My husband and I have been missing traveling during COVID-19 times and were also looking for things to do over the weekends. We decided to do “themed” weekends where we would eat food and watch movies based on a destination we want to visit. For our first theme, we decided to go with London. We … More Quarantine Travels: London
My husband and I have been talking about going to New Orleans for a long time, so we decided to make NOLA our second quarantine “travel” destination. The Food Princess and the Frog is a favorite film around our apartment, so we had to channel Princess Tiana and make beignets. We used the New York … More Quarantine Travels: New Orleans
The Book Title: The Chicken Sisters Author: KJ Dell’Antonia Publisher: GP Putnam’s Sons Release Date: 12/1/20 Genre: Fiction Age Range: Adult Rating: ★★★★ Publisher’s Summary: In tiny Merinac, Kansas, Chicken Mimi’s and Chicken Frannie’s have spent a century vying to serve up the best fried chicken in the state–and the legendary feud between their respective owners, the Moores and the … More Food and Book Pairing: The Chicken Sisters by KJ Dell’Antonia
You may remember the group of TikTok creators who came together several weeks ago to create a Broadway-style musical inspired by the 2007 Pixar film, Ratatouille. The content was adapted by Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley and presented by TodayTix and Seaview productions as a benefit for the Actor’s Fund. Ratatouille is about Remy (Titus … More Review: Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical
As I’m sure is true of many others, I read more in 2020 than ever before. Here is a little snippet into what I read this year and some of my favorites of 2020. Stats Books Read: 90 Pages Read: 20, 508 Average Book Length: 327 Favorite Reads of 2020 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn … More 2020 in Books
Title: Deadly Delights Author: Laura Jensen Walker Publisher: Crooked Lane Books Release Date: 6/8/21 Genre: Cozy Murder Mystery Age Range: Adult Rating: ★★★★ In Laura Jensen Walker’s second Bookish Baker Mystery, writer and amateur baker Teddie St. John enters a baking contest in her small town of Lake Potowatomi, Wisconsin. Teddie discovers the body of one of the contest judges, … More ARC Review: Deadly Delights by Laura Jensen Walker
I was looking for something festive to make this Christmas morning, and these gingerbread waffles from Smitten Kitchen were exactly was I was looking for. They are rich, gingery, and decadent and were exactly was I looking for on this holiday morning. I will warn you that they were a little bit difficult to get … More Gingerbread Waffles
Title: Christmas Cupcake Murder Author: Joanne Fluke Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation Release Date: 9/29/20 Genre: Cozy Murder Mystery Age Range: Adult Rating: ★★★ Christmas Cupcake Murder is the 26th murder mystery in the Hannah Swenson series set in the small town of Lake Eden, Minnesota. Hannah runs a bakery and coffee shop called The Cookie Jar and has a habit … More Review: Christmas Cupcake Murder by Joanne Fluke
At the moment, we are living without an oven. I wanted to find something I could make that felt like a festive dessert that I could make in my toaster oven. Chocolate cake is a favorite in our apartment, and I remembered a chocolate olive oil cake recipe I made by Smitten Kitchen. The cake … More Chocolate Olive Oil Cake
Title: The Dressmaker of Paris Author: Georgia Kaufman Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton Release Date: 1/28/21 Genre: Historical Fiction Age Range: Adult Rating: ★ Trigger Warnings: Sexual assault, anti-Semitism The Dressmaker of Paris follows Rosa through decades of her life from her childhood in the Italian alps to her illustrious career as a dressmaker and designer. The story is told from … More ARC Review: The Dressmaker of Paris by Georgia Kaufman
Bubbling up with Helena 