Food is sacred. Food is culture, religion, tradition, civilization. Few rituals don’t involve food in some definition. It might be as simple as a pinch of saffron or a sip of wine. It might be grand meals of celebration. It might be the self-denial of food making the return all that more important. That makes […]
Read MoreThe world sucks right now. It really does. If we get to the end of 2017 without WWIII breaking out, the US breaking up, and Australia burning down coast to coast I’ll be very surprised. Lots of people suck right now to. Even people I usually respect and look up to are doing and saying […]
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Not too long ago I was talking with a friend about nothing in particular and over the course of the conversation I discovered that they had never baked a cookie. Never. Not once. Not even the stuff that comes in a tube and you squeeze onto a sheet. Not with a parent, grand parent, step […]
Read MoreContinuing our season of New Zealand based Guest Bloggers may I present multi-award winning author, and RWNZ president Lizzi Tremayne. Hello, all you readers and foodies out there! Food…hmmm…it’s probably more important to me than it should be, but what’s life without good, healthy sustenance? It’s important to me in life, and the characters […]
Read MoreThe A&P show has come and gone. I have not had the most productive or focused 2016 to date as a result I only entered a fraction of what I did last year and I think the judges could tell I was sort of half-assing it. I only got one first on show day and […]
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Today is the day for And Everything Nice which is part of the Simmer anthology from Dreamspinner Press. Part Romance anthology part recipe book. Thirteen stories, with mine bringing up the rear, every story comes with its own recipe. And Everything Nice comes with an updated and improved version of my best raspberry brownie recipe. […]
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Those lacking personal experience with Manic Depression or Bipolar Disorder often assume that the opposite side of the depressive bit is Happy. Manic is not happy. Manic is fast. Manic is the brain refusing to shut down, rest, or relax no matter what the underlying emotion is. Manic might be happy but it isn’t a […]
Read MoreThere is this idea going around that a writer’s blog, like this one, should have something in it about writing. This one seems to be a bit more of the ‘random thoughts that pop into my head every other week’ type of blog. But here is a blog post about an important aspect of writing. […]
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This is another recipe from my upcoming book, Empty Nests. I need to start it by saying I love my mother, I really do. We have a good relationship, that’s gotten better since I moved out. And when it comes to special occasions she can cook. If you think my A&P baking was insane you […]
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In honor of the release of my next book, Empty Nests (Nested Heart #1), this coming June I will be publishing a few recipes for dishes that appear in the book. The first one, which will be the base for a later recipe, is Roast Pork with Garlic Gravy. Ingredients 1 Pork Roast (Large) – […]
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