Category: Clubs and Blog Hops

Tempted by Love: Movies & Munchies February Film
Wendy from A Day in the Life on a Farm is hosting this month’s Movies & Munchies feature. It’s February. The love month. Tempted by Love was the perfect movie for that. It’s a Terry McMillian “presents” movie so I had high hopes because I have enjoyed her books and adapted-from films like How Stella…

Julie & Julia revisited…from 2012 to 2026
Julia’s version of Boeuf Bourguignon, some bruschetta, and mini-chocolate pies to celebrate Julie & Julia for Movies & Munchies!

Our Thanksgiving movie: Hannah and Her Sisters
Hannah and Her Sisters is the November Movies & Munchies selection. Camilla is hosting. It’s getting a bit harder to find Thanksgiving films that we haven’t already featured, either at M&M or at the old Food ‘n Flix group. Glad Camilla found this one. I am a firm believer that you are either a Woody…

Drink Your Garden by Belinda Kelly and Venise Cunningham
A review of a fun and inventive book plus three “bloody” cocktails for Halloween.

Cook the Books: Maame by Jessica George
This round for Cook the Books features Maame by Jessica George. I’ve also featured a Ghanaian salad for my inspired by recipe.

Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counter Culture Cook by Alice Waters
Cook the Books read Coming to My Senses by Alice Waters. I delved into one of her cookbooks and Grilled Chicken au Poivre.

Fireproof, For Grace, and Chef Curtis Duffy
I’m using one post to highlight two events: Fireproof is the Lit Happens book for August. For Grace is the August feature for Movies & Munchies. Both feature Chef Curtis Duffy. Read more for a quinoa salad recipe.

Sundried Tomato and Artichoke Pasta for Movies & Munchies
The Netflix movies I’ve been watching lately have been cute. Not great but a good way to spend an afternoon when it’s either raining torrentially or it’s too hot to go outside (already). We’ve been back and forth with those as our only weather patterns. Sigh. It’s going to be a long, humid, hot summer…

A Bakery in Paris for June/July Cook the Books
We are very pleased that Wendy from A Day in the Life on a Farm is our very special guest host for Cook the Books. It was wonderful that Wendy was able to step in and host for the June/July edition. She chose A Bakery in Paris by Aimee Runyan for this round. It was…

Raspberry-Cornbread Muffins and a new Civil War novel: Measure of Devotion by Nell Joslin
Measure of Devotion is an intriguing and well-written Civil War drama about a mother’s devotion.