Category: Clubs and Blog Hops

“In My Kitchen” October 2020
“In My Kitchen” this month: a bit of garden produce, a new coffee accessory, a book (imagine that!), and preservation.

Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Book Quotes
Welcome to Top Ten Tuesdays! This week’s theme revolves around our favorite quotes. Some of my favorites are literary and some are pulled from my favorite books. Some are profound. Some may be profane. All speak to me in some way. Do I dare Disturb the universe? In a minute there is time For decisions…

Books On My Fall 2020 TBR for Top Ten Tuesdays
Here’s what’s on my Autumn list. Some of these are ARCs that are on my review list, some of these are from favorite authors. As usual with my TTT posts, it’s a hodgepodge.

Smoked Meatloaf and Recipe for a Perfect Wife for Cook the Books
Today’s offering: a retro meatloaf recipe and a review of Recipe for a Perfect Wife by Karma Brown for the August/September round of Cook the Books.

Top Ten Tuesdays: Judging Books by Their Covers
This week’s TTT theme is all about book covers. I can say that I have been known to wander through bookstores and pick up books based on their covers (more so than the title or author). Here’s what I came up with this week. Recipe for a Perfect Wife by Karma Brown. I have to…

Blueberry-Blackberry Corn Muffins for Let the Willows Weep for TLC
Parnell’s first novel, Let the Willows Weep, is a triumph in the genre of sad Southern novels. Her characters are drawn deep and you will laugh and cry with her heroine, Birddog Harlin.

Chocolate Feast for Chocolat (and Food ‘n Flix 10th Anniversary)
Three chocolate inspired recipes today to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Food ‘n Flix and the film Chocolat: Eggplant Caponata, Chili-Cocoa Rubbed Steaks, and Chocolate Salami.

Top Ten Tuesday: Books for Our Younger Selves
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday focuses on Books for Our Younger Selves. We could draw on books we wish we had read as a child, books we could have really learned something from, books that meshed with hobbies/interests, or books that could have helped with life events/changes in our young and impressionable lives. TTT is hosted…

“In My Kitchen” September 2020
“See you, in September…” (to quote a mid-60s song). It’s now here. Welcome into my September kitchen.

Top Ten Tuesday: Books that Make Me Hungry
This was a no-brainer for me today. I can pull food references from almost anything I’m reading (and find some sort of hunger-inspiring inspiration) but you can’t beat a good cookbook!