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Unconventional Crime Fiction Recipe: Mastering the Art of French Cooking

This is not your ordinary recipe. Nor is it ordinary fiction. It is simply unconventional and creatively criminal!Read the ingredient list. Don’t skip. Take a look at the excerpt from the recipe and follow the link to ‘savor’ the whole piece! Crime fiction has never been so creative!

Mastering the Art of French Cooking

With a sharp knife, dice onions and slice carrot and celery into small discs. Avoid cutting yourself. Combine onions, carrots, celery, peppercorns and garlic into a large bowl. Tie parsley, bay leaf and thyme into a small cheesecloth to make a bouquet garni; add to mixture. Douse with one bottle of wine, reserving approximately one swallow. Stir gently.Look at the mixture. Slug the rest of the wine from the bottle.Add the next ingredient.Then add the next, to ease the bitterness.Reflect on that word bitterness.With a sharp knife, gut the chicken, trim away the neckbone and wing tips, and carve it into manageable pieces: breasts, legs, thighs, etc. Admire the sharpness of the knife, how easily it slides through the meat. See how it gleams. Feel your grip tighten. Listen to the sound of the television in the next room. Consider for a moment the alternatives. You’ve considered them before.Submerge the chicken in the bowl of vegetables and seasonings. Hold it down tight.

Mastering the Art of French Cooking – [PANK]

Check out The foodie film edit – great article

The foodie film edit: The Taste of Things or La Passion de Monsieur Dodin by Kerstin Rodgers/msmarmitelover

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Italian Kids’ Energy Snack: A Nutritious Delight for Children

From The Ultimate Italian Kids’ Energy Snack Not On Your Radar.

The magic of Lyra’s Secrets

available on Amazon

A Splash of Culinary Fiction, A Pinch of Magical Realism & A Dash of the Surreal

Lyra’s Kitchen: Unveiling the Secrets of Food and Life

Lyra’s Kitchen: A Surreal Journey of Resilient Women and Ancestral Expectations

Of course it’s a ‘thing’!

“After reading “Lyra’s Kitchen”, you will never look at food the same way again.”

Suzy Valtsioti

“Clattering pots, sizzling pans, and tantalizing aromas fill the air as Lyra’s kitchen opens its doors, inviting us to enter the heart of this captivating tale.

Lyra, the youngest of seven sisters, bravely assumed the role of head of both the kitchen and family. She dared to navigate the crashing waves of tradition, sacrifice, and responsibility.

Lyra’s kitchen – where the old world will confront the contemporary in a mesmerizing dance of clashing tunes.

Lyra embarks on a gripping and surreal journey in which she confronts inner turmoil and external conflicts, arriving at a more insightful understanding of the light and dark sides of human nature.

In this thought-provoking tale of self-discovery and empowerment, explore a dreamy landscape where resilient women navigate ancestral expectations and confront a whole new world.”

Grab a cup of coffee and enter Lyra’s Kitchen….

Inspiring Beauty: ‘The Shell’

Sharing an ‘inspiring’ moment as I gaze at this collection of sublime art before I set off to test a recipe this morning and spend the afternoon working on my new novel, The Calling Card.

Pide Bread.

pide bread…check out the full recipe at rebelliouscook.substack.com

Today’s Pick from Substack. An interesting article about life, culture, and zucchini!

What to do with all those courgettes (a recipe roundup) by Claire Ruston

Easing neighbourly relations, one courgette recipe at a time.

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