Stuff about books or articles I’ve read, shows or movies I’ve watched – usually food or wine related, but not always.
Buenos Aires – I spent yesterday afternoon touring all of New York. Well, Nueva York. I was on my way out to a park that had sounded interesting when I noticed the colectivo was passing by a street called Nueva York. A quick glance at my map showed it to be a fairly lengthy street,… Read More New York Never Looked So Different
Louisville, Kentucky – Who’s the turkey with a taste for homicide? So reads the subtitle on Mary Daheim’s Fowl Prey. Publisher’s Weekly referred to it as “light and cozy fare.” Given my experience with the last two “murder mysteries” I barely wanted to crack the wishbone on this one. The subtitle wasn’t helping. Thankfully, I… Read More Foul or Fowl?
New York City – Continuing on with my reading of “first novels” of food related mysteries, I moved on to JoAnna Carl’s The Chocolate Cat Caper. Her name is a pseudonym for a “multipublished mystery writer.” That worried me right off the bat. This is supposed to be a mystery. She, or he, is a… Read More Chocoholic Mystery
New York City – I was given advice by someone who supposedly knows about such things. So I took it. I’ve been toying with the idea of writing a novel that has a lot of food and wine in it, but is something in the vein of a thriller, or murder mystery, or crime sort… Read More Cozy Murders?
Buenos Aires – It’s a grey and rainy day, and we’re going to stay in for most of it. I thought it was a good time to finish up a couple of book reviews I’ve been working on… Much as I love vegetables, being a vegetarian has never been truly an option for me. But… Read More Time to “Veg-Out”
Baltimore – I just finished the book In the Devil’s Garden: A Sinful History of Forbidden Food by Steward Lee Allen (Ballantine Books, 2002). I love stuff like this. History, speculation, romance, and a bit of comedic relief, and it’s all about my favorite topic – food! The book is an exploration into food taboos,… Read More Thou Shalt Read