Posts Categorized: Tea and Cookies
With stories in the news lately about hackers from China breaking into corporate computers and stealing proprietary software and information (for example, this 60 Minutes’ feature: The Great Brain Robbery), here’s a little historical gem about Robert Fortune (1812-1880) who accomplished the reverse. The low-tech version. From 1845-1848, this Scottish botanist managed to acquire China’s closely-guarded…
Being a cozy mystery writer/fan doesn’t necessarily mean I love tea (and cats, and knitting), but it’s kinda nice when the stars align. Tea is definitely one of my favorite beverages. And now tea has gotten “Oprah-fied.” (I’m a writer; I can make up my own words, right?). Teavana, a Starbucks-owned upscale tea retailer, and Oprah Winfrey…
Hi everyone! Thanks so much for stopping by. How did I do this week in my ROW80 author goals? Well, the lesson learned seems to be simplicity. Let’s take a look! My goals: 1. Post twice per week on my blog: a ROW80 check-in on Sundays, and an original post mid-week. During my blog tour, my…
Happy Friday! With Memorial Day upon us and the sort-of-official start to the summer season, I’m re-posting my recipe for dipped strawberries. Around here, strawberries are ripe for the picking…right now! This is an easy, quick way to dress up your strawberries in summer style. Red,White and Blue Strawberries Ingredients: 2 lbs of strawberries, washed and…
Welcome to the next installment of Holiday Yum, our Holiday recipe blog hop series! For the entire schedule, click here. Today, I have a classic recipe from my childhood: butter spritz cookies. I make it every year. It only requires a few standard ingredients, and it can give you an assortment of different-looking cookie styles. Here’s…
Welcome to another installment of Tea and Cookies. I like to think of these recipes, with their emphasis on cozy yummy-ness, as a way to add to the mystery reading “experience.” This time, I have a family favorite for you, and a story to go along with it. The Haystacks Story: My mom is the…
There are a lot of perks to having kids. 1) You get to goof off in the name of “hands-on parenting.” I’d look kind of silly doing a science experiment with a bottle, pen cap, sculpting clay, paper clips, flossers, and LOTS of water…everywhere – without a kid next to me. I’m sure I looked…
I’m so excited to have August McLaughlin here today, as our guest cookie baker/tea barista! Not only is she sharing her fab recipes with us (homemade chai? sign me up!), but she’s also giving us some interesting background from her own family’s relationship with tea, along with a little Indian tea history. Squee! Can I keep her?…
