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love lettering by kate clayborn
Book Reviews
4 New Releases in Romance to Close Out 2019
New Titles From Kate Clayborn, Tracey Livesay, Roni Loren, and Joanna Shupe Hit Shelves This Week This is the last release week before we can slam the door on 2019. And with what romance authors have been going through this last week? It's the understatement of the year to say it's been rough. Authors with…
December 30, 2019
Product Review
We Tried Trader Joe’s Hold the Corn Appetizers
Getting ready for New Year's Eve? Trader Joe's has several new frozen appetizers perfect for parties, including Hold the Corn cones. Inspired by the mini cones in the ice cream section, these savory appetizers are filled with corn, water chestnuts, coconut, wood ear mushrooms and green onions and flavored with chile peppers and lemongrass. …
December 26, 2019
Book Reviews
Get an Early Look at Good Girls Lie by J.T. Ellison
Read an Excerpt from J.T. Ellison's New Novel Dropping December 30 GOOD GIRLS LIE, J.T. Ellison's next novel, takes place in Virginia, at an elite prep school for the daughters of the rich and influential. The Goode School, or Silent Ivy, as it's known, prepares the privileged for their undeniably bright futures. In the…
December 23, 2019
Book Reviews
Blitzed by Alexa Martin | Spot Review
ARC provided by the publisher for review BLITZED by Alexa Martin was one of my most anticipated 2019 reads. As we got to know Brynn Sterling over the course of INTERCEPTED (review) and FUMBLED (review), it was pretty clear she'd eventually get her book. Her woman-focused bar, HERS, became the de facto gathering…
December 16, 2019
meet me on love lane
Book Reviews
Meet Me On Love Lane by Nina Bocci
ARC provided by the publisher for review via NetGalley In MEET ME ON LOVE LANE, Charlotte is headed back to Hope Lake, Pennsylvania after two decades away. After her parents ugly divorce, her mother whisked her out of Hope Lake as fast as possible and never looked back. But with her life in NYC in…
December 10, 2019
Trader Joe's Porchetta sliced on the table
Recipes
We Tried Trader Joe’s Porchetta
Looking for an alternative to that Christmas ham or prime rib? It might not be your nonna's recipe, but Trader Joe's makes it super simple to put a reasonably sized porchetta on your holiday table. An Italian Christmas tradition, porchetta is typically made with pork loin and/or pork belly with the rind on to…
December 9, 2019
Trader Joe's Green Goddess dip in a tub with a potato chip and carrot stick in it.
Recipes
We Tried Trader Joe’s Green Goddess Dip
I'm at Trader Joe's two or three times a week as part of my regular grocery shopping, and it's impossible to keep up with all the new stuff that's hitting shelves right now. Not just the holiday treats, (yes, the Hot Cocoa Snowman is in), but also the regular dips and appetizers and frozen…
December 6, 2019
Recipes
Almost Vegetarian Red Bean Jambalaya
I reworked my Smoked Sausage Jambalaya into a Red Bean Jambalaya with extra spices to compensate for the lack of sausage. Here's why... A couple weeks ago, we started eating less meat. Then over the weekend we watched Game Changers on Netflix, a documentary that makes a case for a whole food, plant-based diet. It…
November 27, 2019
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