Jennifer Moorman's Blog, page 16

Fancy a Piece of Magical Toffee Today?

Have you ever visited a candy store or chocolate shop and felt as though you’d stepped through the doors into somewhere magical? Even here, in the Muggle world? Me too! So just imagine if you could step into a real magical shop?Honeydukes is a spectacular wizarding sweet shop located on High Street in the all-wizarding village of Hogsmeade. In addition to the standard wizarding candy that is sold there, the owners also make their own fudge and chocolate. For obvious reasons, the shop is quite...

When Is It Okay to Break a Promise?

SNEAK PEAK!!Take a look at this beauty! Don't you want to be sitting right beside her on the bench? I know I do! One way ticket to Mystic Water, please!After months of writing, Finding May is finally coming together, and I'm so excited to be able to give you this sneak peak into the next Mystic Water adventure.Now for the important questions: When is it okay to break a promise, and are you ready to learn more about Finding May?Want to find May?! Click HERE!

Do You Love Happy Endings?

Would you like to hear a sweet romance? Do you love small town, whimsical stories? What about listening to descriptions about baked treats that will drift through your dreams?How would you like all of those and more? I could get on board with that, couldn't you?!Don't wait another second! Let The Baker's Man audiobook whisk you away to the lovely, southern town of Mystic Water.Available Now through Audible and iTunes!Audible iTunes

Cooking Through Fiction: Harry Potter's Strawberry-and-Peanut-Butter Ice Cream

What excited you most about starting school? Was it new clothes? New pencils and notebooks? Picking the coolest folders available? Maybe it was seeing your friends again after a summer apart?For me it is all of the above! I loved buying school supplies (I still do!)! Nerd alert. I also loved finding a new shirt or pair of socks that made me look forward to school again. Seeing my friends after a long, hot summer filled my stomach with butterflies. What would have made this pre-school experien...

Cooking Through Fiction: Harry Potter's Treacle Tart

Reading the Harry Potter series has given me many things. One of those things is a wider knowledge of British foods. Before Harry, I knew about fish and chips and scones. After Harry, there are loads of other dishes! Each one interesting in a new way.I've never eaten a treacle tart, but this dessert is served at the first meal Harry eats in the Great Hall inside Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Based on the ingredients, I was a bit wary of what this would taste like. However, it's...

Cooking Through "The Baker's Man": Stuffed Unicorn Rainbow Cake

Bea's Bakery receives all sorts of requests for sweets and treats, including cakes. Anna works to accommodate everyone's needs. So when a local school principal requested a magical cake with a touch of humor, Anna pulled out a rainbow of gel colors, piping bags, fondant, and gold dust.Anna asked her best friends, Lily and Tessa, "What's more magical than a unicorn?"Tessa said, "A unicorn with sparkly hooves and horn?"Lily answered, "A rainbow?"Anna agreed that all three should be included. Un...

Cooking Through "The Baker's Man": Dark Chocolate Oreo Tart

Oreos were first introduced in 1912. They’ve been warming hearts, creating smiles, and causing debates for more than one hundred years. There are those who will never agree whether or not to dunk a cookie into milk, twist the sandwich cookie apart first, or shove a whole cookie into the mouth without twisting or milk. But there won’t be much debate on whether or not people love Oreos.After a late night conversation, Beatrice realized her close friend Mary Margaret suffered from the winter dol...

Cooking Through "The Baker's Man": Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake

When it comes to baking, there are victories and there are failures. Sometimes the cakes don’t rise, and sometimes they rise like lopsided mountains. Sometimes cakes stick so badly to the pan they have to be eaten with a fork and never make it to the cake plate. Being a baker means accepting that your recipes (and you) will never be 100% perfect every time.New years and new months and even new days bring resolutions to be better, stronger, kinder, thinner, happier, etc. People strive to start...

Cooking Through Fiction: Moby Dick

There are a few books that have first lines that when read aloud are immediately recognizable. For example, this next one:Call me Ishmael. Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. You guessed Moby Dick, correct?Many of us are fanatics about something. Music, sports, books, food. Captain Ahab, captain of the Pequod, was a full-bl...

Cooking Through Fiction: The Catcher in the Rye Grilled Cheese and Malt

The Catcher in the Rye, written by J. D. Salinger, was published in 1951 and was originally meant for adults, but its popularity rose among teenagers due to its rebellious, angst-driven themes. Holden Caulfield, the protagonist and narrator, is a sixteen-year-old, six-foot-two-and-a-half-tall cynical, foul-mouthed young man who despises all things phony. And yet, he is still one of the most loved characters of the 20th century. He’s one of my favorites as well. But dang, that boy has the mout...