So…this has nothing to do with romance. But if you follow me on Twitter, you know I was baking a cake this weekend. A vanilla malt cake with pretzel malt crunch, white chocolate ganache and cookie butter buttercream. And of everything, it seems to be the cookie butter buttercream that is attracting the most attention.
A Fashionable Indulgence by K.J. Charles is the start of her new Regency series, The Society of Gentlemen. Harry Vane, son of socialist revolutionaries, has just discovered that he could be the heir to a fortune. But first he has to win over his grandfather, who has big plans for the young man, including marrying
My good friend Maria Rose is guest posting today for me. She’s a reviewer for Straight Shootin’ Book Reviews and a truly voracious reader. She has great style and I think you’re going to love this review of Midnight Secrets by Lisa Marie Rice. I’ll pick back up with the recipe for baked ziti after
It seems every job (or, um, hobby in this case) has a cycle of things that need to get done every once in a while. In the whirl of reading, cooking and reviewing though, it’s hard to schedule time to get them done. Plus. TEDIOUS. Some of these tasks aren’t the most fun, but they
I read a post today on Medium by Andrew Weil, MD and while I don’t identify with almost anything else he said in it, I agree with this: “…cooking gives you a chance to practice the esoteric art of manifestation — bringing something from the imagination into physical reality.” I made something this week that I’ve made
