by Shauna | Feb 14, 2020 | Books in the Kitchen, Phantom Friday, The Creative Life
Welcome to another Phantom Friday! And happy Valentine’s Day to everyone! Want something unique and delicious to make for your significant other today? Well, I’ve got a treat in store for you: banitsa! I mention this Bulgarian pastry dish a couple of times in the...
by Shauna | Jan 21, 2015 | Books in the Kitchen
I’ve been absent from the online social scene for awhile because I took a job last fall as an assistant teacher at an elementary school. For almost 4 months, I taught close to 100 kids a day. I’ve returned now to working from home, but I miss my many new...
by Shauna | Sep 28, 2014 | Books in the Kitchen
Now, you may think you read that title wrong, or that my fingers stumbled over the keys as I typed. But, no–it really is a Bandana Split. This comes to us from the wonderfully creative and wacky world of the Free Kingdoms in Brandon Sanderson’s Alcatraz...
by Shauna | Aug 22, 2014 | Books in the Kitchen
My husband and I celebrated our 20th anniversary recently with a fancy Italian dinner, complete with mandolin music playing in the background. It reminded me of a book I read awhile ago: The Hourglass Door by Lisa Mangum. It’s a time-travel romance, a little off...
by Shauna | Jul 29, 2014 | Books in the Kitchen
I’ve been really excited about a new series that arrived this week on the middle grade shelf: The Gates of Atlantis! Each book in the series is written by a different author, much like the Spirit Animals series, or 39 Clues. It’s interesting for me to see...
by Shauna | Jul 2, 2014 | Books in the Kitchen
I wrote a post awhile back about taking a vacation into books. Since then, my little brain has been churning away, and it occurred to me that there are a lot of references to food in books. Since I love cooking, and I love reading, it seemed like a union made in...
