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Sri Lankan party food #2 – Fish cutlets

Carrying on with the recipes of theTransatlantic Pot Luck party, here’s my recipe for fish cutlets.DH loves these. So my mum makes them for him whenever she can.

I’m very excited to announce that Patently in Love and Kick Assitude are both on sale for 99c (that’s about 79p in UK money) all this week (8th – 15th of March 2013). Or there’sTea for Three,which is totally Free!

Fish Cutlets

Mine don’t look this posh…

Ingredients

Tinned Mackerel in tomato sauce (one tin)

one potato, boiled and mashed

onio...

Sri Lankan party food – #1 Chick peas

Kicking off the Sri Lankan recipes I promised – here’s one of my favourite party foods. Post your own recipes and link to the Facebook party (or post recipes at the FB party itself)and you could win a copy of either Having a Ball or Kick Assitude.

Fried Chickpeas ( or ‘kadala thel dala’)

Fried chickpeas are the Sri Lanka equivalent of popcorn. Ahandfulof these in a twist of newspaper and you’re good to go. I sometimes make a chilli-free version in the summer, as something to nibble if we’re sit...

Inheritance Books – Serena Clarke

This week’s Inheritance Books are from contemporary romantic comedy writer Serena Clarke.

Hi Serena, welcome to Inheritance Books. Tell me a bit about yourself.

Hi – and thanks so much for having me today!

My first book All Over the Place is probably best described as contemporary romantic fiction, with a chick lit feel. It’s set mostly in and around London, with scenes in New Zealand and Paris. (Because who needs an excuse to send their characters to Paris?)

Like Livi, the book’s heroine, I’ve b...

Inheritance Books – Shalini Boland

This week’s Inheritance Books are from YA writer Shalini Boland. Hi Shalini, welcome to Inheritance Books.Tell me a bit about yourself.

Before kids, I was a singer songwriter signed to Universal Music. But now I’m a mother of two noisy boys and so writing novels fits in perfectly with my life. A typical day is taking the kids to school, doing an hour or so of online promo (while trying not to get sucked in to the chat) and then sitting down with a coffee to write.

I specialise mainly in teen fi...

Inheritance Books – Sheryl Browne

This week, romantic comedy writer Sheryl Browne shares her Inheritance Books. Hi Sheryl, welcome to Inheritance Books. Tell me a bit about yourself.

Hi Rhoda! Thanks so much for having me on your wonderful Inheritance Feature. I’ll try not to take up too much space – though, like most writers nowadays, I’m a multi-tasker extraordinaire so it’s hard sometimes to squish it all in. Ok, so, I grew up in Birmingham in the UK where I studied Art & Design. I’m a partner in my own business, a mother a...

Inheritance Books – Trish Jackson

This week’s Inheritance Books are from fellow Uncial Author Trish Jackson who writes romantic suspense novels.

Hi Trish, welcome to Inheritance Books. Tell us a bit about yourself.

Rhoda, thank you so much for having me on your blog, and I love this idea.

I was born and raised in a beautiful, prosperous country in Africa that used to be known as Rhodesia and is now Zimbabwe. It was colonized by the British in the late 1800′s and the society was based on British culture. After I married my childh...

Inheritance Books – Darlene Elizabeth Williams

Today’s Inheritance Books come from Darlene Elizabeth Williams. Hi Darlene, welcome to Inheritance Books. Tell me a bit about yourself.

Many years ago I took creative writing courses and wrote short contemporary fiction. I was fortunate to be published several times. I even received a cheque once!

Then I turned to professional freelance writing for a number of years. For health reasons, I shut down my business.

Now what to do? I had been writing almost every day for years. So I decided to start...

Inheritance Books – Christine Stovell

Today’s Inheritance Books come from Christine Stovell who writes lovely romances for Choc Lit. Hi Chris, welcome to Inheritance Books. Tell me a bit about yourself.

Hi Rhoda, thanks very much for inviting me to share my inheritance books with you – I’ve really enjoyed thinking about these! I’m Chris Stovell, novelist and writer. I’m published byChoc Lit, I’m also a short story writer and I’ve contributed work to Honno Welsh Women’s Press.I’ve sailed half way round Britain and run four half mar...

Inheritance Books – Jean Bull

This week, the lovely Jean Bull shares her Inheritance Books. Jean was another person I met when I went to the RNA conference. We were billeted in the same student house during the conference. We ended up leaving each other notes speculating on how the shower worked and came to the conclusion that it didn’t.

Hi Jean, welcome to Inheritance Books. Tell us a bit about yourself.
I’ve been writing for several years and have self-published two books: one an historical novel, set in 1930 about a girl...

Goodreads book review: The Snow Child

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I picked up this book because Jean Bull mentioned it as one of her Inheritance Books on my blog (I’m using the blog feature as a source of book recommendations more and more now). I’m glad I did.

The Snow Child is a retelling of the Russian folktale of the old couple who made a snow child who came to life. The book is set in Alaska and is told through the eyes of Mabel, who is defined by the loss of her baby, and her loving husband, Jack. They...