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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 >

June 19, 2018

REVIEW: The Dangerous Thaw of Etta Capstone by Karen J. Hasley

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads19th century / American historical / cooking / First-Person / Historical / revenge / strong heroine / Texas / Western RomanceComments Off on REVIEW: The Dangerous Thaw of Etta Capstone by Karen J. Hasley

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“Revenge is very good eaten cold” For most people food serves a purpose and the purpose isn’t complicated. You eat it. But for Etta Capstone it’s not that simple. An excellent cook and the owner of a successful restaurant on the Texas frontier, she’s had years to perfect other uses ... more >

May 3, 2018

REVIEW: Come Date Me in Paris by Helena Fairfax

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewscooking / dog / Friends / Paris / short-story4 Comments

Come Date Me in Paris includes some delicious French recipes for you to try out, a delicious French hero (c’est vrai!) and a poodle who steals the entire show. Come Date Me in Paris is the most popular blind date show in France. Alice’s editor wants her to go on ... more >

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