Tag: blackberries
Potluck Desserts: Joyful Recipes to Share with Pride, a review
I’m continuing on with my Best of 2025 cookbooks. For my most recent reviews, I’ve pulled from Epicurious’ list, “The Best Cookbooks of Summer 2025.” Potluck Desserts is the first book on the summer list. Today’s review is all about the sweet. If you need a book that yields large quantities of retro (yet modern)…
A Bakery in Paris for June/July Cook the Books
We are very pleased that Wendy from A Day in the Life on a Farm is our very special guest host for Cook the Books. It was wonderful that Wendy was able to step in and host for the June/July edition. She chose A Bakery in Paris by Aimee Runyan for this round. It was…
Raspberry-Cornbread Muffins and a new Civil War novel: Measure of Devotion by Nell Joslin
Measure of Devotion is an intriguing and well-written Civil War drama about a mother’s devotion.
Roast Figs, Sugar Snow: Food to Warm the Soul by Diana Henry, a review and a recipe
Today’s review includes a Blackberry-Rosemary Brownie inspired by a recipe included in Roasted Figs, Sugar Snow.
Blackberry, Mint, Black Pepper Jam
We have a blackberry and blueberry U-pick farm close by. (In the off season, it’s a Christmas tree farm.) It’s always well maintained and the staff is helpful. And they have some of the biggest berries ever. It’s been a few years since I picked there so one morning I got up early. By 7:30…
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.
Blackberry Cobbler in a Skillet
Here’s a very versatile and easy cobbler recipe that works with most any fruit. It’s my latest Cookbook of the Week installment.
“In My Kitchen” August 2019
Good gravy! Where is the summer going? So, here’s what was new in my July kitchen! I made some mulled blackberry vinegar and after letting it set on the cabinet for four weeks, I finished processing it. I strained it and was left with a delicious smelling pulp, full of blackberries macerated in warming spices. …
Earl Grey Gin and Tonic with Blackberries and a TLC Book Tour
Here’s another TLC Book Tour. For this stop, I read The Great Unexpected by Dan Mooney. I received a copy for an honest review. Let’s get to it! About the book: A curmudgeon and his eccentric new roommate join together to plan an epic escape in this charming, poignant tale. Joel lives in a nursing…
A Very Berry Good Time
Summers are always hectic and it’s been a while since we went berry picking. Strawberries were numero uno on my list this summer but, alas, strawberry season came and went without us picking any (but the few meager ones from our own bed). I was determined to not miss the rest of the berry seasons.…