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Continue reading →: Lentil Mushroom Stew Over Mashed Potatoes
POTATOES 454 g yellow potatoes, peeled and quartered evenly (I left on some skin for texture) Sea salt + black pepper to taste 15–30 ml olive oil (if avoiding oil, add more almond milk or vegetable broth) 30–60 ml unsweetened almond milk or vegetable broth (for added moisture) MUSHROOM LENTIL…
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Continue reading →: Leek and potato soup
1 tbsp vegetable oil1 onion, sliced225g/8oz potatoes, cubed2 medium leeks,sliced1.2 litres/2 pints vegetable stock150ml/5fl oz double cream or crème fraîchesalt and freshly ground black pepper Preparation method Heat the oil in a large pan and add the onions, potatoes and leeks. Cook for 3-4 minutes until starting to soften. Add…
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Continue reading →: Paint the Town Dead (Silver Six Crafting Mystery #2) by Nancy Haddock
Leslee Stanton Nix—aka “Nixy”—thought moving to small-town Lilyvale, Arkansas, would be about as thrilling as watching paint dry. But keeping up with her retired Aunt Sherry and her troublemaking housemates—collectively known as the Silver Six—has proven to be as exciting as it is exasperating. To kick off the grand…
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Continue reading →: Organized for Scheduled Sabotage (Organized #3) by Ritter Ames
Organization expert Kate McKenzie is intrigued when a publisher hires her company, Stacked in Your Favor, to help the author of a bestselling calendar line get organized for a photo shoot to illustrate the next year’s editions. Even better, she and Meg Berman learn the proceeds of the calendar business…
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Continue reading →: Peanuts All-Stars by Charles M. Schulz
IT’S GAME TIME, CHARLIE BROWN!From basketball and football to hockey and tennis—a brand-new collection of sports strips featuring the whole Peanuts team! It’s all-star tryouts for Charlie Brown and all his friends. So the Peanuts are suiting up—ready to play ball and have a ball! They’ve been practicing their dribbles,…
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Continue reading →: The Gold Pawn by L. A. Chandlar
Bringing Hidden History to Light By L.A. Chandlar I love bringing readers little pieces of history that aren’t in the history books. Finding those important bits that give you the feel of an era, and showing all that was going on at the same time. We tend to…
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Continue reading →: A Gentleman’s Murder by Christopher Huang
The year is 1924, and Lieutenant Eric Peterkin, formerly of the Royal Fusiliers, is a new member of the Britannia―London’s most prestigious club. It's a family tradition, but an honor he's not sure he quite deserves. So, when a gentleman's wager ends with one man dead in the vault under…
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Continue reading →: Fred Basset Yearbook 2019: Witty Comic Strips from the Daily Mail by Alex Graham
The inimitable Fred is back! Join Britain’s best-loved basset hound and his friends once again for more canine capers and good-natured escapades with this whole new collection of witty cartoons from the Daily Mail. What can I say other than another fun outing with Fred and his friends, a nice…
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Continue reading →: Remnants of Murder (A Southern Sewing Circle #8) by Elizabeth Lynn Casey
When a cantankerous Sweet Briar resident ends up six feet under, the ladies of the sewing circle have to deal with a town full of suspects . . . With the library's budget dwindling, Tori Sinclair is forced to let go of her predecessor, and fellow sewing circle member, Dixie…
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Continue reading →: A Stewed Observation by Karen C Whalen (Guest Post)
Where do I get the recipes for my books? As a writer of culinary cozy mysteries, I had to come up with previously unpublished recipes when readers started to ask for the recipes featured in my Dinner Club series. Talk about a mystery. Was I capable of departing from the…
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