Eliot's Eats

A life well read and well fed

Category: Clubs and Blog Hops

  • Find Me Falling and Pastitsio

    Find Me Falling and Pastitsio

    Movies & Munchies has us falling this month, falling into a Harry Connick, Jr. Netflix film.

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  • Honey-Orange Cake and Memories of the Lost by Barbara O’Neal

    Honey-Orange Cake and Memories of the Lost by Barbara O’Neal

    There is a lot of food in O’Neal’s newest novel. As a lot of the characters are vegetarians or aging “hippies”, it’s a lot of healthy fair, including this cake made with honey, eggs, flour and citrus zest.

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  • “In My Kitchen” August 2024 (and July)

    “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…

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  • A League of Their Own Roundup for Movies and Munchies

    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.

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  • White Wine Mac ‘n Cheese with Cherry Tomatoes and Herbs

    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.

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  • A League of Their Own and an inspired-by recipe

    A League of Their Own and an inspired-by recipe

    Here’s an inspired-by cola infused double chocolate cookie for Movies & Munchies.

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  • Wonka and Chocolate Blueberry Banana Bread

    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…

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  • The Mastering the Art of French Murder and a Crisis of Mayonnaise

    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…

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  • Rustic Spanish Bread for Parallel Mothers

    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…

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  • A Big Fat Greek Salad and three films for Movies & Munchies

    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…

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