1920s Covers Revealed!

Love the cover for a Ghost in the Kitchen and looking forward to Speak Flapper.

#Bookreview – Brother Love by Teagan Geneviene

What Amazon says

“Brother Love – a Crossroad” is a mysterious “Twilight Zone-ish” short novella. It was inspired by the combination of Neil Diamond’s song and the blues legends of Robert Johnson and the Devil at the Crossroads. As in the real world, things in this tale are not what they seem. The setting is rural Mississippi in the 1950s. A group of outcasts are in a small southern town. They don’t realize they are looking for something. Will they find it?

My review

I am a big fan of Teagan Geneviene’s books as I find her stories to be highly entertaining and imaginative and, despite containing elements of the mystical and supernatural, to be believable and seem quite possible. I also find the author’s characters to be interesting and colourful and I enjoy the way she uses their actions, emotions and dialogues to weave her stories in a natural…

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Cook this: Strawberry ricotta cakes from Honey & Co. at Home — National Post

Our cookbook of the week is Honey & Co.: At Home – Middle Eastern recipes from our kitchen by Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich, the award-winning chef-owners of two restaurants and a deli in London, England. Tomorrow, we’ll feature an interview with its authors. Read More via Cook this: Strawberry ricotta cakes from Honey & Co. … Continue reading Cook this: Strawberry ricotta cakes from Honey & Co. at Home — National Post

Hidebound Hump Day — Hungry?

The ice cream definitely got my attention.

Teagan's Books

Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Steampunk Fish Eugene_Ivanov_2439 Eugene Ivanov, public domain image

Welcome to Hidebound Hump Day, my chuckaboos! If you are looking for the latest installment of the #Steampunk fantasy, “The Delta Pearl,”click here for Chapter 2 – Fret.

Most of you weren’t too excited about the “cock-a-leekie soup” that turned up in the last episode. However, several were downright enthuzimuzzy! At least one reader asked for a recipe. With that in mind, I’m doing a post with recipes of some Victorian foods you might find on the menu in the Delta Pearl’s dining room. All aboard!

Bacon-Egg Cups

Eggs in basket Wikimedia Wikimedia Commons

Recipe click here.

Cock-a-leekie Soup

cock-a-leekie soup Wikipedia Cock-a-leekie Soup, Wikipedia

Recipe click here.

Fried Fillets of Sole

Fillet of Sole Wikimedia.jpg Recipe click here and scroll down.

Brown Bread Ice Cream

Ice cream tea cups Pixabay Pixabay

Recipe click here.

Thanks for visiting. I’ll be waiting for you at the riverboat’s dock this weekend.

Delta Pearl announcement. Composite of Pixaby images by Teagan R. Geneviene

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Now for the…

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National Book Lovers’ Day!

Histories and Mysteries

Are you a reader? Are you an obsessive reader? Do you become enmeshed in the other worlds of fantasy, futuristic sci-fi or dystopian societies? Do you like heady romances, frightening horror, or historical recreations? Perhaps you like thought provoking non-fiction, or the vicarious thrill of a good biography. If so, you are in luck. Today, August 9th, is National Book Lovers Day!

While the nay-sayers keep trying to convince us that the art of reading is dead, book publishing and its various forms continue to thrive. And why wouldn’t it? Ever since the dawn of time, humankind has loved story.

The Need to Read

Storytelling has always been a part of human culture. Some scientists believe as far as 60,000 years ago our ancestors, the Neanderthals, were making their own crude attempts at it.