<p>Enjoy a recipe from "Soup Night: Recipes for Creating Community Around a Pot of Soup" while author Maggie Stuckey talks about her book.</p>

SEASIDE Maggie Stuckeys book, Soup Night: Recipes for Creating Community Around a Pot of Soup, challenges readers to strengthen the ties to community through monthly soup nights.

Enjoy a hot meal and a great chat at noon Tuesday, Dec. 3. Soups on. Beach Books very own Alex Brandon will choose one of the 90 recipes in the book to serve as Stuckey tells attendees more about her book.

Beach Books is located at 616 Broadway, Seaside. For more information, call 503-738-3500 or visit beachbooks37.com