Category: Clubs and Blog Hops

The Holiday Round Up for Food ‘n Flix
There’s lots of sweet treats (especially with chocolate and marshmallows) for this round of Food ‘n Flix. But, there’s a couple of savory dishes as well to round out The Holiday inspired recipes.

Hot & Spicy Black-Eyed Pea Dip (and “In My Kitchen” for January 2021!)
Here’s a great dip for your New Year’s day table. This post is also my “In My Kitchen” January 2021 edition. Welcome to the New Year!!!!!

Confessions in B-Flat: A Book Review and Recipe Links
Please check out my review for Confessions in B-Flat by Donna Hill (along with a links to food from the novel).

Christmas Pasta for Food ‘n Fix and The Holiday
Happy Holidays! I’m hosting the December edition of Food ‘n Flix with The Holiday (2006), a film directed by Nancy Meyers and starring Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jack Black and Jude Law. Of course, Diaz, Winslet, and Law are gorgeous. Black just adds enough scruffy “everyman” to help the tale be believable. Please do…

Books I Hope Santa Brings for TTT
It has been awhile since I posted a Top Ten Tuesday list. Since Christmas is nigh, I wanted to alert all friends and family of my Christmas list. 🙂 Here are the “Books I Hope Santa Brings.” 1. Rodney Scott’s World of BBQ: Every Day Is a Good Day by Rodney Scott and Lolis Eric Elie Santa delivering…

Apple Cider Tea Cakes for Glimmer While You Can and a TLC Tour Stop
Let’s go back in time for this TLC Book tour stop, all the way back to 1962. I was please to get a advanced reader copy of Glimmer As You Can by Danielle Martin for an honest review. (And, there’s a great tea cake recipe.)

“In My Kitchen” December 2020
2020 is winding down. Thank goodness. Has anyone bought the 2020 plague T-shirts out there yet like this? Or this? Me neither. I would just rather forget. I hope everyone stateside had a safe masked or distanced Thanksgiving. Let’s hope for large quantities of vaccine for December. Now, on to more pleasant things…things from my…

Food ‘n Flix Announcement for December: The Holiday
Need some fun, light, feel-good viewing this month. Pop on over to Food ‘n Flix and join us with The Holiday.

Top Ten Tuesday: What I’m Thankful for…
Welcome to Thanksgiving week and Top Ten Tuesday. This week is a freebie (meaning it doesn’t have to be book related) and we’re focusing on thankfulness. I am thankful for my husband who deals with my freak outs (and there’s been a lot of those lately). I am thankful for my family and I am…

Pumpkin Donuts for Knives Out and Food ‘n Flix
Knives Out is the November film for Food ‘n Flix: “A case with a hole in the middle…a donut…A donut. One central piece and if it reveals itself, the fog would lift, the arc would resolve, the Slinky become unkinked.”