Category: Clubs and Blog Hops

Find Me Falling and Pastitsio
Movies & Munchies has us falling this month, falling into a Harry Connick, Jr. Netflix film.

“In My Kitchen” August 2024 (and July)
I missed my July post for “In My Kitchen” so I’m combining two months in one today. This photo string is in somewhat chronological order from June and July. You can read about my mint blackberry mint pepper jam here. I didn’t pick quite as many blueberries but I had enough for two batches of jam…

A League of Their Own Roundup for Movies and Munchies
Of course there’s a hot dog and a Cracker Jack inspired recipes but wait until you see the baseball stadium cake our team whipped up for this movie.

White Wine Mac ‘n Cheese with Cherry Tomatoes and Herbs
Here’s my Cook the Books post. It’s late July but I had this book completely read in June. Glad I’m finally getting it posted today! There was a lot of great food mentioned in the novel and it was hard to narrow down just one recipe. See what I landed on.

Wonka and Chocolate Blueberry Banana Bread
I was brought up on the original Willy Wonka (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory–1971) with Gene Wilder. I could not tell you how many times I have seen that movie. Amy’s Cooking Adventures is hosting Movies & Munchies for June and it’s the newest tale of Wonka, the prequel (2023). I was eager to watch Wonka, especially…

The Mastering the Art of French Murder and a Crisis of Mayonnaise
Welcome to this round of Cook the Books, the round I almost missed. Deb from Kahakai Kitchen is hosting this month and chose Mastering the Art of French Murder by Coleen Cambridge. About the book: Fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Marie Benedict, Nita Prose, and of course, Julia Child, will adore this magnifique new mystery set in Paris…

Rustic Spanish Bread for Parallel Mothers
Camilla is hosting our Movies & Munchies crew this month with Parallel Mothers. I had not heard of this film but I do like Penolope Cruz and I did enjoy Volver when we watched that back in the Food ‘n Flix days. We were gone a bit in May and Memorial Day complicated things, too, but I…

A Big Fat Greek Salad and three films for Movies & Munchies
Camilla, the Movies & Munchies host for April, gave us plenty of choices. We could choose any three of the My Big Fat Greek Wedding movies. I decided to re-watch the first one and dive into the other two which I had not seen. Number 1 (2002): I had seen the original one soon after it…

