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We Tried Trader Joe’s Bourbon Cake Mix
In the avalanche of holiday treats Trader Joe's rolled out over the last month, one new one caught my eye: Trader Joe's Bourbon Cake mix ($3.49 per box).  I've generally liked Trader Joe's boxed mixes and used their lemon cake as the base for my Lemon Elderflower Cake for the Royal Wedding. Bourbon is the…
November 30, 2018
He's Not My Boyfriend
Book Reviews
HE’S NOT MY BOYFRIEND by Jackie Lau | 4-star Review
ARC Provided by the Author for Review He's Not My Boyfriend is Jackie Lau's Best Yet: More Laughs, Medium Angst. Totally Irresistible. Jackie Lau's previous books have looked to forced proximity to get hero and heroine together. In her latest, HE'S NOT MY BOYFRIEND, it's straightforward. An initial meet in a craft beer bar turns…
November 20, 2018
Recipes
Mix Up Your Chex Mix with Peatos
Chex Mix has been a family holiday tradition my entire life, and probably even before I was around. My aunt used to make it with the requisite Chex cereal, mixed nuts, pretzels and wheat nuts (which I'm not even sure exist anymore). We've never been a garlic bagel chip or Cheez-It, or Goldfish family. But…
November 14, 2018
Book Reviews
FIREWORKS by Sarina Bowen | Book Review
ARC provided by the author's publicist for review FIREWORKS Is the Sweet and Sizzling Sixth Installment in Sarina Bowen's True North series They say you can’t go home again. In  FIREWORKS by Sarina Bowen,  Skylar Copeland left Colebury, Vermont 12 years ago and never looked back. But after an on-air gaffe at her TV job,…
November 13, 2018
Book Reviews
Double Play by Maggie Wells | 4-star Book Review
ARC provided by the author for review Unafraid, Unapologetic and Unforgettable, Double Play's Heroine is a Woman For Our Times In Double Play (Love Games #3) by Maggie Wells, Avery Preston is a women’s studies and lit professor at Wolcott College. Avery moves through the world the way most men do — unapologetic, opinionated…
October 25, 2018
butternut squash risotto
Book Reviews Recipes
Butternut Squash Risotto with Charred Radicchio
Jasmine Guillory's The Proposal Inspires a Fall-Flavored Risotto Review copy provided by the publisher In Jasmine Guillory's upcoming rom-com, THE PROPOSAL (Berkley, October 30), Doctor Carlos Ibarra knows his way around a kitchen. He happens to be at the Dodger game when Nik Paterson is on the receiving end of the worst Jumbotron proposal of…
October 24, 2018
Book Reviews
OTTOLENGHI SIMPLE by Yotam Ottolenghi | Cookbook Review + Recipe
Review copy provided by the publisher Yotam Ottolenghi’s streak is unbroken: SIMPLE delivers delicious, accessible, quintessentially Ottolenghi dishes for the home cook In Yotam Ottolenghi's latest cookbook, OTTOLENGHI SIMPLE, the simple (Ten Speed Press; $35.00), isn’t just a euphemism for “everyday” or “weeknight cooking” or “30 minutes or less.” SIMPLE is the system…
October 16, 2018
Not Another Family Wedding
Book Reviews
NOT ANOTHER FAMILY WEDDING by Jackie Lau | Book Review
Jackie Lau's Latest Romance Takes on Being Childless by Choice ARC provided by the author Jackie Lau makes a point of incorporating social and personal issues in her romances. In NOT ANOTHER FAMILY WEDDING, heroine Natalie Chin-Williams is a successful, single 36-year old climatologist who’s chosen not to have kids. Her sister…
October 15, 2018
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