After a little more than an hour in a 375-degree oven, I had some delicious chicken thighs to dig into at lunchtime today! (I am letting our friends’ chicken marinate and will cook their chicken closer to dinnertime.)
I didn’t measure the ingredients in this dish, but I combined olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, garlic salt, pepper and rosemary and stirred everything together before pouring it on top of the chicken and vegetables. It was very easy to make and tasted great!
May Book Club
It’s time to vote for a book to read for the May PBF Book Club!
The PBF Book Club is an online book club that is open to anyone! We simply vote for a book to read from the three books listed below (taken from your suggestions on the PBF Facebook page) and on Friday, June 7, I will post my review along with discussion questions for book club participants to answer in the comments section of the post.
If you are a blogger and post a review of the selected book on your blog, you can email me a link to your review post (pbfingers@gmail.com) before June 7 and I will include a link to your post in the roundup of blogger book review links.
Please vote for the book you would like to read below. I will announce the winning book tomorrow afternoon.
The contenders for the month of May include…
- The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
The nameless and beautiful narrator of “The Gargoyle” is driving along a dark road when he is distracted by what seems to be a flight of arrows. He crashes into a ravine and wakes up in a burns ward, undergoing the tortures of the damned. His life is over – he is now a monster. But in fact it is only just beginning. One day, Marianne Engel, a wild and compelling sculptress of gargoyles, enters his life and tells him that they were once lovers in medieval Germany. In her telling, he was a badly burned mercenary and she was a nun and a scribe who nursed him back to health in the famed monastery of Engelthal. As she spins her tale, Scheherazade fashion, and relates equally mesmerising stories of deathless love in Japan, Greenland, Italy and England, he finds himself drawn back to life – and, finally, to love.
- Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
Bethia Mayfield is a restless and curious young woman growing up in Martha’s vineyard in the 1660s amid a small band of pioneering English Puritans. At age twelve, she meets Caleb, the young son of a chieftain, and the two forge a secret bond that draws each into the alien world of the other. Bethia’s father is a Calvinist minister who seeks to convert the native Wampanoag, and Caleb becomes a prize in the contest between old ways and new, eventually becoming the first Native American graduate of Harvard College. Inspired by a true story and narrated by the irresistible Bethia, Caleb’s Crossing brilliantly captures the triumphs and turmoil of two brave, openhearted spirits who risk everything in a search for knowledge at a time of superstition and ignorance.
- If I Stay by Gayle Forman
In the blink of an eye everything changes. Seventeen year-old Mia has no memory of the accident; she can only recall what happened afterwards, watching her own damaged body being taken from the wreck. Little by little she struggles to put together the pieces- to figure out what she has lost, what she has left, and the very difficult choice she must make. Heartwrenchingly beautiful, this will change the way you look at life, love, and family. Mia’s story will stay with you for a long, long time.
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I’ve read The Gargoyle and it is amazing!!
Your meal looks delicious! What a treat to eat a hot meal at lunch — for me anyway 🙂
The Chicken dinner looks so good. I’m going to try that tomorrow night. I love it with lemon juice, lemon pepper anything to give it that Jazz. Tonight for us, is “Taco Tuesday”. I know, I’m a day behind but Tim and my daughter look forward to it every week so I try to keep it up. Can’t wait to see which book wins the vote. 🙂
Yay! Looks like my choice is winning so far! I’d love to read If I Stay
That chicken looks super yummy!
If I Stay for sure! It sounds like a great read!
Hmm it doesn’t look like Caleb’s Crossing is going to win but I might just have to read it also because I’m hooked just from the summary!
I have a coworker comming from Naples and I always peak in her lunchbox and ask her about details. I know, I am a nasty coworker, but I love Italian food, and there is no better way of getting the info than from Italians themselves. She does it very similarly, but she adds some parmesane to the crust after marinating. I tried it 5-6 times, tastest amazing and the parmesane makes it extra crunchy.
Your chicken dinner looks super delicious! I need to give that a try!
I think I just found the next book I am going to read. I vote for “if I stay” looks like a good read! I’ll be posting a review on my blog!
I have also read The Gargoyle and it is an amazing story. I actually “listened” to it on CD while I was commuting to work 1 1/2hrs away each way and when I pulled in the driveway at the end of the day, I couldn’t bear to turn the car off and couldn’t wait to get on the road the next day just to hear more. With that being said, I would vote for If I Stay.
That chicken is making my mouth water!
If I stay sure looks interesting. And it might be a good follow up to the tragedy in Boston because it seems to reinforce the perspective that every day is a gift
Yumm that chicken looks delicious! I’ve been looking for different chicken recipes to add to my collection, and I will definitely have to try this one!
If I Stay is such a good book! There’s a sequel, too, but I haven’t read that yet.
If I Stay is SUCH a great book. I read it a few years ago and can’t remember it except how much I loved it!
Love my chicken, and this recipe looks like something I’ll have to give a go! Thanks for sharing!
Just finished Emily Giffins book “Where We Belong” for my non cyber book club 😉 Ready for another one!
The Gargoyle is by far the most beautifully written book I have ever read – it is a MUST read!
Looks amazing. Thanks for the share!
I’ve totally been meaning to read If I Stay. I’ve heard A LOT of great things about it! I hope thats what gets picked!
Lots of interesting book choices this month – I can’t wait to start reading!
Wow that chicken looks so amazing! Yum!!!
This post came at a perfect time. I have been stuck in a chicken-cooking rut and this inspired me to break out of the norm! Thanks! 🙂
I have never participated in the book club reading or done much of any reading for my relaxation and happiness. I think I want to read The Gargoyle, though. The discription, along with others reviews about how amazing the book is, has me curious.
Great book choices! Looking forward to participating once again in this book club.
Thanks as always for organising 🙂
Yum! Thanks for the dinner inspiration 🙂
That chicken looks delicious! I hope Caleb’s Crossing wins, but If I Stay is extremely popular with the high school kids at my library. I recommend it often!
We’re reading Great Gatsby this month! The movie previews get me so excited!
I want to re-read it. I know I loved it in high school but don’t remember too much about it anymore.
That is one of the nicest things you can do for someone who just had a new baby!
Lemon, rosemary, and chicken is a match made in heaven – looks delish!
I’ve read Gargoyle and while I thought it was quite good I didn’t think it was amazing like a few other people have said. I wish I could re-read it and see what I thought a second time but my puppy ate it :[ lol
That chicken is making me hungry… and I just ate breakfast! Ha! Looks delish!
Oh my gosh, if I may: You guys, you MUST pick If I Stay. Truly one of the most moving books I’ve ever read. I picked it up on a whim at the library over the summer and it quickly became one of my favorite books. I NEVER cry reading books–I’m a huge reader, majored in English in college, so I’ve been around the reading block a billion and a half times, and out of the thousands of books I’ve read, only three have brought me to tears, and If I Stay was one of them. Even if it doesn’t win, read it read it read it!!
Awesome!! I hope to read it soon! Thanks!
I was amongst the majority so far who picked “If I stay”, but I have to admit, I think I’m going to be purchasing all three books to read – they sound enthralling!
I make a chicken dish that is so similar but I add honey and thyme to the marinade! It’s my hubby’s favorite!! Oh – and If I Stay is SO good!
All of these look like such good reads! I voted for Caleb’s Crossing though because I really love historical fiction. I’ll probably end up reading all three!