Year: 2014
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“No black woman writer in this culture can write ‘too much’. Indeed, no woman writer can write ‘too much’…No woman has ever written enough” –Bell Hooks Many people talk about the difference between men and women as writers. Some believe that the difference is apparent and others that it’s negligible. My reading career has been…
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Paul’s holiday office party had a 1920s theme–a wonderful excuse to get gussied up and have a night on the town. Many of his coworkers dressed up, and it made for a wonderful experience, but dressing up in period attire can be stressful. So here I’ve given ten tips to make period attire a breeze.…
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I believe this is the first non-fiction book on Baking for Bookworms. As you may or may not know (probably not unless you have some sort of amazing access to my head), any book is fair game for this feature unless it’s a cookbook. Even non-fiction about food is acceptable. Even short story anthologies are…
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Sorry for not getting this up on Friday. I was going to make this for dinner, but I finished the first draft of my novel, and we went out to celebrate instead (by the way, if you’re ever in Eugene, Oregon and looking for Italian food, Beppe and Gianni’s Trattoria has this roasted garlic appetizer…
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Sorry for the radio silence this last week. I had a wonderful, busy Thanksgiving and I hope yours was the same. My best friend and I always get together this time of year and make holiday cards. This year I did 33, all different and all with trees. What’s your favorite Christmas motif?
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It may come as a surprise to people that I’ve never had rice pudding. I’m not really sure why except that no one in my family ever made it and my resistance to anything that seemed like tapioca has prevented me from trying it. But I’m 22. I’ve grown as a person. And while you…
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I could probably come up with ways to write about Harry Potter forever, but as with all things, sadly our Harry Potter series is coming to an end. But what better way to end our Harry Potter Baking for Bookworms series than with Harry’s favorite treat: treacle tart. Treacle tart makes its appearance in several…
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Hello there to all my readers. Thank you for sticking with me while I figure out what this blog is all about (I know that rhymed. I couldn’t resist). It’s been an interesting couple of months, but I wanted to share the blog’s firmed up direction with you as well as share some of the…
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Most of us understand the appeal of pretty ribbon near the holidays, but stocking up on ribbon can have its downsides. Unless you find it on clearance, ribbon can be pretty expensive and the holiday ones don’t have a lot of yardage, making it necessary to buy lots and lots of ribbon to make a…
Allison Burris 