Food Recommendations
Food and sharing meals play a major role in McKinney-Whetstone’s novel. One of the first meals that Johnson and Verdi shared was the leftover meatloaf and green beans that Johnson’s mother had made for her son to take back to his dorm one Friday evening. This green bean salad is reflective of their first moments of falling in love during their college days.
Isabel was the first Saving Grace member to host the group. Her featured dish was Thai chicken in a peanut sauce. Enjoy our version on the meal that started it all for the Saving Graces. *And this is a great recipe to make the night before so all you have to do is grill up some chicken breasts and away you go!