Some Chicago-North Romance Writers members have published dozens of books. Some of us have won awards or made it to the best-seller lists. Some of us have yet to be published. We write in all of the romance subgenres: Young Adult. Historical. Contemporary. Inspirational/Spiritual. Paranormal/SciFi. Erotic. Romantic Suspense. Whether you’ve got a string of hits …
One of the many excellent recipes in Mark Bittman’s cooking bible, How to Cook Everything, is an outstanding recipe for banana bread. The secret (besides a whole stick of butter) is the addition of some coconut to the batter. I have adapted his recipe, using a bit more whole wheat flour and melting the butter rather than …
It’s prime season for blueberries, and next to eating them fresh by the handful, my favorite way to eat blueberries is in muffins. I like a lot of blueberries in these muffins. If they don’t turn your lips purple, they don’t have enough blueberries. For plain blueberry muffins, skip the lemon zest. But I recommend …
So, I had some wild salmon in the freezer. Normally I wouldn’t freeze it but I had bought a big package of it, then discovered there was no one home that day to eat it (teenage kids, you know). I also had a taste for butter after finally seeing “Julie & Julia,” about Julia Child’s …
A love of food and cooking drives “Chef,” Jon Favreau’s charming and funny movie about a chef who quits his restaurant job and winds up happily selling Cubanos from a food truck.
