Month: January 2021

The Silent Patient and English Style Scones

  Recipe link I racked my brain what English recipe I could cook, on a Thursday after work, that would not be a scone recipe.  […]

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We Must Be Brave (Frances Liardet) and a duck omelet

  There is no recipe for this dish.  I chose a duck omelet because it was mentioned in the book: “Thank you for the eggs. […]

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Leopard at the Door (by Jennifer McVeigh) and ugali (traditional Kenyan cornmeal)

  Recipe link Ugali…grits…polenta…lots of variations of what many of us eat across the world.  I think it is fascinating to see how many of […]

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Upstairs at the White House and Coconut Macaroons

  Recipe link (scroll down) Finding a recipe for this book was a little tricky since the book detailed a thirty year time frame-  from FDR […]

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Road to Paradise and Colcannon (mashed potato-type recipe)

  Recipe This is the last book in the Road to Perdition trilogy.  Michael O’Sullivan (main character in the book) is Irish.  Therefore, I decided […]

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