book club + jam tart

tuesday was the first meeting of the new book club that i am in!  yay book club!  i was in a book club a couple years ago, but it became clear that reading the book wasn't important - gossiping and drinking wine was.  this frustrated me.  when i joined this club i wanted to make sure that we were really going to discuss the book and - success! - we did (AND we drank wine and chatted) - and great conversations ensued.  (the book was the red tent if anyone is interested.)  i'm already looking forward to our next meeting.

i brought dessert - easy jam tart from smitten kitchen.  it was my first time making this tart (actually: my first time making any tart.  but really, a tart is pretty close to a pie and i've made several of those before).  i was very nervous about how it would taste - it looked beautiful, but you can't exactly sample a tart before taking it to a party without it being very obvious that you've sampled it.  but omg people: it was delicioussssss.  and really easy.  and it made me feel like an awesome chef (obviously the #1 reason to make this).

let it be known throughout the land that i will definitely be making this recipe again.