It Was A Dark And Stormy Book Club

Leslie KarstShow NotesOn this episode, we take a small break from mysteries and talk with an old friend, Leslie Karst,about her book “Justice is Served: A Tale of Scallops, The Law, and Cooking For RBG”When Leslie Karst learned that her offer to cook dinner for Supreme Court Justice Ruth BaderGinsburg and her renowned tax law professor husband, Marty, had been accepted, she wasthrilled—and terrified. A small-town lawyer who hated her job and had taken up cooking as away to add a bit of spice to the daily grind of pumping out billable hours, Karst had never beforethrown such a high-stakes dinner party. Could she really pull this off?Justice Is Served is Karst’s light-hearted, earnest account of the journey this unexpectedchallenge launched her on—starting with a trip to Paris for culinary inspiration, and ending withthe dinner itself. Along the way, she imparts details of Ginsburg’s transformation from a youngJewish girl from Flatbush, Brooklyn, to one of the most celebrated Supreme Court justices in ournation