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Continue reading →: Getting Home In An Emergency by Jay Whiteley
Imagine you're out at work as usual, or on a day out, shopping or seeing friends. You're maybe twenty miles, or even one hundred miles, away from home; suddenly, you hear there's an emergency, and all public transport has been shut down with public broadcasts suspended. You don't know what…
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Continue reading →: Nordic Runes: Understanding, Casting, and Interpreting the Ancient Viking Oracle by Paul Rhys Mountfort
A comprehensive and practical guide to the ancient oracle based on the runic alphabet of the Norse • Reveals the symbolism and divinatory significance of the 24 rune "staves" • Provides clear instructions on how to craft your own rune stones • Explains the role of runes in the Norse…
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Continue reading →: Austrian pork and cabbage stew from Vienna
Ingredients 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick or 3 ounces) unsalted butter1 large onion, cut into 1/4 inch thick slices and separated into rings1 1/2 pounds boiling potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/4 inch thick slices2 pounds boneless pork shoulder, trimmed of any large pieces of fat and cut into 1 1/2…
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Continue reading →: Garlic mushroom frittata
Ingredients low-calorie cooking spray 250g/9oz chestnut mushrooms, sliced 1 small garlic clove, crushed 1 tbsp thinly sliced fresh chives 4 large free-range eggs, beaten freshly ground black pepper For the salad 1 Little Gem lettuce, leaves separated 100g/3½oz cherry tomatoes, halved 1/3 cucumber, cut into chunks Method Spray a small,…
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Continue reading →: Frosted with Revenge (Cookies & Chance Mystery #4) by Catherine Bruns
Sally Muccio’s walk down the aisle might be her last.The some-time amateur sleuth and full-time bakery owner is finally marrying the man of her dreams. But during a last minute taste testing of their wedding cake, Sally and her fiancé are witnesses—and almost victims!—of a random shooting. At least they…
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Continue reading →: A Spell of Trouble (Silver Hollow #1) by Leighann Dobbs
When town trouble maker, Louella Drummond, drops dead in front of Isolde Quinn's pet store just minutes after threatening both Issy and her cousin Graeme, the police in the small lakeside town of Silver Hollow assume it's from natural causes. … Until it's discovered that Louella was murdered. Not just…
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Continue reading →: Mocha and Murder (Killer Coffee #2) by Tonya Kappes
Roxy becomes entangled in another murder as she puts her sleuthing skills to work in order to prove that Louise Carlton didn't kill Fred Hill over a pet adoption gone wrong. After all, if Louise goes to jail, who is going to find all the animals at Pet Palace a…
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Continue reading →: Aunty Lee’s Delights (Singaporean Mystery #1) by Ovidia Yu
This delectable and witty mystery introduces Rosie "Aunty" Lee, feisty widow, amateur sleuth, and proprietor of Singapore's best-loved home-cooking restaurant After losing her husband, Rosie Lee could have become one of Singapore's "tai tai," an idle rich lady. Instead she is building a culinary empire from her restaurant, Aunty Lee's…
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Continue reading →: Eeep!
Okay not been posting, also not much has been happening crafting wise! The shrug is taking longer than I thought to knit This is it at 26" and I need to get to 38" in total (and I would really like to wear it this Summer … err always assuming…
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Continue reading →: Shakshuka
Ingredients 3 tbsp olive oil 2 large onions, thinly sliced 2 red peppers, cut into long slices 2 green peppers, cut into long slices 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped ½ tsp cumin seeds ½ tsp caraway seeds ½ tsp cayenne pepper 1 tbsp tomato or red pepper purée 2 x…
