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Maple-Oatmeal Bread for The Vanishing Type

By Eliot, on June 30th, 2022%

Here’s the latest TLC Book Tour stop for The Vanishing Type by Ellery Adams.

You can see all my TLC reviews here.

About the book:

Publisher: Kensington Cozies (April 26, 2022)

Hardcover: 304 pages

Entertainment Weekly hails the Secret, Book, and Scone Society series by New York Times bestselling author Ellery Adams as “a love . . . → Read More: Maple-Oatmeal Bread for The Vanishing Type

Limoncello Sparkler

By Eliot, on June 13th, 2022%

Today’s cocktail is brought to you by It Takes a Villa by Kilby Blades, the latest TLC Book Tour read. It’s a steamy little book set in Italy with a strong American protagonist and a hunky Italian. 🙂 . . . → Read More: Limoncello Sparkler

Taste: My Life Through Food

By Eliot, on May 28th, 2022%

Taste is an excellent book with excellent recipes, especially Spaghetti with Lentils. . . . → Read More: Taste: My Life Through Food

Show Us Your Books, May 2022

By Eliot, on May 10th, 2022%

I’m still on my Game of Thrones reading kick. I finished #3 and have started #4.

A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I’m really not sure I would have picked up and stayed with this series unless I had seen the HBO series (multiple times).

Martin uses . . . → Read More: Show Us Your Books, May 2022

Show Us Your Books, April 2022

By Eliot, on April 12th, 2022%

Here’s what I read in March. The list is a bit shorter than the last two months.

There’s one “cookbook,” one foodie read, an art book, a massive saga and a couple of book club selections.

Healing Spices Handbook by Barbara Brownell Grogan My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I’ve always been very interested in . . . → Read More: Show Us Your Books, April 2022

Sweet and Spicy Balsamic Vinaigrette

By Eliot, on March 27th, 2022%

Today’s recipe is inspired from Red Sparrow, the Cook the Books selection for February/March. . . . → Read More: Sweet and Spicy Balsamic Vinaigrette

Healing Spices review and a roasted cauliflower recipe

By Eliot, on March 13th, 2022%

It’s rare that I do a book review that is not a part of Cook the Books Club or TLC Book Tours or Book Club Cookbook. Today I am reviewing a book I received for Christmas. Mom told me about it but it didn’t make the trip in the gift bags in December. My sister . . . → Read More: Healing Spices review and a roasted cauliflower recipe

Rabbit Food with Chicken Nuggets (and a book review of The Damage Done

By Eliot, on March 10th, 2022%

In a world where it seems like we are living out a dystopian plot, it’s nice to read something that appears to depict utopia. The Damage Done by Michael Landweber might be just what we need.

About the novel: For fans of Ben Winters and Sarah Pinsker, this mind-bending and thought-provoking novel pushes the . . . → Read More: Rabbit Food with Chicken Nuggets (and a book review of The Damage Done

Show Us Your Books: March 2022

By Eliot, on March 8th, 2022%

Here’s the books I read in February. The list is not quite as long as last month’s but the girth of some of these books was mighty. If I had an unintentional theme for last month’s reads it seems to be of “page to screen” (at least for a few of them). A Game of . . . → Read More: Show Us Your Books: March 2022

The Law of Unintended Consequences and a revisited taco recipe

By Eliot, on February 21st, 2022%

G. Davies Jandrey has a new novel out and I was lucky enough to get a first look. I’m also highlighting Crunchy Cauliflower Tacos with Avocado Spicy Mayo from a former review of one of Jandrey’s previous books. . . . → Read More: The Law of Unintended Consequences and a revisited taco recipe

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