Eliot's Eats

Apple Cider Tea Cakes for Glimmer While You Can and a TLC Tour Stop

By Eliot, on December 10th, 2020

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.) . . . → Read More: Apple Cider Tea Cakes for Glimmer While You Can and a TLC Tour Stop

White Pumpkin Soup with Southwestern Spice

By Eliot, on December 8th, 2020

A couple of weeks ago, it was time to pull the fall decorations off the front porch before the pumpkins froze.

I didn’t go all out with decorating so I just had a small pie pumpkin stacked on top of a squatty white pumpkin. (I used the roasted pie pumpkin in these . . . → Read More: White Pumpkin Soup with Southwestern Spice

“In My Kitchen” December 2020

By Eliot, on December 4th, 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 . . . → Read More: “In My Kitchen” December 2020

Food ‘n Flix Announcement for December: The Holiday

By Eliot, on December 1st, 2020

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

Olive Stuffed Eggs for A Frenzy of Sparks (a TLC Tour Stop)

By Eliot, on November 30th, 2020

A Frenzy of Sparks is set in the mid-1960s so I pulled out a retro 1964 cookbook for this recipe. Read on for a review of the novel by Kristen Fields as well as this vintage recipe. . . . → Read More: Olive Stuffed Eggs for A Frenzy of Sparks (a TLC Tour Stop)

Top Ten Tuesday: What I’m Thankful for…

By Eliot, on November 24th, 2020

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 . . . → Read More: Top Ten Tuesday: What I’m Thankful for…

Pumpkin Donuts for Knives Out and Food ‘n Flix

By Eliot, on November 21st, 2020

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.” . . . → Read More: Pumpkin Donuts for Knives Out and Food ‘n Flix

Characters I’d Name a Pet After for TTT (highly influenced by T.S. Eliot)

By Eliot, on November 17th, 2020

View my T.S. Eliot inspired list of pet names for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday. . . . → Read More: Characters I’d Name a Pet After for TTT (highly influenced by T.S. Eliot)

“Secret” Meyer Lemon Scones for The Secret, Book & Scone Society

By Eliot, on November 12th, 2020

The Secret, Book & Scone Society is the current Cook the Books read. Here’s my review of this quaint little mystery along with a “secret” scone recipe. (The secret may be in the glaze…you will see…) . . . → Read More: “Secret” Meyer Lemon Scones for The Secret, Book & Scone Society

“In My Kitchen” November 2020

By Eliot, on November 4th, 2020

This month I offer up a cookbook review, some late harvest preservation and a favorite tea. There might also be some non-partisan election musings (in a totally hopeful way). . . . → Read More: “In My Kitchen” November 2020