![]() What recipe are you sharing with us and why? In Mr Right and Other Mongrels Allegra likes to cook organic, in Hearts Afire the lovely Cassie is a caterer and in my next novel Alphabet Dating Serena has an obsession with soups, so I would have to say – yes!ĥ. My most amazing meal ever taste-wise was in a tiny hold in the wall family restaurant in Assisi, Italy. ![]() ![]() I don’t think it is a coincidence my daughter is called Charlotte. She used to visit us when Iw as little and bring it to my house just for me on a ferry and two trains. It was a pie with a very short crust and also it had chocolate sounds weird but it was heaven. When I was a child my grandmother made an apple pie she called an Apple Charlotte. Red baby…though good champagne will never be refused. Look for me by the dip or cheese at a party. Do you prefer sweet or savoury foods (ie cheese or chocolate)?Įasy for me I’m a savoury girl all the way. Taste of Tuesday – a food-related author interviewġ. I’m inviting authors to submit an extract or a taste of their novel, answer a few food related questions and include a recipe – maybe one that relates to their novel or something they eat to get themselves through writer’s block…something related. This year I’m starting a new weekly post on Tuesday’s called “A Taste of Tuesday”. ![]() It’s already January 1st in my corner of the universe and it’s Tuesday. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() After 10 years, she closed the restaurant in order to spend more time with her family. When Bijan returned to the states, she spent many years working and being recognized for her work in San Francisco’s best kitchens before eventually opening her own French restaurant, L’Amie Donia, in Palo Alto, California. After graduation, Bijan moved to Paris to study at Le Cordon Bleu, the famous culinary institute where Julia Child learned her trade. ![]() Originally pre-med in college, Bijan fell in love with cooking and eventually abandoned her plan to be a doctor in favor of being a chef. A Concise Chinese English Dictionary for Loversĭonia Bijan is an Iranian-American immigrant who was forced to move with her family from her native Tehran during the Islamic Revolution.Internal Migration and Internally Displaced Peoples. ![]() ![]() ![]() No dustjacket in an archival plastic protector. The covers show moderate wear and soiling the spine is darkened the rear gutter is craked but holding. Clean text 158 pages with 12 pages of publisher's adverts in the rear. Tan cloth binding with blindstamped designs filled in red, black, and gilt second state Title Page. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition Thus/First Trade Edition, itself a rare title. "Maggie" is now regarded as a landmark in American literature. The critical and financial success of "The Red Badge of Courage" decided the controversy and Appleton took the plunge. ![]() ![]() This is a Very Good copy of the First Trade Edition of Crane's naturalistic novel that so shocked editors he could not get it published three years previously he had been forced to print it himself - a small issue in wraps, and a true rarity today. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Had three sons and one daughter in the first ten years of marriage. Worked at a doctor's office and The Corn Dog Factory (not the one with the rainbow hats, thank goodness).įamily-Married my 'senior year' Boy. I survived high school despite the bad 1980's hair. A fairly idyllic one, with one younger brother and parents who have now been married nearly fifty years. After more than thirty years spent west of the Rocky Mountains, she now lives in Massachusetts with her family.Ĭhildhood-I had one. Books, shoes, and travel are her fiscal downfalls, which she justifies because all three 'take you places.' She loves the ocean (but not sand), forests (but not camping), good food (but not cooking), and shopping (there is no downside.) Historical fiction offers her all the pleasure of visiting the past without the inconvenience of no electricity or indoor plumbing. Laura Andersen has one husband, four children, and a college degree in English that she puts to non-profitable use by reading everything she can lay her hands on. ![]() ![]() ![]() I love a good dark book, but this one oddly starts off pretty dull, in part because the heroin addict sections are written in a style meant to evoke a brain on drugs. Let's just say she fares as poorly as the heroin addicts. In an effort to lose weight, she begins taking "diet pills" (which turn out to be amphetamines). ![]() She receives some kind of telemarketing call that makes her believe she will be on a television show. Sara is a stereotypical overweight Jewish mother who has lost her husband. The first three are heroin addicts determined to make it rich dealing so they can live the rest of their lives in more normal pursuits, like travel and small business ownership. Selby introduces us to Harry, Tyrone (Harry's best friend), Marion (Harry's girlfriend), and Sara (Harry's mother). ![]() The first half was especially dull, but it certainly set the stage for the most spectacular demise of four characters I've ever seen in literature. Can't say I personally found that an enjoyable experience. This is a great book if you want to get inside the drug addled minds of addicts. ![]() ![]() ![]() goddamn my stupid fingers and my weird brain I have no idea how that version of muscle memory even comes to exist, because even when I was writing Harry Potter fanfic I was never a Lucius stan) (goddammit one of these frickin days I will type Lucius correctly on the first try and not Lucious. But the main couple in this book (Lady Hero Batten and Griffin Remmington, Lord Reading) aren’t related to Temperence Dews or Lucius Malfoy in any way. I was wondering how this series would handle its through-line: y’know, how every romance novel series usually takes either the heroine’s sister or best friend, or the hero’s brother or best friend (or sometimes both, let’s be real) from the first book and makes those secondary characters the primary couple in the second novel, and then repeat with a tertiary character in the third novel in the triad. ![]() You may also be worrying right now about my opinion of this second book, because you may be recalling that I wasn’t really a fan of the first one. You may remember when I read the first title, Wicked Intentions, and deemed it “The One Where The Hero Is Lucius Malfoy For Some Reason”. This is the second title in the “Maiden Lane” series of romance novels. ![]() ![]() ![]() In this book, there was no more deception - everything was out in the open, and it was a question of whether David's love for Emma could triumph over his conventional morality. The erotic scenes were just as hot as in the previous two books, but there were also some deeper issues dealt with such as whether loving someone means that you are willing to accept them as they are. David is forced to reassess his priorities, and when he comes to find Emma in Italy, he has to prove that he's worthy of her. Faced with David's hypocrisy, Emma walks out the door with nothing but her passport and departs the next day for Italy where her adventures continue with her lover Paul, the passionate artist Marco and a random American stranger.īut Emma still loves David, and her greatest desire is that he will accept her as the sexual free spirit that she is and willingly embrace the way of life she craves. David has secretly set up Emma's best friend Sally as his mistress, turning Emma's plans to broaden their erotic horizons into sordid and conventional suburban infidelity. Unmasked is a terrific read that brings the previous novels to a satisfying conclusion, while still leaving open the possibility of more books in the Emma series.Īs the book begins, Emma's attempt to bring her husband David into her erotically adventurous world has backfired. ![]() ![]() ![]() I really enjoyed this third book in the Secret Lives of Emma series. ![]() ![]() ![]() The setting is a fantasy world where the industrial revolution is taking off – there are steam-powered trains and cars, but they are being superseded by the new dragon-bone engines. But that truth might lead to more questions than answers. ![]() Determined to protect more lives from the growing unrest between humans and fairies, Beka puts her own life and reputation on the line to find the truth. Just like the crash that killed her father six years ago. But everyone seems bent on persuading her it was an accident. As she and her partner investigate the devastating train crash, she’s convinced the train was sabotaged. It must be something worse, Agent Beka Finley is sure of it. So when I saw this offering on Netgalley, I was delighted to be approved for it, even though it is already published.īLURB: Dynamite couldn’t cause such a big explosion. I’ve been reading a lot of murder mysteries recently – particularly those with an SFF element. ![]() ![]() ![]() Each creature the ducks meet is seen in its own habitat and behaves in a true-to-life manner, offering a very simple first view of biology and geography. Following the little ducks as they float to all parts of the globe, young explorers can see for themselves the meanings of directional words and learn simple math concepts, such as counting and the use of cardinal and ordinal numbers. In this poignant and funny story, illustrated with strikingly designed collages, Eric Carle takes readers on an exciting voyage of discovery. Small readers and listeners will empathize with the little duck's plight-and will rejoice at the heartwarming surprise ending. But as the sun sets, the 10th little rubber duck is left all alone, bobbing helplessly on the big wide sea. ![]() One drifts west, where a friendly dolphin jumps over it. The ducks are swept away in various directions. ![]() "Ducks overboard!" shouts the captain, as a giant wave washes a box of 10 little rubber ducks off his cargo ship and into the sea. ![]() ![]() ![]() You may also opt to downgrade to Standard Digital, a robust journalistic offering that fulfils many user’s needs. If you’d like to retain your premium access and save 20%, you can opt to pay annually at the end of the trial. If you do nothing, you will be auto-enrolled in our premium digital monthly subscription plan and retain complete access for $69 per month.įor cost savings, you can change your plan at any time online in the “Settings & Account” section. 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