Wednesday, August 25, 2021


My favorite time of year is fast approaching.
Autumn! (Okay, tied with winter)

With this time of year, the sights, sounds and smells all around us change. 


One of the biggest changes that come with fall is the food. Suddenly pumpkins are in everything.





That's just the snack foods, and the pictures don't cover half of them!
Our choice in meals change along with the cooler temperatures as well.




My favorite winter comfort food was 
Chipped (Dried) Beef Gravy on Toast. 
I requested it every year for my birthday. Mom made the very best, and Daddy the second best!


I say it "was" my favorite because I haven't had it home made since my parents passed over 16 years ago.  I may have to break down and by the pre-packaged, which surprisingly is quite good. 


What about you?
Do you have a favorite fall food? Drink?
Are you excited for autumn to arrive? 

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Monday, August 23, 2021

Check out these giveaways at GoodReads!

There could be a mix of print and eBooks, so make sure to check before you enter.

Use the link below each book for a chance to enter.

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GOOD LUCK!

PS . . . While you're there, I'd love for you to friend me and check out my reviews! If you enjoy them, please make sure to Like them. Thanks!



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Saturday, August 21, 2021


I made a boo boo with yesterday's post. 
(Me make a boo boo? Shocking, right? 😉)
I had a wonderful author who should have been featured yesterday, and well . . . 
She is kind and forgiving, so without further ado . . .  

This week's recipe is from
Maddie Day
author of Book 9 in the Country Store Mysteries
NO GRATER TIME 


Robbie Jordan’s Pans ’N Pancakes boasts delicious eats and the best vintage cookware finds in South Lick, Indiana. And now, for a limited time, there’s a new special featured on the menu—murder!
 
Ever since meeting the wary owners of an antique shop opening across the street, Robbie has been scrambling to manage weird incidences plaguing her café and country store. Pricey items vanish from shelves without explanation, a fully equipped breakfast food truck starts lingering around the area each morning, and loyal diners mysteriously fall ill. When an elderly man dies after devouring an omelet packed with poisonous mushrooms, Robbie must temporarily close down Pans ’N Pancakes and search for the killer with a real zest for running her out of business—or else.  

Includes Recipes for You to Try!

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GRATED EVERYTHING FRITTERS

all photos property of Edith Maxwell

No Grater Crime opens with country store owner Robbie Jordan shopping at the year’s first antique fair with her aunt Adele. Robbie picks up a load of graters to resell in her store. She also meets someone from Adele’s past who turns out to play a big role in Robbie’s present.

I devised these easy baked fritters that Robbie serves in her restaurant. I love them for breakfast or lunch, and hope you do, too!

Ingredients

2 medium potatoes

1/2 cup broccoli florets

1 small onion or half a bigger onion

1 medium carrot

1/2 cup cheddar cheese

1/4 cup ham, cut into inch-long slivers (omit for vegetarian version)

2 eggs

1/3 cup flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon black pepper

1 teaspoon curry powder

 

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 F. Cover a large baking sheet with parchment paper.

Grate potatoes (a food processor makes quick work of the grating – don’t wash it when you’re done). Roll in a clean dishcloth and wring dry. 


Steam broccoli in microwave for two minutes and chop finely.

Grate onion, carrot, and cheese. In a medium bowl, combine vegetables, cheese, ham, and eggs. Stir eggs with a fork and then mix all together. Stir together flour, salt, pepper, and curry powder, then mix into wet ingredients.


Scoop out a half cup of the mixture and flatten into four-inch disks on the parchment paper. Leave an inch between disks; they will not spread.


Bake for twenty minutes. Turn and bake ten more minutes or until browned and crispy. 


Enjoy plain or top with salsa, sour cream, or ketchup


Serve hot for breakfast, on a toasted sandwich roll for lunch, or with a green salad for dinner.


I want to thank Maddie for mentioning ketchup to go along with these. Most people are such ketchup snobs.

And another big thank you to author, Edith Maxwell aka Maddie Day, for being so gracious with me for goofing up her Cozy Food Friday yesterday.

 

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Friday, August 20, 2021

 

It's
Cozy Food Friday!

That means it's time to share a recipe from 
another great cozy mystery!

This week's recipe is from . . . wait

There is no recipe today.
Boo! Hiss! Boo!


Instead of a recipe, I have a request.
I want you to send me your favorite recipe. 
Something that is a go-to in your household.

Email it to me at 
lisaksbookreview@aol.com

I'd love for you to include photos of your dish, but it's not a must. Just your recipe will me great!

With your permission, I'll share your recipe here during a Cozy Food Friday.

I'm looking forward to seeing what you have to share with us!
 
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Thursday, August 19, 2021


What's Cooking?

Only one of my favorite all time foods.

DOUGHNUTS!

Available
September 28, 2021!

This cookbook spotlights the recipes, traditions, and tales of a popular New Jersey bakery that started as a tiny, hole in the wall but became a pillar of resilience for the community during the global pandemic. Montclair Bread Company not only offers bountiful baked treats to throngs of fans, and is a mecca for runners who line up each year to race for doughnuts, it is the epitome of adapting to survive a crisis.

Nine months after Rachel Wyman opened Montclair Bread Company in 2012, business was stale. She had spent years rising before dawn to perfect the combination of flour, water, yeast and salt, and she had the bread to prove it. But on a good day, only thirty people trickled through her door until one Sunday morning when one of her bakers asked her to make doughnuts. This was risky because her customers often begged for healthy foods. The doughnuts sold out in minutes, the number of customers continued to grow along with the line for doughnuts that stretched to the end of the block. Her business flourished until the global pandemic in 2020. Rachel had no choice but to adapt to keep her business going and even started a virtual bake-a-long to help support and communicate with the community during the lock downs.
This book shares the tried-and-true recipes Rachel spent three decades perfecting that are now the backbone of her bakery. The recipes are organized by Childhood Favorites, Breads, Doughnuts, Community Favorites, Recipes from Quarantine. Some of these include:

  • Mombo's Carrot Cake and Cowboy Cookies
  • Sour Dough Bread and Stollen
  • Classic Brioche Doughnuts with Variations, Toppings, and Glazes
  • Pizza and Energy Bars
  • Cheese Crackers and Bagels
Rachel brings joy to baking, makes yeast less scary, and helps home bakers make the perfect dough under any conditions. This is a story of how the love of baking brought a community together and held it together during a global pandemic.


There aren’t many things I’d run for, but I have to say, doughnuts would be right up there. So, WILL RUN FOR DOUGHNUTS: The Montclair Bread Company Cookbook by Rachel Wyman, is a book I simply had to have.

The introduction was an interesting read as well as inspiring. You’ll learn how doughnuts tie in with running. Not only do readers learn more about the author, but Ms. Wyman also gives insights into all the must needs and tools of the trade.

It wouldn’t be a cookbook without recipes, so, check out some of these tasty treats . . . Mombo’s Bread Pudding, Chocolate Mayonnaise, Peach Blueberry Buckle, Cinnamon-Brown Sugar Pop Tarts, Currant Seeded Bread, Ciabatta, Apple Cider Doughnuts, Maple Bacon Doughnuts (oh yeah), Hot Chocolate Doughnuts, Yum Buns, Vanilla Glaze, Cream Cheese Frosting, and before you think your sweet tooth is going to fall out of your mouth, there are recipes for . . . Pizza, Grain Salads, Cheese Crackers, and so much more.

Though you won’t see me out running anytime soon (unless I’m being chased), I will be trying out some of the amazing recipes I read about.

I very much enjoyed, WILL RUN FOR DOUGHNUTS. Well balanced between story, beautiful photos, and enticing food, you’re going to enjoy this book as much as I did.


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