Category: Food
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Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun Chili Cook-Off Recipe
If you’re like me, you’re anxiously awaiting the newest addition to the Finlay Donovan Series! I was going to wait until the start of the year to read Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun, but I juuuuuust couldn’t do it. So, I’ve already read it and reviewed it — but you’ll have to wait a little […]
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Meredith, Alone
Thank you, Grand Central Publishing and Libro.FM, for the gifted copy of Meredith, Alone {partner} Genre: FictionFormat: 🎧Pub Date: 10.18.2022Star Rating: ☆☆☆☆.5 Summary: “She has a full-time remote job and her rescue cat Fred. Her best friend Sadie visits with her two children. There’s her online support group, her jigsaw puzzles and favorite recipes, her […]
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10 Minute Hot Chocolate
Now that the wintry weather has officially arrive in Kentucky, I decided it was time to break out my first hot chocolate of the season! I love this recipe because it’s easy AND it’s not too sweet (but you can make it sweeter if you wish). I normally use regular Hershey’s Cocoa, but this year […]
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Spells for Forgetting ✨
“It was the time of year when the veil between worlds was thin, and in that moment, I could feel the tingle of the Otherworld tiptoeing lightly up my spine.”
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A Touch of Moonlight
Thank you, Harper Books and Harper Audio, for the gifted copy and audiobook of A Touch of Moonlight {partner} Genre: FantasyTrope: RomanceFormat: 🎧Pub Date: 10.25.2022Star Rating: ☆☆☆ Summary: “Larimar Cintrón works hard at three things: her job as brand manager for Beacon Café, a New York based corporate bakery chain; taking care of her parents […]
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Thank You for Listening
“To live HEA is to say, from today onward life will be happy. I mean, how can you know that? Shit happens. Over and over…. I don’t think you can know if you lived happily ever after until your life’s over… Maybe that’s why your whole life flashes before your eyes when you die. So you can see the movie from beginning to end and know.”
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The Homewreckers
The Homewreckers Thank you, St. Martin’s Press, for the gifted copy of The Homewreckers {partner} Genre: FictionTrope: RomanceFormat: 🎧Pub Date: 5.3.2022Star Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Summary: “Hattie Cavanaugh went to work helping clean up restored homes for Cavanaugh & Son Restorations at eighteen; married the boss’s son at twenty; and was only twenty-five when her husband, Hank, […]
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One Italian Summer
“There is beauty to the run-down buildings, the laundry strung overhead, the rhythm and drawl of the daily life here. There is beauty, too, in the old Mediterranean architecture, buildings left over from centuries ago, before Naples became what is today. There is beauty in discrepancy — two things that seem oppositional, coming together.”
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Euphoric
Euphoric Synopsis: “Euphoric is your eight-week plan for an alcohol-free lifestyle that can lead to more happiness, well-being, and self-love. It’s the modern woman’s guide to relax without alcohol, find freedom from cravings and fitting in, and create the life you want – along with the audacity to go after it. Imagine a program that […]
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The Show Girl & Pineapple Upside Down Cake
The Show Girl & Pineapple Upside Down Cake The Show Girl by Nicola Harrison follows Olive McCormick in 1927 as she moves from Minneapolis to New York City in search of fame. When I first started reading this book, I had one thing in mind — what would pair perfectly with a story set during […]
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To Sir, With Love
“I could be wrong. But I’ve got to wonder if relationships, especially the complicated ones, the one worth getting right… I wonder if they’re not like fine wine. Maybe you’re just supposed to drink the damn thing.”
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The Last Thing He Told Me
“That’s how you fill in the blanks — with stories and memories of the people who love you. If they lie to you, who are you then?.. The person you thought you knew, your favorite person starts to disappear, a mirage, unless you convince yourself the parts that matter are still true.”
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The Invisible Husband of Frick Island
“Every human being — every single one of us — wakes up each morning hoping, believing, that today is not our day. Not our time. That the storm is not yet here. That our island will not be wiped out. That we will see the sunrise the next morning. That life is worth living.”
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The Soulmate Equation
The Soulmate Equation Thank you, Gallery Books, for gifting me a copy of The Soulmate Equation! 🧬 Genre: Romance Trope: Soul Mate/ Stuck Together Pub Date: 5.18.21 Star Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Another Christina Lauren novel is in the books! While it isn’t my favorite of theirs (my fav. is In a Holiday, btw) but I did […]
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All About Us
“Is there anything you’d do? If you could go back. Is there anything you wish you’d done differently?”
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Wild Rice Soup (with a Touch of Zing)
As part of my next recipe introduction for Blends Bash 2020 with The CookBook Book Club – I put together a Wild Rice Soup that has a lot of flavor!
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Schitt’s Greek & Mediterranean Lentil Soup
This is my first post featuring my collaboration with The Book Club Cookbook and their 2020 Blends Bash! In searching for a recipe to combine with my first blends – I wanted to do something that was savory and easy. So I settled on a Slow Cooker dish and then finally (because I’m counting down […]
The Bookend Diner 