizira. Kuno kumakhala kozizira kwambiri m'nyengo yozizira.
Chabwino, dzina lanu ndi chiyani—Buku la Mabuku? Ndi losasangalatsa eti?
Mwina tingaganize za dzina latsopano. [Chabwino, ndi sitepe yopita ku njira yoyenera. —Editor.]
Uli ndi miyezi inayi? Kodi zikutanthauza kuti wawerenga mabuku anayi?
Ayi ndithu. Timakumana milungu iwiri iliyonse kuti tikambirane za buku lina. Choncho timatha kuwerenga mabuku ofanana ndi omwe kalabu imawerenga chaka chonse.
Ndizodabwitsa! Kodi mungatipatse mayina ena?
Nayi mndandanda wathu wa chilimwe chino:
Frank wokonda
Usiku watha ku Nkhono
Nkhani ya Khumi ndi Chitatu
Kutha ndi Mphepo
Makapu atatu a Tiyi
Mizati ya Dziko Lapansi
Buku Lophikira la Mrs. Wilkes Boardinghouse by Sema Wilkes
Kodi mumasankha liti mabuku anu?
Timakonza mndandanda wathu wowerengera mu Seputembala ndipo timayesetsa kusinthasintha mitundu ya ntchito—nkhani zongopeka zomwe zilipo masiku ano, nkhani yakale, yosakhala nkhani zongopeka, nkhani zokumbukira, chinsinsi, ndakatulo kapena nkhani zazifupi. Kenako timasankha buku limodzi "lonenepa" kwambiri kuti tiwerenge m'nyengo yozizira.
Timasankhanso buku lophikira—lokhala ndi nkhani kapena zokumbukira—kenako timaika msonkhano pa maphikidwe ake.
Misonkhano ya m'mabuku ophikira imamveka ngati yosangalatsa.
Ndi abwino kwambiri. Limodzi mwa mabuku athu ophikira linatipangitsa kuti tipite ku New York kwa maola atatu. Tinadya ku lesitilanti ya wolemba buku la Ma Lobster Rolls ndi Blueberry Pie—Rebecca Charles. Rebecca anali kugwira ntchito mwakhama kukhitchini koma anabwera nafe kuti tikambirane titamaliza kudya chakudya chamasana.
Ulendo wina unali wopita ku Culinary Institute of America ku Hyde Park, New York, pafupi ndi Mtsinje wa Hudson. Tinadya chakudya cha ku France titamaliza kuwerenga. Wophunzira: Moyo Wanga Kukhitchini lolembedwa ndi Jacques Pepin.
Nanga bwanji za msonkhano wa mabuku ophikira chaka chino?
Tinakhalabe—koma sitinali ndi njala kwenikweni. Tinkawerenga Buku Lophikira la Mrs. Wilkes' Boardinghouse— mwina ena mwa owerenga anu amadziwa za malo ake ku Savannah. Ndi wotchuka kwambiri.
Ndipo polemekeza wolemba wodabwitsa uyu wazaka 93, tinadzaza mbale zathu ndi chakudya cha Kumwera: oysters ndi sipinachi, artichoke dip, mac & cheese, beets zophikidwa, nkhuku yokazinga, scalloped squash, tomato aspic, saladi ya lalanje, keke ya chinanazi yozungulira pansi ndi Boardinghouse Truffle (onani zithunzi).
Mwalemba kale mapangano ena okhudza mabuku, sichoncho?
Inde, malo athu okhala ku New York anali ochulukirapo kuposa kudya. Tisanadye chakudya chamasana tinapita ku Frick Museum pa 5th Avenue kuti tikaone chithunzi chodziwika bwino cha Vermeer chochokera ku Mtsikana wokhala ndi ndolo ya ngale—limene linali limodzi mwa mabuku athu.
Kenako titadya chakudya chamasana tinapita ku Museum of Natural History kukaonera filimu yapadera yokhudza Lewis & Clark, buku lomwe tinali titavutika nalo.
Ndipo kunyumba kwanu munayambitsa laibulale yobwereketsa ndalama m'dera lanu?
Chabwino. Gululo linatenga malo ena osungiramo zinthu ndipo linayambitsa Laibulale ya Lanphier Lending. Tili ndi zopereka za akuluakulu ndi ana. Imayendetsedwa ndi dongosolo lolemekeza ndipo mamembala amadzipereka kwa sabata imodzi nthawi yachilimwe kutsegula ndi kutseka Laibulale tsiku lililonse, komanso kukonzanso ndikuwongolera mabuku. Yachitika bwino kwambiri ndipo ndi yotchuka kwambiri kwa anthu okhalamo.
China chilichonse...kupatula kungopeza dzina latsopano? Nanga bwanji za misonkhano yanu?
Chabwino... timachita misonkhano yathu masana ndi kukambirana ndi zakumwa zoziziritsa kukhosi. Wolandira alendo nthawi zambiri amapereka chidziwitso chokhudza wolemba ndi bukuli. Kenako aliyense wa ife amapereka maganizo ake ndipo timatsatira kukambirana kwakukulu. Misonkhano imatenga pafupifupi ola limodzi ndi theka, ndipo popeza ndife gulu losavomerezeka, nthawi siigwiritsidwa ntchito nthawi zonse pokambirana za buku. Kupatulapo pa kalembedwe kathu ka nthawi zonse ndi msonkhano wa mabuku ophikira.
pamwamba pa tsamba
