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Cooking Through Fiction – Eleanor & Park's Stromboli

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Artist Interview — Michael Inman

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Cooking Through "The Baker's Man": Evelyn's Sugar Cookies

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Mother, Mama, Mom, Mum, Ma—a few of the names we use for our mothers. Every mother is unique. Some are great, and we say they were “born to be mothers.” They nurture us, discipline us, hold our hands when we cry. Other mothers break our hearts, abandon us, disappoint us, and we never understand why they make the choices they do.

In chapter sixteen of The Baker’s Man, titled Sugar Cookies, Anna needs the one person who can make her feel as though even if her entire world is ending, she’s not alone—she needs her mama.


Evelyn is a no-nonsense sort of mama, and she is fiercely proud of her daughter. She applies her stern attitude not only to her child-rearing, but also to her eating habits. So, when Anna needs comfort food (even sugar-laden sweets), Evelyn is bound to offer Anna a much healthier version.
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Evelyn’s Sugar Cookies
Ingredients1 cup of raw cashews½ cup of coconut flour1 tbsp of all-purpose flour¼ tsp of sea salt½ tsp of baking soda¼ cup of butter, melted and cooled slightly½ tsp of vanilla1 egg¼ cup of honey (I use raw, local GA honey.)
How to MakeDo not preheat your oven. Timing is based on putting into a cold oven.Grind the cashews into flour in your food processor.Next add in the coconut flour, sea salt, baking soda, and all-purpose flour and pulse to combine.Then add the but...

Cooking Through "The Baker's Man": Firecracker Bundt Cake

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Fireworks were documented as being used in China in the seventh century. They were created to accompany festivities, and eventually, the use of these spectacular, aerial displays spread to other countries.




To me, fireworks are beautiful, resembling colorful, exploding stars–magic in the skies. Animated cartoons use fireworks to represent the excitement and passion of kisses. People describe feelings akin to “fireworks going off” when someone grabs another’s hand.
But as lovely as fireworks can...

Cooking Through Fiction: Levi's Carrot-Apple Hash

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One of my favorite parts of having a favorite book (or series) is finding someone else who shares the same love and devotion to the literary work, finding someone who talks about the same characters with as much excitement, irritation, and admiration as I do. This is what makes fandoms so amazing.
Fandoms connect people all across the globe so they can share their mutual love of fictional worlds. For fandoms, even after the original authors have finished the novels, even after the TV series ha...

Cooking Through "The Baker's Man": Blood Orange Sauce

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Blood oranges not only have a more vibrant, deeper color than regular oranges (such as Naval), but their flavor also is more intense as well. Blood oranges are slightly more bitter (although, at times, some varieties are even sweeter) than regular oranges.

In my opinion, blood oranges are oranges with a kick. This is one way to describe the difference between love and passion. Passion is love with a kick. And this kick can send you to the moon or send you into dark, bitter sections of yourself...

Author Interview — Jennifer Hawes

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Cooking Through Fiction: Boone Crowe's Beef Stew

I learned how to ride a horse when I was young. I’m by no means an expert, but I feel okay about saddling up and taking a ride. I’ve ridden trails through the deserts in Arizona and across mountains (way too close to a ravine) in Montana. At the top of the mountain in Montana, my family and I settled in for a “cowboy dinner.”
While we ate steak and potatoes, I’m not sure how many of us actually felt like cowboys. I think we were just glad to be away from the “ravine of death” and probably...<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>

Cooking Through "The Baker's Man": Passion Fruit Torte

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Eleanor Roosevelt encouraged people to do one thing every day that scared them. I have often tried to incorporate this ideology into my life. Baking a new recipe can sometimes fall into the category of “scary attempts.” I’ve ruined chocolate torts (and cried), dried out cakes (and cursed), and had cakes that refused to set (and swore I’d give up baking).

Today I baked my first passion fruit torte based on a recipe I had never tested. Trying new recipes can either go swimmingly or end up added...

My Writing Process – On the Blog Tour

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