Recent Posts Tagged With 'recipes'

• Why I Love Twitter

  Posted on Sunday December 6th, 2009 at 20:54 in recipes, features, author recipes, bookish musings & miscellany

  I had wanted to post this last week but I barely downloaded photos off of my camera.  Before Thanksgiving I was reading The Dark Divine By Bree Despain, a Young Adult paranormal romance which I enjoyed (review to come).  In the book , Grace, our ma...

• Guest Post from Hannah of WordLily: Author Recipe, Leslie Patricelli’s Espresso and Cardamom Rub

  Posted on Monday July 27th, 2009 at 06:40 in recipes, guest post, guest posts, bookish musings & miscellany

  I’m really excited to have Hannah from Word Lily on my blog today featuring one of the yummy author recipes!  Today’s recipe is a Espresso and Cardamom Rub which was shared with us in my interview with Leslie Patricelli whom has the most...

• World War II Rationed Chocolate Cake from Mary Ann Rodman, Author of Jimmy’s Stars

  Posted on Thursday June 25th, 2009 at 06:30 in World War II, recipes, bookish musings & miscellany

  You may remember me recently blogging about how I made tomato aspic for my Children’s Literature Book Club when we read World War II themed books.  Tomato aspic was eaten by the characters in the book Jimmy’s Stars by Mary Ann Rodman, so...

• Tomato Aspic from Mary Ann Rodman’s, Jimmy’s Stars - Perhaps Our Nastiest Author Recipe to Date

  Posted on Thursday June 4th, 2009 at 10:02 in World War II, recipes, bookish musings & miscellany

  When the characters in Mary Ann Rodman’s novel, Jimmy’s Stars, ate tomato aspic I asked Mary Ann for the recipe simply out of curiosity.  When she gave it, I knew there was no way I was going to be making it.  Mary Ann herself was gaggi...

• Guest Post from Cindy of Cindy Loves Books: Author Recipe, Michael Lee West’s Grand Marnier Chocolate Covered Strawberries

  Posted on Monday May 25th, 2009 at 12:06 in recipes, guest post, bookish musings & miscellany

  I’d like to welcome Cindy from Cindy’s Love of Books in a great guest post today!  I’m really excited to have her with us today because she’s sharing a really yummy author recipe with us today!  I reviewed Mermaids in the Ba...

• Close to Perfect Chocolate Pie from Ingrid Law, Newbery Honor Author of Savvy (The Special Birthday Edition)

  Posted on Sunday May 10th, 2009 at 00:03 in recipes, photos of my family, bookish musings

  When I recently interviewed Newbery Honor author Ingrid Law about her debut and award winning novel Savvy (book review), I asked her about cake.  Mibs, our young main character, wants the perfect cake for her birthday - a cake with pink and yellow f...

• 24 Hour Read-a-thon Edition: Tomato-Mozzarella Pesto Sandwich from Susan McBride, Author of The Debs

  Posted on Saturday April 18th, 2009 at 18:19 in recipes, carnivals, readathon, bookish musings

  We are about to hit the half-way mark for Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-a-thon now and it’s time for a good meal!  I’ve got the perfect tomato-mozarella pesto sandwich for you to try out!  This recipe comes from Susan McBride, author of th...

• 24 Hour Read-a-thon Edition: Yummy Breakfast Smoothie from Sara Zarr, National Book Award Author

  Posted on Saturday April 18th, 2009 at 11:28 in recipes, carnivals, bookish musings

  Mmmm . . . If you are just waking up or have already been up for a few hours or all day, this smoothie is the perfect start for Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-a-thon! When I interviewed Sara Zarr, author of Sweethearts and Story of a Girl, I, as always, ...

• Butter Bean Cookies from Shana Burg’s Debut Novel, A Thousand Never Evers

  Posted on Friday March 20th, 2009 at 01:01 in recipes, personal tidbits, photos of my family, bookish musings

  So my husband and I were grocery shopping at a store that we had never shopped at before.  We were there for an hour going around the perimeter of the store looking at all the cool foods our other grocery store (which I LOVE) doesn’t carry.  ...

• Interview with Linda Aksomitis, Author of Longhorns and Outlaws

  Posted on Thursday March 19th, 2009 at 02:53 in recipes, author interviews

  Please welcome Linda Aksomitis to talk about her new middle grade western, Longhorns and Outlaws.  If you didn’t catch my book review, check it out and then come back here to learn more.  Linda’s got the most interesting life and it was...

• Mmmm . . . Mrs. Perez’s Drop-Dead Delicous Lemon Squares from Donna Gephart’s Debut Novel, As If Being 12 3/4 Isn’t Bad Enough My Mother is Running For President

  Posted on Wednesday March 11th, 2009 at 02:10 in recipes, personal tidbits, photos of my family, bookish musings

  It’s about time that I shared another author recipe with you!  In Donna Gephart’s debut novel, As If Being 12 3/4 Isn’t Bad Enough My Mother is Running for President!, Vanessa, our main character comes home from school and loves to...

• Interview with Mary Nethery, Children’s Author and Co-Author of Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship and Survival

  Posted on Thursday March 5th, 2009 at 01:31 in recipes, author interviews

  I’d like to welcome Mary Nethery today for an author interview.  Mary is also the author of  Mary Veronica’s Egg (my book review), Hannah and Jack, Orange Cat Goes to Market, and Two Bobbies:  A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friend...

• Interview with Bonny Becker, Author of A Visitor for Bear and More!

  Posted on Tuesday March 3rd, 2009 at 01:16 in recipes, author interviews

  If you subscribe to the Maw Books Blog and saw not one, not two, but five book reviews of Bonny Becker’s books and have now landed yourself onto this author interview, you probably noticed that it’s Bonny Becker day! Bonny is the author o...