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Continue reading →: Pinned for Murder (A Southern Sewing Circle #3) by Elizabeth Lynn Casey
The members of South Carolina's Sweet Briar Ladies Society sewing circle are as loyal and close-knit as the day is long. But when the richest and meanest woman in town turns up murdered, the new Yankee librarian Tori Sinclair finds that some threads can bind dangerously tight. Tori Sinclair feels…
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Continue reading →: Mushroom Bourguignon
15 mL olive oil12 button onions or shallots, peeled500 g Portobellini mushrooms, thickly sliced250 g chestnut mushrooms, halved250 g large white button mushrooms, halved15 g butter1 onion, very finely chopped1 carrot, very finely chopped1 celery stick, very finely chopped2 sprigs of thyme1 sprig of rosemary1 bay leaf3 garlic cloves,…
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Continue reading →: Called Home by Sheila Connolly
Out of a job and living alone in a drafty Colonial house, Meg Corey is supposed to be fixing the house up to sell, but now she's got the flu and she's freezing and she feels very sorry for herself. Then Deborah Warren shows up to distract her—but is Deborah…
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Continue reading →: The Essential Wok Cookbook by Naomi Imatome-Yun
All the Recipes You Need to Enjoy Comforting Chinese Food at Home Ordering Chinese takeout is easy—but it’s definitely not the healthiest or most affordable way to enjoy Chinese comfort food at home. With this simple cookbook in your kitchen and a mighty wok in your hand, Chinese favorites are…
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Continue reading →: Magic in the Middle Ages by Richard Kieckhefer
How was magic practised in medieval times? How did it relate to the diverse beliefs and practices that characterised this fascinating period? In Magic in the Middle Ages Richard Kieckhefer surveys the growth and development of magic in medieval times. He examines its relation to religion, science, philosophy, art, literature…
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Continue reading →: White Sand Blues by Vicki Delany
When paramedic Ashley Grant finds her boyfriend in bed with another woman, she moves out of her house (okay, his house), quits her job and takes a new one in a tiny Caribbean country, the Victoria and Albert Islands. Ashley is thrown into the deep end when she arrives. Her…
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Continue reading →: A Death at the Yoga Cafe by Michelle Kelly
Keeley Carpenter has found her center. After returning to Belfrey, the traditional English village she called home ten years ago, she’s opened her dream yoga café, which doubles as both a yoga studio and a delicious vegetarian café. Even better, Keeley is dating handsome Detective Ben Taylor, and things are…
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Continue reading →: Hairy Dieters Miso Soup
800 ml Vegetable or mushroom stock 4 tbs Miso paste 1 garlic clove, crushed 15 g fresh root ginger, grated Soy sauce, to taste 100 g Shiitake mushrooms, sliced 100 g Enoki mushrooms, sliced 100 g Oyster mushrooms, sliced 4 spring onions, diagonally sliced 2 to 3 heads of Asian…
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Continue reading →: Downward Facing Death by Michelle Kelly
After ten years away, Keeley Carpenter is excited to be back in Belfrey, the traditional English village hometown she fled as a shy teen, with a plan to reopen her father's neglected butcher shop as a yoga café, where she will sell delicious vegetarian food by day and teach yoga…
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Continue reading →: Start of 2018
Not a bad start if I say so myself! I had decided to "shake up" my crafting a bit by listing 24 different things I want to get done (seen in a previous post but I will post again here) Finish red on Winnie the Pooh Finish brown on Winnie…
