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June 9, 2023

REVIEW: The Recipe for Happiness by Jane Lovering

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsbrothers and sisters / Cancer / Contemporary / cooking / dog / dysfunctional family / homophobia / LGBTQIA characters / PTSD / trauma / Yorkshire3 Comments

When Seren’s brother Andrew signs her up to Yorkshire Dating, only for them to recommend that she ‘gets a life’ before they find her a match, Seren has to admit that they may have a point. She loves her job cooking at an elder day centre and her little flat, ... more >

May 15, 2023

REVIEW: Roux for Two by Aurora Rey

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviewsbisexual characters / Chef / cooking / fat heroine / fat MC / fat representation / fatphobia / Indian American / LGBTQIA community / LGBTQIAP+ / louisiana / transgender main character17 Comments

When her celebrity chef boss is taken down in a sexual harassment scandal, Chelsea Boudreaux’s dream of getting her own cooking show comes true. Her hometown of Duchesne, Louisiana, provides the perfect backdrop for her modern takes on traditional Cajun fare. Vindicating herself to the mother who never believed in ... more >

November 24, 2022

Happy Thanksgiving!

JanineOpen Threadcooking / gratitude / holidays / Open Thread / Thanksgiving5 Comments

If you are American, you may be celebrating Thanksgiving today. Happy Thanksgiving, Friendsgiving, or whatever else you celebrate (or celebrated if you are Canadian)! What are you thankful for this year? (Also, what are you cooking/baking/eating/freezing for later in the week? I’d love to hear about your holiday menu.)

November 17, 2021

REVIEW: Miss Eliza’s English Kitchen by Annabel Abbs

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews19th century / class differences / cookbook / cooking / Early Victorian / English Historical / female friendship / Historical / Historical fiction / identity / self discovery / Womens-FictionComments Off on REVIEW: Miss Eliza’s English Kitchen by Annabel Abbs

Before Mrs. Beeton and well before Julia Child, there was Eliza Acton, who changed the course of cookery writing forever. England, 1835. London is awash with thrilling new ingredients, from rare spices to exotic fruits. But no one knows how to use them. When Eliza Acton is told by her ... more >

August 24, 2021

REVIEW: A Delicious Dilemma by Sera Taíno

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviewsclass differences / Contemporary / cooking / gentrification / Harlequin / New-Jersey / POC / POC author / Puerto Rican / restaurantsComments Off on REVIEW: A Delicious Dilemma by Sera Taíno

It’s hard to remain enemies when you’ve broken bread together Val Navarro’s first mistake: going out dancing after a bad breakup when the chef should be focused on her family business. Her second mistake? Thinking the handsome, sensitive stranger she meets could be more than a rebound – until she ... more >

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August 5, 2021

Jayne’s mid summer Reading List

JayneBook Reviews / DNF Reviews / Reading Lists17th-century / Action/Adventure / Australia / chick-in-pants / Contemporary / cooking / enemies to lovers / England / family relationships / Georgia / HBCU / Historical / interracial-romance / Persia / plague / POC / POC author / Restoration England / Small Town Romance / texting10 Comments

Sadly, here are more books I wanted to enjoy which, for various reasons, did not work for me. The Master of Measham Hall by Anna Abney 1665. It is five years since King Charles II returned from exile, the scars of the English Civil Wars are yet to heal and ... more >

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