Claire Huston's Blog, page 10
July 30, 2020
Recipe | Easy rainbow chocolate truffles
A fun, simple recipe for chocolate truffles. Child-safe too! Ingredients (makes 20-30 truffles depending on how big you roll them) 200 g/ 7 oz milk chocolate (you could use dark or plain, mint or orange chocolate) 1 tsp soft butter 100 g / 3.5 oz vanilla/plain biscuits (I used malted milk biscuits, but digestives, shortbread, […]
July 24, 2020
Review | Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen by Greg Jenner
As meticulously researched as it is entertaining. Top stuff! 5 stars. The (much shortened by me for the sake of brevity) blurb: In this ambitious history, that spans the Bronze Age to the coming of Hollywood’s Golden Age, Greg Jenner assembles a vibrant cast of over 125 actors, singers, dancers, sportspeople, freaks, demigods, ruffians, and […]
July 7, 2020
Recipe | Coffee and walnut tray bake
This coffee and walnut tray bake is the perfect tea time cake. Delicious! This is a quick, easy recipe I found on GoodtoKnow. I used a lot of strong coffee and the coffee flavour in the cake was still subtle, so don’t worry about going too far. Ingredients (makes 12-18 slices of coffee and walnut […]
July 1, 2020
Review | The Boyfriend Project by Farrah Rochon
An entertaining office romance. 3/5 stars. Thank you to Headline for providing me with an e-copy of this book via NetGalley. The blurb: Samiah Brooks never thought she would be ‘that’ girl. But a live tweet of a horrific date reveals the painful truth: she’s been catfished by her three-timing jerk of a boyfriend. Suddenly […]
June 24, 2020
Recipe | Chocolate caramel Chelsea buns
Chelsea buns with chocolate hazelnut and caramel sauce. Why not?! I very rarely make bread or anything involving yeast. Mainly because I haven’t the time for mucking about with proving. But when I found this recipe from GoodtoKnow for chocolate Chelsea buns, it sounded straightforward so I thought I’d give it a go. Traditional Chelsea […]
June 19, 2020
UK book bargain alert: Art and Soul just 99p! #indieauthor #ArtandSoul #RomanceBooks
UK readers! Are you looking for a light, cheerful read? Then grab a 99p bargain at Amazon UK! My debut novel, Art and Soul is only 99p on Amazon UK until 24th June. Why should I read it? If you want a happy, easy-to-read romance to escape into, please give Art and Soul a […]
June 18, 2020
Review | A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
We don’t need another hero. Thank you to Picador/Pan Macmillan for providing me with an e-copy of this book via NetGalley. The blurb: Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2020 In A Thousand Ships, broadcaster and classicist Natalie Haynes retells the story of the Trojan War from an all-female perspective, for fans of Madeline […]
June 11, 2020
Recipe | Old school jam and cornflake tart
Jam and cornflake tart: a school dinner classic I’ve been meaning to make for ages! What can I say? I had cornflakes to use up! I found quite a few recipes which said to use ready-to-roll, shop bought-pastry. And that’s a good option if you’re in a hurry, but making the pastry isn’t that tricky […]
May 26, 2020
Recipe | Lemon melt icing sugar cookies
Bite through the crunchy shell to a fluffy lemon cloud of icing sugar cookie deliciousness… It had been ages since I’d made a lemon recipe and a quick search for simple options turned up this recipe for soft melt-in-your-mouth lemon cookies. These lemon melt icing sugar cookies are absolutely beautiful, particularly if you get the […]
May 19, 2020
Review | The Summer of Madness by Alexander Raphael
A great romantic short story. The blurb: In the summer of love, or rather of madness, a whole set of stories are emerging. But there is one that has got everyone talking. When Kurt decides to win back his ex-girlfriend with the help of a literary classic, he sets off a string of events that […]
