Happy Memorial Day
I hope you all are enjoying your Memorial Day weekend, and I’ve included one of my favorite Robert Frost poems to remind us that peace isn’t always free.
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It’s Almost Time for King Cake!
It’s almost Fat Tuesday, the day before Lent begins, and that means it’s time to make an authentic King Cake.
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Let’s Wish Robert Burns a Happy Birthday!
Let’s raise a glass today to toast Robert Burns, Scotland’s National Poet and the author of Auld Lang Syne.
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Happy New Year
Happy New Year! May 2024 be our happiest yet!
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Merry Christmas
I hope you all have a merry Christmas!
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Happy Thanksgiving
May you all have a happy and safe Thanksgiving.
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The Hungry {Romance} Writer: Spiced Pear Chutney
Tomorrow night I’m serving my version of the Van Tassel feast that Washington Irving wrote about in his famous spooky story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. I’m serving ham and cheese hand pies, roasted chicken in a pumpkin, spiced peach cake, and to accompany it all I’m also making my favorite spiced pear chutney.
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A Romance Writer’s Favorite B&W Halloween Movies
Tonight I’m planning a weekend watch party with my family and we’re stacking up all of our favorite black and white scary Halloween movies. Here’s my list!
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The Hungry {Romance} Writer: Spiced Peach Cake
Spiced Peach Cake is one of my all-time favorite autumn desserts, and this one fits my Sleepy Hollow themed dinner party perfectly.
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A Haunted History & A Halloween Tea
If you ever find yourself in Leesburg, VA, head south on Route 15. A few miles down the old Algonquin and Iroquois route, turn left into Oatlands House and Gardens. Oatlands, founded…
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The Hungry {Romance} Writer: Roast Chicken in a Pumpkin
I’m still planning my Sleepy Hollow feast for next Month’s Haunted Trail party. And today’s recipe is Roasted Chicken in a Pumpkin. It’s both delicious and fun!
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The Hungry {Romance} Writer: Ham & Cheese Hand Pies
The air is finally getting cooler and the days are shortening so all of my thoughts are moving toward my end-of-year deadlines… and Halloween!
